Recently I took part in an article for CONEXPO-CON/AGG Thanks to Gregg Wartgow for taking time to listen to me You can read the full piece here - https://www.conexpoconagg.com/news/an-apprenticeship-made-me-love-construction-katie Thanks, Katie 💗
Before I go into my bauma experience the ins the outs etc I just want to share this, walking around Sunday with Liebherr learning about the new machines I spotted a familiar meaty head that I wasn't expecting to see hanging from a crawler crane lol After getting over my initial shock I returned the next day,... Continue Reading →
What do a crane operator , a power lifter and a grime violinist have in common??? Ok not much but we are all featured in a BBC Bitesize piece for International women day. BBC Bitesize is a learning resource for school children in England. Please click and have a read - BBC Bitesize IWD2020
I love National Apprenticeship Week, its great seeing what work everyone is doing around apprenticeships in the industry. I put a video together to give my thoughts about apprenticeships and a look into my experiences. https://youtu.be/LwHaVb0lwEQ NAW2020
So on the 6th of October 2014 I joined the Select first Lifting Technician apprenticeship. This was a huge step for me I had spent my previous working life working in sales, starting in mobile phones, to advertising eventually ending up in recruitment. Sales was something I started doing while I was at university and... Continue Reading →
So where did these come from?? A short while ago I attended a fab event at Brookland's race course with WES and was giving out small 'Girl's can't what?' stickers with a picture of a engineer, I posted on Instagram and everyone loved it. I however felt they were missing a site feel and wondered... Continue Reading →
Amazingly complex model with amazingly simple instructions, for a fool like me who has never made a model it was slightly challenging. I gave it a good go but the ropes were so fiddly this is now a two part video so I present you, part one!
So on Friday we filmed some of our Select Plant Hire Lifting Technician Apprentices on a very windy platform at the Northern Line Extension. It’s was great to hear of some of our past apprentices experiences of the scheme and a great insight into them personally. I was one of the first lifting technicians to... Continue Reading →
So amazingly due to work I do in and around construction I managed to get nominated to attend the Queens Tea Party and somehow off the back of this nomination I made the final stages and received an invite! Things like being invited to royal palaces are not usual for someone like me and I... Continue Reading →
At work we have a new website LOR Stories that I have just been featured on, the feature was taken back in September. Editorial - https://lorstories.global/articles/how-women-in-construction-can-make-their-mark Pod Cast - https://lorstories.global/podcasts/podcast-with-katie-kelleher