More women are entering skilled trades, but numbers still lag behind men

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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Plumbers, pipe fitters and welders are jobs traditionally associated with men, but there's a growing number of women going into the skilled trades.

"If you look around, everything is made of welding, " said Kimberly Flores, a welder with HOLT CAT.

She's had a passion for welding since high school.

"I really like repairing, and turning something that's ugly and that nobody really wants, they think is trash," she said. "You get it, you put it together, you rebuild it and make it into something of value."

At just 19-years-old, her passion has paid off. She had her job lined up at HOLT CAT even before she even graduated high school. She's the only woman on the welding team in Irving, and the only one for HOLT CAT in the DFW area.

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