Women on the Line, Part 1: Featuring Susan Blaser of Metropolitan

Women on the Line, Part 1: Featuring Susan Blaser of Metropolitan Community College

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For Women's History Month in March 2023, we are featuring Susan Blaser, the lineman program coordinator at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City. Susan was the first journeyman lineworker at Kansas City Power & Light (now Evergy) and she now trains students for future careers in the line trade. In this episode, she shares her experiences about what it was like working as a female lineworker and discusses the opportunities for women in today's field workforce.

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