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越来越多的女性进入建筑业并增加收入
The construction industry is experiencing a shortage, and women are stepping onto the job site to fulfill the demand. Every day, women are finding the career choice to be a solid foundation for advancing their trade skills and maximizing their incomes.
“当我离开上一份工作，接受现在这份工作时，我得到了大幅加薪……a 25% raise,” said Joy Moseley, NWACC Construction Technology alumna and project engineer. Experiencing an increase in income when moving into a construction job is an industry trend. Those with an Associate Degree in Construction Technology can expect to earn an average starting salary of $40,000 or higher.
乔伊于2018年5月获得建筑技术学位。 Along with her classmate, 玛丽亚, she is among the 100% job placement trend that NWACC’s Construction Technology program boasts of thus far and among the 9% of women currently in the construction field.
Like many women, construction or other skilled trades were never career options offered to Joy by her parents or high school advisors.
“Whenever I was in high school, they did not encourage women to do any of the technical jobs at all. My parents wanted me to be a nurse or a doctor, or do something that was kind of safe and a whole lot easier," said Joy. "And late in life, I decided to embark on this career, and I love everything. 我弄脏了。 I get to go hang out with the guys."
乔伊对建筑的兴趣是在她生命的后期发展起来的。 She was balancing a family and two jobs - she ran a house-cleaning business and worked for a commercial flooring company. 地板生意是她坠入爱河的地方。
“我完全爱上了它——这个行业，所有的一切！” Watching things go from dirt to completed buildings and becoming habitant was amazing to me. So, I started in an office there and followed up and was like, ‘What can I do? I need more, I need more!’他（经理）说，‘你应该去上学。’ So that’s kind of what started me on my path,” Joy explained.
Joy decided to enroll in NWACC to fulfill her general education courses and then intended to transfer to a four-year institution, but when she heard of NWACC’s Construction Technology program, plans changed.
“I got accepted to John Brown University and had planned on starting in the summer of 2016, or that fall, and they [NWACC] started this [construction] program and I was just all over it. I could not have been more excited and decided to go this route instead,” she explained.
乔伊从不后悔在社区大学获得学位。 She found NWACC’s tuition to be affordable, and the small classes and accessible faculty were the ideal learning environment.
“成为NWACC的一名学生对我来说太棒了。 I, at a much older age, decided to go back to school and at the same time, learned that I had a learning disability. 老师们非常耐心和冷静； 他们花时间陪我。 I could go in and talk to them and tell them when I was having problems and they really helped me excel,” she said. “他们希望你在这里取得成功。 I’ve been to bigger universities where you’re just kind of a face in the crowd and they don’t even know your name. I see my teachers now and they still know my name, which is amazing.”
After earning her degree, Joy felt confident in her training in construction management, but she had some reservations on entering what tends to be portrayed as a male-dominated industry. “我担心进入这个行业会有更多的挑战。 I have a ton of cheerleaders, people that want to see me succeed and really go out of their way to make sure that I’m getting the training and support that I need,” she explained.
Joy has excelled in her role as a project engineer and was able to reconnect with NWACC by working on the college’s latest building project – the 综合设计实验室.
She has no regrets in pursuing her love for construction and investing two years in a higher education at NWACC. “The amount of money and time that I have invested into my education have more than paid off,” Joy said. “建筑业的收入非常可观。”
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