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A charity has told 5 live that less than two per cent of people working in manual trades in the UK are women.

Women on the Tools, which aims to encourage women to take up jobs like plumbing and construction, says it's a picture which has barely changed in 40 years.

Katie Kelleher is the only female crane operator at Tottenham Court Road Crossrail site.

She said people would often look at her like she had 鈥済rown a third head鈥� because they were surprised to see a woman in a crane, but she 鈥渓oved鈥� the job regardless.

This clip is originally from Afternoon Edition鈥檚 coverage of the 大象传媒鈥檚 100 women season, on Tuesday 22 November 2016.