Forum General Discussions      Re: NDT women Posted by: Nigel Armstrong (PID_728), E-mail: Address, on January 07, 2009 at 11:06 : In Reply to: Re: NDT women posted by : John Brunk , E-mail: Address, on January 06, 2009 at 20:47 : Vennela There are certainly opportunities for ALL in both Engineering and NDT. In the past I have advised women friends to consider such careers but the response has been lukewarm at best. Recently I read that the IT industry has suffered a major desertion by women. Likewise engineering in general and NDT in specific has never been viewed as women-friendly - apart from in times of strife! I would value well-trained and dedicated female colleagues. ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : : IS there any career opportunities for women in NDT : : I mean do women get employment opportunieties in NDT with the training : At the site of my day job two of seven radiographers are women. This is at a manufacturing plant, and over the past 10 years there have been at least three other women who worked as radiographers and one who was an ultrasonic inspector. Those four stayed here until they retired. Two women have worked here in NDT engineering support. I know of three other women in the Kansas City area who are working as magnetic particle and penetrant inspectors in manufacturing plants. I have certainly not seen any evidence of discrimination. There might be difficulties with living conditions in some field and temporary positions. ------------ End Original Message ------------ Follow Ups: Post a Followup: Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: ----------- Start Original Message ----------- : Vennela : There are certainly opportunities for ALL in both Engineering and NDT. In the past I have advised women friends to consider such careers but the response has been lukewarm at best. : Recently I read that the IT industry has suffered a major desertion by women. Likewise engineering in general and NDT in specific has never been viewed as women-friendly - apart from in times of strife! : I would value well-trained and dedicated female colleagues. : : : IS there any career opportunities for women in NDT : : : I mean do women get employment opportunieties in NDT with the training : : At the site of my day job two of seven radiographers are women. This is at a manufacturing plant, and over the past 10 years there have been at least three other women who worked as radiographers and one who was an ultrasonic inspector. Those four stayed here until they retired. Two women have worked here in NDT engineering support. I know of three other women in the Kansas City area who are working as magnetic particle and penetrant inspectors in manufacturing plants. I have certainly not seen any evidence of discrimination. There might be difficulties with living conditions in some field and temporary positions. ------------ End Original Message ------------ Optional Link URL: Example: "http://www....html". Alternative write "http://www.ndt.net/wshop/attach/filename.htm" if you transfered a filename.htm via FTP Page Title: is important! Optional Image URL: http://www....gif Attention! Please click the button only once. This may take a moment to process Forum General Discussions Help