Stacie Roussain, a bed operator and leveller at Algoma Steel, is a second-generation steel plant worker
We are now seeing the influence of mothers working in the skilled trades with their daughters now following them onto the worksites.
“When we roll the steel out, it starts at eight inches thick, and then we roll it down to the proper gauge. Once it’s rolled through at the height, we give it one pass at the leveller, and it makes it nice and flat,” she explained. “The bed part is when we send it down to the finishing end for them to either put on a truck or do further processes to it.”
Her mother spent 20 years working in the mill before taking an administrative position in the company for another 25 years. At home, her mother would share what it was like working on the floor and the importance of a positive and supportive foreman. Roussain shared that every day something new happens. It’s always a new learning experience for her and not a typical Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 job. She is busy and loves that part.
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