At the 2023 AHR Expo, three ladies from The ACHR NEWS editorial staff learned how to braze aluminum at the Harris Products Group booth — and learned it’s commonly said that women make the best brazers. Why? Because brazing takes precision while working with smaller flames and smaller pieces, so brazers need to have good hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and be extremely detailed orientated.
Brazing and beyond, women in this industry bring skills that have nothing to do with ability, but everything to do with perseverance, confidence, and humbleness. With just over 2% of the HVAC workforce made up of women, both women and men alike have a job to do when it comes to recruiting female talent. This means making women aware of the opportunities this industry has for them, encouraging them on this path, and mentoring them to become successful tradespeople once they’re in.