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Women's Day|Women set foot on bus captains and engineers make a breakthrough with their strength

2021-03-08T03:49:24.879Z


Engineers, bus captains, and bus inspectors, most people hear male images in their minds, but as society progresses, women can also make a fortune in these traditional male industries. Women's physical strength may not be as good as men's


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Written by: Zhong Yan

2021-03-08 11:40

Last update date: 2021-03-08 11:40

Engineers, bus captains, and bus inspectors, most people hear male images in their minds, but as society progresses, women can also make a fortune in these traditional male industries.

Women may not be physically as strong as men, but just like the bus captain Cai Yaqi, assistant engineer Becky Liu and senior vehicle inspector Elaine who work at NWFB and Citybus, they can also be handy at work by virtue of their own hard work and advantages.

Becky is currently the only female engineer of NWFB and Citybus.

(Provided by NWFB and Citybus)

The post-90s Becky looks "fine and fine-grained", but every day he maintains a bus that is nearly 4 meters high.

Becky studied mechanical engineering and joined NWFB and Citybus in 2017. She is currently the only female engineer of the two bus companies.

She worked with her father who was engaged in car repair since she was a child. She likes to get in touch with machinery. After graduation, she did not engage in lighter clerical work like building equipment and other jobs like her classmates. She joined a bus company and learned to repair buses from a group of boys.



Boys are more self-confessed: girls are more attentive

Looking at Becky's slender arms, she also admitted that boys are physically stronger and more comfortable, but she also has an advantage. "Girls are more careful and tend to notice details that men can't notice." While working, she was full of people around her. For men, Becky is also quite at ease, and even laughs that male colleagues speak more gracefully.

Aki Tsai joined Citybus in 1997 as the bus captain, and has been more than 20 years (provided by NWFB and Citybus)

In recent years, there have been more and more female bus captains. In the past, Citybus had a "Xianqi Captain" which attracted many netizens to discuss, but 20 years ago, the proportion of female bus captains was even lower.

Yaqi Tsai joined Citybus as the bus captain in 1997. At that time, the buses were divided into "heavy" and "light". At that time, male colleagues would deliberately let her drive the "light" bus, but they were questioned by passengers. skill.

However, she said that with the advancement of bus technology, the design of the wheel and the "force" has become lighter, and women can also use the car.

NWFB and City Bayeux 145 full-time female captains

NWFB and Citybus said that the two buses currently have about 145 full-time female captains, accounting for about 3.7% of the overall captains.

Cai Yaqi pointed out that women are absolutely capable of being a car captain and paying attention to driving safety. They have received praise from many passengers over the years.

Elaine recalled that when she took the written test that year, she was the only girl in the audience.

(Provided by NWFB and Citybus)

The train service inspector has to manage the bus stop and bus service, communicate with a group of male bus captains, and is exposed to the sun and rain on the front line. NWFB senior train service inspector Qiu Zhiling also spent a lot of time adapting when he entered the line. "Frontline work It is unavoidable to be exposed to the sun and rain, and to stay out of the night. Women's physical fitness is generally not as good as that of men. It is indeed more difficult when you first enter the profession."

She recalled that before joining NWFB, she had to take a written test. There was only one girl in the audience, and she was worried that she would not be hired. She has been working for NWFB for more than ten years. She was promoted to Senior Car Inspector with her strength and her work performance was also good. Be recognized.

Although the physical requirements of the car inspection work are high, coordination and communication with all parties are still the focus of the work. Elaine believes that women have more advantages.

She shared that there was an uncle who accidentally fell in the carriage. Male colleagues tried to communicate with uncle but were unsuccessful. Later, Elaine took the initiative to appease uncle's emotions, and finally calmed him down and told the story of the incident and left his family's contact method. .

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