b'IWIED 2022International Women In Engineering Day 2022In June 2022, we celebrated International Women in Engineering Day and we were proud to recognise our valued female engineering heroes. Within this feature, we introduce you to Cheryl Saleem and her journey of becoming a qualified Telecoms Engineer and a selection of female engineers sharing their inspiration and tips for those who are considering becoming an engineer.Cheryl SaleemTrainee SD EngineerIstartedmyjourneywithKellyGroupinApril2022asaTrainee Service Delivery engineer. Im currently working towards my two-day field assessment with the help of my buddy by completing customer installations, cabinet works and climbing telecommunication poles runningTravelling,providingabeneficialserviceforcustomers,andmeeting a new drop wire to create a live connection if needed.different people make the experience truly enjoyable.We start our day by meeting at the first address and reviewing our dailyMyin-housetrainingjourneywasapositiveexperience.Ifoundthe plan. Upon arrival, we introduce ourselves to the customer and discuss theclassroomactivitieshelpfulandinformative.Mypersonalhighlights possible location where they would like the connection to be installed withinwere learning how to attach and wire the master sockets and the street the property. After identifying which wiring and sockets are required, weworks course. I am particularly proud of passing all training modules and start the installation process with testing and toning inside the propertythe qualifications I gained while training at our national training centre in then, repeat this process at the local cabinet. Finally, we complete theLondon. The biggest challenge I needed to overcome during the training jumper wiring, ensuring the circuit is up and running and goes back to theperiod was pole climbing for the first time, because I had never been up on property. anything at height before. It was a little scary at first, however, I learned to W hat makes this job exciting is the variety of installationsenjoy the task. I had so much support from the other trainees and national trainers. We had a class of 16 trainees attending the course - all of us - Ive visited residential customers, businesses and surgeriessupported and encouraged each other throughout the journey.and its always a new challenge.Being a female within a male dominated industry wasnt challenging duringgrowing within the industry, we will soon see more females featured in job my experience,advertisements which, in my opinion, will encourage even more individuals E veryonewasveryacceptingalthoughIwastheonlyto apply.female trainee in the class I decided to pursue this career path simply because I love the idea of actively being involved in making decisions, doing practical work and doing I would advise all women who would like to get into telecoms engineeringsomethingworthwhile.Icameacrosstheopportunityonlineandwas to just go for it. Dont be frightened or put off by the idea purely becausespeechless when they offered me the position. I look forward to the future of your gender. Dont let anything hold you back from building your career.and the next steps within my career. Changes are happening within our industry as I can see a growing number of female engineers joining the company and I am extremely proud to beI think Kelly Group is a great place to work because of the support you part of the INWED 2022 celebrations and movement to encourage otherreceive from your managers and the high-quality training courses provided. women to consider engineering as a career path. I think there are plentyNothing is too much for them, all trainers take their time teaching you. If of opportunities for females to get involved in similar roles. My colleaguesyou do not understand something, they are always at the end of the phone and I are speaking up about our own experiences hoping to inspire andalongside your manager. They are genuinely there to help you. Im grateful invite more women to join us. Due to the number of female engineersfor my team manager Russel - he is always there to support me.24 .The Networker Spring 2022'