Lower thirds:

00:03  Report by / Alejandro Rebossio
00:32  Paula Vera / Unemployed and plumbing student
01:16  Daniela Vidal / Electrician and plumber
01:38  Florencia Nouair / Engineer
01.57  Daniela Vidal / Plumber and trainer at the National Technological University
02.24  Sabrina Calderón / Coordinator at the Work Culture Foundation

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freistehend:  "That's how you turn off the shut-off valve... it's dangerous"

Tricks of the trade: These women in Buenos Aires are training to become plumbers.
In their search for work, each found this free two-month course from the Culture of Work Foundation at the National Technological University in Buenos Aires.Training in jobs like plumbing or electricity aims at getting into better-paying jobs that artificial intelligence can't replace.

TC: 0.32  SOT Paula Vera, Unemployed and plumbing student:
"The field is very male-dominated, but I had the opportunity to meet several women who are doing different jobs"

SOT Patricia Silva - Nurse and plumbing student: 
"I've been working in nursing for like 15 years, but, as usual, it's never enough, so that's why I decided to take a plumbing course."

SOT Rosa Hernández - Nurse and plumbing student:
"Now I know that a woman can do it."

SOT  Romina Narváez - Police officer and plumbing student: 
"I'm a police officer. The overtime they pay us is really low. So sometimes it's better to do a job like this."
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Julia Gorgullone left the restaurant industry three years ago because she was earning too little.

She trained to become an electrician and plumber. Now she earns four times as much -- and only sometimes runs into sexism.

TC: 1.16  SOT Julia Gorgullone, Electrician and plumber:
"It happened to me more than once that when the man of the house is around, he comes and keeps staring at me constantly. Men do this kind of work, women don't work or do those that are easier than this, but I think we're getting more encouraged every time."

Most of their clients are women who prefer to rely on other women when something goes wrong in the house, fearing harassment by male tradespeople in their own homes.

TC: 1.38 SOT Florencia Nouair, Engineer:
"I don't have to call someone to be at home and help me, so to speak, or to accompany me to receive a plumber."

But it's rare for women to work in these trades. Daniela Vidal is one of the few, and she's been offering the training for five years.

TC: 1.57  SOT Daniela Vidal, Plumber and trainer at the National Technological University, Argentina
"Here we first feel the possibility to ask whatever we want. We feel comfortable among ourselves. All jobs, especially in 2026, with the help of all the available tools, are possible. And if not, we also have the possibility that men come to work with us."

Support for the courses comes from the embassies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The goal: Creating job opportunities for women -- outside of care work -- that are compatible with family life. 

TC: 2.24 SOT Sabrina Calderón, Coordinator at the Work Culture Foundation
"They are usually employed in private homes, taking care of people, and other things. We thought of another possible route, which is traditional jobs, which also have the possibility of shorter hours that they could maybe fit around their children's schooling and taking care of them. And also, because it's a much better economic option."

 At least some women have found out that this kind of job really suits them. Hands-on experience and learning tasks  that, for now, aren't suitable for robots.

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