Supporting International Women in Engineering Day
Specialist airport ground support equipment and services provider Rushlift GSE celebrated International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2024 by recognising the important role women play in maintaining highly specialised vehicles and support equipment in the aviation sector.
Gemma Forshaw (pictured) recently completed her first year of a three-year course to qualify as a level 3 motor vehicle service and maintenance technician (heavy) under the company’s apprenticeship programme.
The twenty-year-old trainee engineer works a four-day shift pattern with one day at Langley College where she learns the theory and principles of mechanical engineering in relation to vehicle maintenance.
Harriet Bennett also demonstrates the major role women have been playing in this department for many years, Rushlift said. She has over 15 years’ experience as a fully qualified engineer and is a specialist on maintaining electric vehicles, including baggage tractors, a burgeoning field of GSE equipment. (cj)