Shirley and Lynne spent their work placement time at the Regina Airport as carpenter and electrician trainees. They both found the men they were working with to be very supportive and enthusiastic. Shirley plans to return to school for upgrading before continuing the trade route, as she feels a strong background in mathematics is very important to the carpentry career. Lynne wants to be a commercial electrician and is hoping to apprentice in a small town.

Other classmates' work placements involved welding, painting and decorating, communications technology, heavy equipment operation, industrial instrumentation, auto mechanics and industrial mechanics.

Leona Dvorak and Bev Siller designed the program and have been coordinating and instructing it since its inception in 1978. Both women are carpenters, general contractors and owners of Silver Sage Wood working in Edgeley where they live.

They also volunteer their time in the Saskatchewan Tradeswomen Association which promotes the concept of women in non-traditional work. The Association is working on an educational package in workbook format to acquaint young students with the trades and how to train for them.

It's hard to break the old habits and attitudes. The centrefolds from "Playboy" magazine still hang on the walls of trade shops. But these women are welding, grinding and hammering through them.