[AnnieK]

I know a couple of female painter and decorators plus one girl whose going back to college to do plumbing. The problem with many typically male or female professions is that most people who are booking a builder, say, want and expect a man as they are in the most part physically stronger. Most women going to a beautician want a woman etc etc etc. Also, in professions mainly undertaken by either sex, I can imagine training could be pretty challenging if you're the opposite sex to the majority.