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Martin Hofschroer
More women should be encouraged to take electrical courses and become electrical contractors, according to the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC). The NICEIC said that more businesses should look to employ female electricians, who have passed the appropriate electrical courses, because there are a number of benefits. Many elderly people and women, including those who belong to ethnic groups where there could be an objection to men entering the house, would prefer to use female contractors, claimed the NICEIC. Emma McCarthy, Chief Operating Officer at the NICEIC, said that she was appalled by figures which indicated that less than one in every thousand electrical contractors is female. She said: "This is unacceptable, especially since many of the reasons behind the current situation have no place in a modern and forward thinking industry. "Not only does the inclusion of women make good business sense for employers, all those who are interested in becoming electrical contractors should be welcomed and encouraged, irrespective of whether they are male or female." The NICEIC revealed that a recent survey claimed that one of the reasons businesses gave for not employing female apprentices was that wives or partners would not like it. There was more concerning news for females as women claim to make three times as many household decisions as men, but still leave 'traditional jobs' such as getting the gas engineer to their partners, according to new research from Gas Safe Register. Women confess that they leave 'getting the gas engineer in' to their partner because they do not know what questions to ask and fear they are more likely to be conned by cowboy tradesmen who has not passed the appropriate gas training courses. Sarah Hill, consumer spokesperson for Gas Safe Register said: "We want to make it easy for everyone to understand gas safety, have the confidence to act on it and avoid risking the safety of their family and their property. "We are concerned that so few women feel they have enough understanding of these areas, when it is a simple case of knowing the right questions to ask." With unregistered gas fitters doing around 250,000 illegal gas jobs every year, Gas Safe Register is advising women to get to know gas, as it could save their lives. Women said they would feel more comfortable taking action on tasks such as dealing with the plumber or gas fitter if they had more knowledge in those areas, according to the study.
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