{"id":123782,"date":"2016-06-03T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123782\/girls-learn-theres-more-to-scaw-than-steel-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:11:23","slug":"girls-learn-theres-more-to-scaw-than-steel-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/03\/girls-learn-theres-more-to-scaw-than-steel-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls learn there\u2019s more to Scaw than steel manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scaw Metals Group, based in Germiston, recently hosted 20 young female pupils from Eksetsang Secondary School, in Katlehong, for the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The girls were shown the various careers they could explore and discovered that the Scaw Metals Group was more than just a steel manufacturer.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Steel Wire Rope facility, situated in Heriotdale, hosted the Grade 11 and 12 pupils showcasing the opportunities that Scaw Metals has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>The business unit plays a significant role in the overall company and is a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialised steel ropes, wire, strand and chains for key industries.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_123784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123784\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/23GCNGENERALSCAWMH2_14429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123784\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/23GCNGENERALSCAWMH2_14429-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"The girls go on a tour of Scaw Metals with Eddie Botes (front).\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/23GCNGENERALSCAWMH2_14429-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/23GCNGENERALSCAWMH2_14429-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/23GCNGENERALSCAWMH2_14429.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls go on a tour of Scaw Metals with Eddie Botes (front).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Steel Wire Rope operations comprises three key divisions: steel wire rope, chain products and wire and strand, which are hubs of a diverse set of skills and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>As the high school is located in the surrounding community from where Scaw Metals operates, it demonstrates that the organisation is committed to not only empowering their female employees but also the students who want to potentially add tremendous value to the company and industry at large. Take a Girl Child to Work Day is a remarkable annual platform, however, Scaw Metals sees their role with the school as a partnership which contributes hugely to Scaw\u2019s long-term objective to attract aspiring females to the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The day was captured by the extraordinary female employees working at the Steel Wire Rope facilities; from the sales team, nurses in the clinic, and engineers to the metallurgists who each shared their journey.<\/p>\n<p>What was most fascinating to the students was the many years of service the employees had, which further demonstrated how much Scaw had invested in their female employees.<\/p>\n<p>Nokuthula Sephapo, one of the pupils said, \u201cI was not aware of the amazing jobs Scaw had to offer which were far from the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe employees were insightful in sharing the courses they had studied, the duration of the courses and what the job entailed within the organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scaw Metals Group CEO Markus Hannemann said, \u201cOver the years the Take a Girl Child to Work Day has evolved and further highlights our commitment to the empowerment of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123691\/primrose-police-encourage-young-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Primrose police encourage young girls<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123328\/future-careers-showcased-at-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">Future careers showcased at hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c63fdd904934c1d0a5c1b3f752125778'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a Girl Child to Work Day, empowers young girls to dream big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":123783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[979,969,4314,1015,2734,11232,1665,9183,3667],"class_list":["post-123782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-heriotdale","tag-katlehong","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metal-industry","tag-scaw","tag-scaw-metal-group","tag-take-a-girl-child-to-work-day"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["germiston","germiston city news","heriotdale","katlehong","melissa hart","metal industry","SCAW","scaw metal group","take a girl child to work day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}