Courtney Wilkinson says she was lucky. Her avenue into the plumbing industry came via her father, who made a concerted effort at educating her on all aspects of the business.
“My dad was really a great teacher,” says Wilkinson, vice president of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Arlington in Texas. “I’m one of those people who has to visually see it. So he would draw up pictures. I would go out on jobs. I would get down into holes underneath houses and really learn how a plumbing system works.”
That field education has complemented the core tasks Wilkinson has handled since starting to
Recruiting Women to the Plumbing Industry
Courtney Wilkinson found her way to plumbing because it was the family business, and she’s trying to do her part to make the industry more accessible to women
Apr 28, 2021
| by Kyle Rogers |
