太阳能计划中的妇女由Buon设立，以增加妇女参与在可再生能源项目建设中。
The women in solar program was set up by Beon Energy Solutions (Beon), with support from the labour hire company Chandler Macleod, to directly address the fact that participation rates of women in the construction side of renewable energy projects is very low – estimated to be approximately around two percent.
Beon has already seen a significant increase in female employees in the office environment, largely driven by increased renewable energy projects, but the same was not happening on the construction side.
Reasons for these low numbers include a long history of women not being given employment opportunities in construction, a lack of pathways for women into the industry and limited opportunities for advancement of women who do get a job, which leads to low retention.
Beon took the position that given the renewable energy industry is relatively new, there is a great opportunity to redress this imbalance and so set up the Women in Solar Program.
The Program seeks to increase the participation of women in the construction component of large-scale solar farms through:
招聘- 积极促进我们的太阳能项目的工作机会，并促进就业前技能和培训计划，如健康和安全，让妇女工作准备建设作用。
保留- 对我们项目的女性工作人员进行持续的指导，支持和培训，以协助他们进入并继续在行业中工作。
与Beon的目标保持联系，“在我们工作的社区和地区作出积极贡献”，雇用更多女性的可再生能源项目被认为是正确的事情，但对于我们工作的区域社区有益。
But it was also considered good for business. Increased women’s participation expands the talent pool for renewable energy jobs, leading to increased productivity.
它成功了。在Buon的第一批大型太阳能农场，妇女在项目建设方面的参与率小于5％。在Spark Infrasture的Bomen太阳能电池施工时，太阳能计划中的女性在施工时，该数字增加到11％。去年在Genex'Jemalong太阳能农场的Beon建造，女性现场的数量增加到22％。
Beon的生产力随着每个新的太阳能农场的增加，这可能部分归因于在这些项目上工作的妇女数量的增加。
Beon的经验迄今为止，展示了工作场所的妇女带来了新的观点，不同的技能，改善合作，并为积极的工作场所文化做出贡献。
重要的是，女性的益处也很棒。
参与者是Tracey Trainer，39，一位拥有最小的工作历史的母亲，但渴望回到劳动力。
“在失业之后，这一直很难过大量机会，所以太阳的女性对我来说是惊人的，”特蕾西说。
For 65-year-old Aboriginal woman Lynette Toomey the Women in Solar program gave her a chance to get back into the workforce and try something new.
“我在过去五个月里失业了，我很感谢有人看过我的年龄并给予我去，”莱恩特说。
有些女性是单身母亲，工作经验有限，所以发现很难找到一个员工，他们会给他们一个人的机会证明自己。现在他们有。因此，他们的自尊得到了增强，这与他们所获得的收入增加相结合，不仅对他们而产生了积极的影响，而是他们的家庭。
As one of the participant’s in Beon’s first Women in Solar Program, Hayley Stear, said.
“It’s had a big impact on a lot of people, like one of my mates, Chloe, she is only 17 and it has built her confidence up a lot and it has a big impact on us, it has given us all the courage to step out, because a lot of us have been unemployed and single parents and it got us out working and back into society.”
Beon are continuing to run this program across our different solar projects, always looking to build on and improve the program. Some of the women from the first program are now working on their third solar farm with Beon. And even if the construction of solar farms in their region begins to slow, they now have a proven track record of not only working on construction sites, but working well and so can go on and work on other construction sites or other work.
搏一搏。如前所述，这是正确的事情，适合区域项目，适合业务。
As documented in a recent study by the Australian Clean Energy Council, ‘Clean Energy at Work,’ in 2019 there were 25,000 people employed in renewable energy projects and this number could increase to as many as 44,000 by 2025 – the majority of which will be in regional areas.
So increased participation of women in the renewable energy sector will be increasingly important as there will be a greater demand for quality workers.
该计划挑战的性别刻板印象是前瞻性的想法，即女性无法处理物理条件和长期工作时间 - 每周55小时 - 在太阳能电场上需要。这些先入为主的想法不仅被一些男人在现场举行，而是妇女本身。
But it was in the doing, that the women proved to themselves and others, that they could do this work, just as well as, if not better than the men.
显然，有一些任务不是所有女性都适合，但也适用于男性，并非所有人都适合所有任务。与每个人一样，主管和管理人员的作用是找到人们适合的任务。和大型太阳能农场的好处，是有许多不同的任务。
As one of our site mangers, Denis Pana, said in relation to the women in solar program after the first pilot project, ‘Some of my best workers have come out of the women in solar program….and that’s honest . . . they all proved themselves to be awesome workers and I am more than happy for them to come on the next project.’
最后，作为Hayley Stear，参加第一个计划的女性是回应她对其他妇女的问题，以为其他妇女在可再生能源项目建设方面取得工作：
“试一试。它的身体但是他们使它工作easy, like if you are struggling or you can’t do that particular job they will help you find a job you’re fitted for. They want you to work and they will help you find where you are fitted and where you are meant to be and I would encourage them to go for it. It’s been great.”
Beon在项目上生产了短视频。
