Angela carves a new career in carpentry

A single mother of two has shown that women can get ahead in traditionally male-dominated jobs by training to be a carpenter.

Angela enrolled on a course run by Port Talbot-based training company Unit 19 and Chwarae Teg's Ready SET Go, a project aimed at helping women get training and careers in non-traditional sectors.

Ready SET Go has been praised for highlighting what the UK is doing to create a fairer and more equal society in the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.

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Groundbreaking course helps Swansea mum tune into new career

A Swansea course aimed at helping women break into non-traditional careers has been praised for highlighting what the UK is doing to create a fairer and more equal society in the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.

With the digital TV switchover starting soon, mum -of-two Angela Rees has already made sure that she is ahead of the game by equipping herself with the skills to help thousands of homes across south Wales move from analogue to digital.

The single mum of twin boys decided to try her hand in a traditionally male-dominated industry as a way to get back into full time employment and enrolled on a taster course in Satellite and Digital Aerial Installation at Swansea College as part of Chwarae Teg's Ready SET Go initiative, partfinanced by European Structural Funds, Careers Wales and Welsh Assembly Government.

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