Meet three women who have
embarked on careers in the wood
products industry. This program
profiles Jodie MacDonald, a sawmill
production coordinator who liaisons
with sales and marketing; Marie-
Claude Giguere, a composite
technologist who tests and
fabricates oriented strand boards;
and Roxanne Fayant, a crate builder specializing in
extremely large-scale work. View a preview video
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Jodie MacDonald is a sawmill production
coordinator. She's a liaison between the
sales force at Weyerhaeuser who market
lumber and the sawmills that produce it.
Jodie decided on a career in wood products
after researching different education
programs. She found a wood products
course that had a 98% placement rate with high starting salaries. After
graduating from the two-year course she landed her job at Weyerhaeuser.
“I like how diverse my job is. There are so many different areas I can go into
like manufacturing, sales, public relations, human resources or process
control.”
Jodie’s advice to women looking to pursue a career
in wood products is to not get discouraged, even if
you’re the only woman in the classroom or the
workplace. She thinks other women would enjoy her
job because there is constant problem solving and
every day is new and different.
Jodie likes to meet challenges head on and her work
with the sawmills is no different. She really enjoys
her job and encourages women to open their minds
to other opportunities and try something new!
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Composite technologist Marie-Claude
Giguere works on the testing and
fabrication of OSB board, otherwise
known as oriented strand board. OSB
is basically an engineered wood
product comprised of strands of wood
oriented in a certain way and glued
and pressed together to create very
strong boards.
Marie Claude’s job is to help ensure the right mix of elements are used to
create the boards, in order to create a quality product that meets specifications.
“My job is a nice challenge for a woman who likes physical work...”
Marie-Claude works eight and a half hours a
day and only seven hours on Friday, with every
second Friday off. In the future, she would like
to move up to a technical advisor position.
Marie-Claude orients a lot of her work activities
toward evaluating the quality and performance
of OSB. She conducts a variety of tests to
determine product capabilities, then writes up
detailed reports that will be used in the creation
or enhancement of OSB products.
Making a difference in the outcome of the activities at the lab is very satisfying
for Marie-Claude. However, when she’s not spending time with wood in the lab,
she spends it in the forest, enjoying fresh air and the beautiful outdoors.
Camping and fishing is her method of getting away from it all.
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If you've ever received a wood crate
package, it could have been built by crater
and 3rd-year apprentice carpenter,
Roxanne Fayant. Roxanne makes crates to
specification, then travels to different job
sites to crate up whatever item they want
to ship. Some crates can be as big as a
house!
Roxanne has worked at a variety of carpentry jobs, including renovations,
finishing and building decks. Although carpentry runs in her family, she first
went to university to study film and video. Then, she went back to the family
specialty.
“My favorite part of my job is seeing the work when
it's done. I take a lot of before and after pictures.”
In the future, Roxanne wants to help out other
aspiring women carpenters. She wants to get her
journey ticket and take on female apprentices.
Roxanne’s job involves both hands on carpentry
and customer service. She deals with a lot of
different customers and anything could come up
when she’s on site doing a crating job. Dealing well with these kinds of
challenges takes the right combination of skills and experience.
Roxanne is a single mom, so the regular hours give her the opportunity to
spend time with her son Steven.
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Developed in 2006 in Canada, the Career Options for Women series is an
outstanding resource for schools wanting to attract women and girls to Science,
Technology and Trades!
Please Note: These videos are an excellent depiction of women in these jobs
and are interspersed with Canadian salary and labor statistics, which are
similar to the numbers in the United States. As there is a no-return policy on
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