Karina Patel and Rachel Toor have become the first women to complete a plumbing apprenticeship at Walsall Housing Group's Skills Centre.
Toor said: "I want to break through the glass ceiling and believe there is a definite gap in the market for women in the trades. In my experience, certain groups of people – like the elderly – prefer to have a woman working in their home."
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