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Employers and workers in the electrician field didn’t exactly follow Donald Trump’s path when they agreed on a contract this spring aimed at promoting diversity in the profession.

Without immigrants and women, the electrician profession will face a crisis

Filmon Habteab arrived in Denmark as an unaccompanied refugee. He is now an apprentice electrician, receiving strong support from Benny Bo Nielsen, the apprentice supervisor at Multi Tech. Foto: Anders Holst Pedersen
Filmon Habteab arrived in Denmark as an unaccompanied refugee. He is now an apprentice electrician, receiving strong support from Benny Bo Nielsen, the apprentice supervisor at Multi Tech. Foto: Anders Holst Pedersen
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The 28-year-old Filmon Habteab is busy fixing an electrical outlet at Køge’s Music School, which is currently being renovated. Around him, men of various ages are working on the construction site, but none of them share Filmon Habteab’s background.

»I am happy to be an apprentice electrician«, he says in good, albeit slightly uncertain Danish.

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