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Female truckers on the rise thanks to unique training programme
Corporates have successfully trained and employed more than 50 women to enter a male-dominated sector
Nicci Scott, who runs Commercial Truck Association, has a dream. Her efforts don’t only address gender parity in the truck driving sector with her crop of highly determined, well-trained female drivers but she is creating employment opportunities for SA women in economic plight.
Driving today is a gender-neutral task. Perhaps decades ago when commercial vehicles were still crude things that required herculean strength to operate there would have been justification of sorts, but their ease of manoeuvre these days have opened up prospects not only for female drivers, but even for males who wouldn’t have cut the mustard pre-power steering days...
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