Report: Let’s build a better future for female scaffolders | Letter

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Emma Claassen responds to an article by Adrian Chiles on the recruitment crisis in scaffolding Adrian Chiles is right: scaffolding is hard work ( Britain’s scaffolding should be a source of national pride – instead we’re struggling to recruit workers, 1 October ). The report also notes that It demands physical resilience, skill, judgment and proper training. That is expected to naturally mean it is not a job for everyone – men or women. Which is why the conversation about the skills shortage should be less about who traditionally became a scaffolder, and more about who is willing and able to learn the trade and meet the same standards.

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