D-Drill’s Julie White ascends to board of DSA.
Julie White, managing director of Shilton-based diamond drilling and sawing specialists D-Drill, has accepted a position on the board of directors of The Drilling and Sawing Association.
Julie says she feels that she can make a difference in an industry that continues to be male dominated. “It needs new people on the board and younger members who are rare in The Drilling and Sawing Association,” she says. “We need to prove to people that are not members that it is worth their while being part of the organisation.
Joel Vinsant, secretary of The Drilling and Sawing Association, says Julie fully deserves her position on the board. “Julie has been pro-active in the industry for a number of years and fully deserves her place on the board. We want the association to have new blood with people who have fresh ideas to take the association forward with different approaches and with Julie’s involvement we can only go from strength to strength,” he says. “She has been really enthusiastic about encouraging the two-year apprenticeship scheme we started six years ago which is vital to train the next generation in this specialist industry.
“It is important for people coming into this sphere to gain vocational and practical training and D-Drill has had 20 apprentices complete the course which highlights Julie’s commitment to providing her workforce with the best possible skills.”
