"I'm a female builder in a male-dominated trade''

A female builder is defying gender norms in a male-dominated industry.<br /><br />Heather Walker, 26, joined the family trade at the age of 22 after struggling to find work as a personal trainer during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br /><br />What was meant to be a short-term job has turned into four years of hard work and growth following in the footsteps of five generations before her. <br /><br />Heather works alongside her father John Walker, 57, the director of TV Nix Builders, a company established in 1925 by her great-great-grandfather. <br /><br />Heather began as a labourer under her father’s guidance, learning the ropes by fetching tools and watching him work.