SCHT Traditional Skills For Schools

Traditional Building Skills for Schools in Stirling

We support the development of traditional building skills by offering training and skills events to young people in Stirling.

Women In Construction

Stirling City Heritage Trust has conceived of and organised a series of skills events for high school age girls, where the majority of the demonstrators were women, with the aim of inspiring female high school students to consider a career in the construction/heritage sector.

To date, we have held three Women In Construction events. The success of these events has proved that, given the opportunity, young women are interested in participating and in finding out about the opportunities in this sector.

In 2020, we held our first Women in Construction event at Bannockburn High School in collaboration with DYW Forth Valley, Historic Environment Scotland, and the Forth Valley Traditional Building Forum. The event encourages female high school pupils to consider a career in the construction sector by showing them how varied, creative and rewarding the work can be. Watch a video of the event from Developing the Young Workforce Scotland.

The majority of speakers and demonstrators at these events are women working in the construction and heritage sectors, as SCHT believes that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’.

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Ffion Blench demonstrates traditional plastering techniques

Stone carving demonstration with Lara Townsend

A pupil tries out traditional signwriting

Brett Sinclair demonstrates land surveying with a theodolite

Lara Townsend demonstrates stone carving techniques

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Women In Construction

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