By 2015 Ultimit was no longer trying to change the perception of the Electricity industry in terms of employing females. The industry was on-board and keen to recruit females. The new challenge was now finding females keen to join.
As Frances Hague the Ex-chair said – the project had moved from Revolution to Evolution.
In 2015 the Ultimit brand was rebranded to be Ultimit:Women in Infrastructure. Incorporating all the infrastructure industries serviced by Connexis, Civil, Energy, Telco and Water.
It was recognised that the women already working in the industry had been introduced by a family member or friend. So under the Ultimit umbrella a brand a new initiative was launched – Girls with Hi-Vis®.
The concept of GWHV was to invite our customer companies to open their door for the day and have their employees invite their sisters, daughters, cousins along with school students to their workplace and get a taste for the industry.
The first Girls with Hi-Vis (GWHV) events welcomed 48 attendees at 7 GWHV events.
