Construction camp teaches young girls the tools of the trade in the US

From carpentry to electrical work, painting to working with sheet metal, 7th through 12th grade girls in the US are learning it all hands-on at a unique summer camp in Philadelphia called “Mentoring young Women In Construction.”

The experts not only want the girls to know they can do it, they give them the tools to do it.

“Construction is a very large industry where you can make a career as an engineer or an architect or a project manager, and women need to see themselves in those roles,” said Mary Gaffney from the US’ National Association of Women in Construction. “Here they get to see women in the trades doing those jobs.”

They visit real job sites as part of the nearly month-long camp.

The need in the industry is great, especially as the city rebuilds.

Read more at The Construction Dive