🎙️I got interviewed for the Engineering Matters podcast, thanks Will North and Johnnie Dowling at Reby Media for the opportunity to be involved. The podcast is five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. 🥰Proud to have been included... Continue Reading →
The Worshipful Company Of Constructors
Yesterday I joined a London Livery company! I attended Court in Wax Chandlers Hall took the freedom oath and joined The Worshipful Company Of Constructors as a Freemen, I look forward to continuing to upholding the traditions of the company. A great few hours with some fantastic people, what an honour to join the 99th Livery... Continue Reading →
CONEXPO-CON/AGG ARTICLE
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 💗
Double Trouble
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 →
BBC Bitesize
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
National Apprenticeship week!!!
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
Year One
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 →
Stickers! (I did a thing)
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 →
Building the Liebherr LR1280 Conrad crane model
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!
Filming lifting technician apprentices at Battersea, London.
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 →