«Someone has to take care of our fields»: women tractor drivers continue to be trained in Snihurivka

A training program for training women tractor drivers has started in Snihurivka with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine and the Danish government.

This is stated in the UNDP Ukraine report.

Seven women master the new profession. The youngest of them is 18, the oldest is 47.

«There are seven of them: Nadiia, Tetiana, Nataliia, Viktoriia, Mariia, Karina and Elena. They are different. Someone drives a minibus and raises three children, someone volunteers, and someone breeds goats. But all of them aspire to master the profession of a tractor driver, the article says.

The future female tractor drivers have already mastered the theoretical part and practice driving - five days a week for six hours. They will be able to get the right to drive a tractor only after passing the state certification in the fall of 2024.

The group's instructor, who has been teaching tractor driving for more than 20 years, says this is the first time he is teaching women.

«How many people did I teach? I think more than 500. But I will definitely remember this group for a long time! Honestly, at first I was skeptical about this idea, but after seeing the interested eyes of the students at the first lesson, I realized that it would be an interesting experience. Future female tractor drivers have already successfully completed the theory and moved on to practice. Of course, sometimes they fail, but I patiently repeat: «Try again!». Someone has to do it, someone has to take care of our fields,» said Anatolii Stepanovych.

We will remind, in Mykolaiv on July 18 , another group of trolleybus drivers completed their training at the base of KP «Mykolaivelectrotrans». 15 students received certificates.