Online platform, new shop a part of California welder's efforts to boost women in welding

摘要

The numbers will vary depending on where you look, but they all tell the same story: Women welders make up a very small percentage of the workforce. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 3% of welders are women. The American Welding Society reports 5% of welders are women. Tiffany Noel Orff has heard anywhere between 3% and 11 % of welders are women; the 11 % figure is a "bit of a reach," she said.