{"id":20385,"date":"2023-07-20T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?p=20385"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:21:29","slug":"challenging-gendered-misconceptions-how-the-women-of-komatsu-are-shaking-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/challenging-gendered-misconceptions-how-the-women-of-komatsu-are-shaking-things-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Gendered Misconceptions: How the Women of Komatsu are Shaking Things Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \ud83d\udc4fElectrical \ud83d\udc4f Industry \ud83d\udc4f is \ud83d\udc4f NOT \ud83d\udc4f a \ud83d\udc4f Boys \ud83d\udc4f Club! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Shout it louder for those in the back!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After completing a two-year engineering course, Katie sparked an interest in electrical but never fully pursued it until a few years later when she reflected on her career and knew it was the way forward for her!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her interest landed her a four-year electrical apprenticeship with Komatsu &#8211; and she\u2019s never looked back! With leadership opportunities and the FULL support to go after her career, Katie has definitely found her career home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us as Katie shares:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More about who Komatsu are, what they do and the services they offer.<\/li>\n<li>What Katie\u2019s role involves, and what a typical day at work might look like for her.<\/li>\n<li>Her career journey to date, how Katie got started as an electrician and joined Komatsu as an apprentice.<\/li>\n<li>Why taking her time and exploring different avenues helped Katie get more confident about what she wanted to do.<\/li>\n<li>How the Komatsu is helping more female representation across the industry through their apprenticeship programs.<\/li>\n<li>How women are fully welcome in this vibrant industry &#8211; it is NOT a boys club!<\/li>\n<li>How technological innovation is advancing the industry and supporting employees like Katie to do their roles more efficiently and effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We loved chatting with Katie, and we know you\u2019ll love hearing what she has to say too!<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-fluid-object o-fluid-object--4by3\" data-aspectratio=\"0.66667\"><iframe title=\"Challenging Gendered Misconceptions: How the Women of Komatsu are Shaking Things Up!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UEIK6buNYUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Find Out More<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Komatsu is a leading provider of essential equipment, technologies and services to the construction, mining, energy, government, waste and quarry industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their purpose is to create value through manufacturing and technology innovation to empower a sustainable future where people, businesses and our planet thrive together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more about Komatsu and everything they have to offer via our dedicated employer profile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \ud83d\udc4fElectrical \ud83d\udc4f Industry \ud83d\udc4f is \ud83d\udc4f NOT \ud83d\udc4f a \ud83d\udc4f Boys \ud83d\udc4f Club! \ud83d\udc4f Shout it louder for those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[23],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20387,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385\/revisions\/20387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}