Rosa Delgado
Master electrician · Runs a 12-person crew
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- Master Electrician · Delgado Electric
- Based in
- Phoenix, United States
- Experience
- 21 years in skilled trades
- Speaks
- English, Spanish
In her words
Twenty-one years in, I own the company and I still get asked to fetch the foreman. I can help you price a job so you stop underbidding, and handle a site where you are the only woman on it.
What she can help with
Only Woman on the Crew
Holding your ground on a site, floor, or shift where no one looks like you.
Being Taken Seriously by Clients
When customers ask to speak to the man who is actually your apprentice.
Pricing Your Work
Charging what the work is worth, and holding the number when it is questioned.
Apprenticeships & Certification
Getting into the training, the union, or the licence that gates the work.
First Hires & Managing a Team
Becoming someone's boss for the first time when you built the job yourself.
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