Portraits of Women in Mechanical Lifting Discipline – MARIAM ZABRON’S STORY

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

When I was kid, I have always wanted to be a businesswoman, I had wished to be in women clothes selling business

What and where did you study?

I did my primary education from standard one to seven in Musoma Village from year 2003 to 2010.

Tell us about your career from the beginning until now.

I started my career as a small-scale businesswoman at Kahama District before I applied to join the EACOP project as a helper in the civil works as a steel fixer. I joined WI in 2022 as a helper and I was selected to be among the candidates for the on-the-job training for the slinger and banksman course. After a couple of months of being a slinger and a banksman, I then joined the course for the overhead crane operator, were for now I serve as an overhead crane operator.

What training did you complete to become a Lifting Supervisor or Engineer?

I attended the on-job training for the slinger and banksman course done by Mainport. I was trained as an Overhead crane operator by Mainport.

Have you always been interested in mechanical lifting?

I gained interest to be among the mechanical lifting operations after joining the project, before that I was not aware for these operations, Day to day I look forward to developing myself in the mechanical lifting field.

What qualities should a lifting supervisor or engineer have?

A lifting supervisor is someone with knowledge and has undergone training to be able to follow and make decisions in a lifting operation.

How do you see yourself in five years?

Five years from today, I see myself as someone with skills, experience and ability to work or being employed in oil and gas Industry across East Africa.