Meet Katie: āThe woman who operates a craneā
A charity has told 5 live that less than two per cent of people working in manual trades in the UK are women.
Women on the Tools, which aims to encourage women to take up jobs like plumbing and construction, says it's a picture which has barely changed in 40 years.
Katie Kelleher is the only female crane operator at Tottenham Court Road Crossrail site.
She said people would often look at her like she had āgrown a third headā because they were surprised to see a woman in a crane, but she ālovedā the job regardless.
This clip is originally from Afternoon Editionās coverage of the Ö÷²„“óŠćās 100 women season, on Tuesday 22 November 2016.
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