webfact Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Young female mechanic showing the guys how it's done! Picture: Daily News BANGKOK: -- She is a young lady in a very male dominated world - but she doesn't mind being up to her armpits in grease if it means showing the boys what she's got! Meet Siriporn Dittharahan - otherwise know as Nong Mai - the star mechanic at Mick Auto in Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani. Whether it is changing a wheel, repairing a puncture or dozens of other mechanics' jobs fifteen year old Nong Mai is your girl, reported Daily News. The M3 (year 9) student at Wat Moonjindaram School is earning 200-300 baht a day in her uncle's shop providing her with pocket money in the holidays and at weekends. Her Uncle Mick, the owner of the shop, said that Nong Mai was one of seven kids belonging to his brother and he was a bit overwhelmed. So he offered to look after her. Now, since she was ten, he has been showing her the tricks of a mechanics' trade. Nong Mai said: "The guys were a bit confused at first but now they accept and respect me for what I can do. "I have had lots of help in the past but I can handle most things myself now. "And I am not shy or embarrassed of anyone - I don't mind being covered in grease!" Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-05-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Well this proves that anybody can be a mechanic in Thailand...no education needed...maybe that's why so many accidents happen cause the brakes didn't work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 ...you just go girl...kudos to her uncle..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 That's not hard with the guys I have seen at work one minute a waiter in a restaurant the next running a BMW garage, Good luck to the girl, looks like she has been doing it for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 pretty girl. nothing wrong with doing some routine mechanical things, changing bike tires, grease, lube jobs, replace broken lights, etc. She doesn't necessarily have to be a master mechanic and rebuild transmissions, diagnose modern electronic systems, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarguy Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Glad to see she is learning a trade , there will always be work fixing motorbikes in Thailand , In a few years they need to start a service for Lady Bike owners and have her as Service writer , as long as its the same basic cost the female owners will feel more comfortable going there , We need a 5 year from now follow up story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 It shows you how rare it is for women to want a dirty job that this makes the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Good luck to her. Whatever works, as long as she's not in any kind of danger or is properly trained. This of course until someone comes along and puts this under an underaged-child-labour complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Well this proves that anybody can be a mechanic in Thailand...no education needed...maybe that's why so many accidents happen cause the brakes didn't work?Give it a break. She has an education - up to M3 at the moment and she is learning the trade in her Uncles workshop, good luck to the girl. She seems to be making her way at something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 4 hours ago, fruitman said: Well this proves that anybody can be a mechanic in Thailand...no education needed...maybe that's why so many accidents happen cause the brakes didn't work? You missed the point...everyone has to start somewhere, I used to work in a bike shop after school and at weekends, after I finished school I did an apprenticeship and became a fully qualified tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 A Disney movie in the making - very inspirational. Hope she and other women ignore gender stereotypes and do what they enjoy. Met a cruise ship diesel mechanic once. She was a gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, JAG said: Give it a break. She has an education - up to M3 at the moment and she is learning the trade in her Uncles workshop, good luck to the girl. She seems to be making her way at something. Some people will never say anything positive about Thailand and Thais.. you have to get used to miserable people like that. They can't even learn some Thai and get enraged (as by his topics) when he a MCD cashier does not speak English. These kind of people just live here to torture themselves I guess. He obviously never heard of hands on training and automatically starts to assume the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Nice clean and organised work environment she has to work in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Good on her and well done in a land of gender stereotypes... but she might want to tell her uncle Mick to clean up his work area. At least for the Photo shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncat1 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I admire and respect this girl, but there are many girls and women doing what is thought of as a mans job. Often the girls and women do a better job that the men. On most building sites the labourers are female and work a lot harder than the men. When I built my small house all the labourers were women and they were better workers than the men. They did not need Thai whiskey at the end of each working day either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncat1 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 hour ago, seahorse said: It shows you how rare it is for women to want a dirty job that this makes the news. Women already do all the dirty jobs, labourers on construction sites for example. Also when have you ever seen a male toilet cleaner ? That dirty job is almost exclusive for women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 hours ago, webfact said: "And I am not shy or embarrassed of anyone - I don't mind being covered in grease!" Mmm....and she's only fifteen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 45 minutes ago, robblok said: Some people will never say anything positive about Thailand and Thais.. you have to get used to miserable people like that. They can't even learn some Thai and get enraged (as by his topics) when he a MCD cashier does not speak English. These kind of people just live here to torture themselves I guess. He obviously never heard of hands on training and automatically starts to assume the worst. So you would let this girl work on your car? I only let qualified engineers touch mine since it's already dangerous enough in BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 hours ago, webfact said: Her Uncle Mick, the owner of the shop, said that Nong Mai was one of seven kids belonging to his brother and he was a bit overwhelmed. So he offered to look after her. What? Take a kid, any kid, I've got plenty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, fruitman said: So you would let this girl work on your car? I only let qualified engineers touch mine since it's already dangerous enough in BKK. You are assuming she does so unsupervised and unchecked by anyone. This is part of hands on training.. you get trained and supervised. Slowly you learn more (usually but not in this case (YET) you go to a technical school too). Its all part of learning to work. When I did my first accounting jobs I was checked by my employer (work learning project). Its quite normal all over the world for people to learn hands on like this. So would I let her work on my car alone.. no.. under supervision.. yes. This is how it works all over the world. I swear I never seen you post one nice thing about Thailand or Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 hours ago, fruitman said: Well this proves that anybody can be a mechanic in Thailand...no education needed...maybe that's why so many accidents happen cause the brakes didn't work? Some people will go to any length to bash any and all things Thai, no matter how positive the subject! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Bluespunk said: What? Take a kid, any kid, I've got plenty... Happens a lot that family members take care of other family members kids.. not my thing.. but it is quite normal here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 minute ago, robblok said: Happens a lot that family members take care of other family members kids.. not my thing.. but it is quite normal here. I find it disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 hour ago, seahorse said: It shows you how rare it is for women to want a dirty job that this makes the news. Or it shows that there are still professions where prejudice prevents women taking part in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said: I find it disturbing. I find it strange, but I don't judge seen it in many families here. It can work out quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, fruitman said: So you would let this girl work on your car? I only let qualified engineers touch mine since it's already dangerous enough in BKK. Please let me know where you get the "engineers" to work on your vehicle. Last time I went to Isuzu and Mitsu agencies they had mechanics. But then again you might be driving German vehicles and believe that the mechanics at these car agencies are engineers. This girl is 15 years old and is changing tyres and doing odd mechanic jobs for her uncle. She is not claiming to be an "engineer" nor a qualified mechanic. Her uncle is raising her as her own father is not financially able to do so. Instead of her doing drugs or prostituting herself she is doing something positive. Yet you find something negative to say about her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 minute ago, robblok said: You are assuming she does so unsupervised and unchecked by anyone. This is part of hands on training.. you get trained and supervised. Slowly you learn more (usually but not in this case (YET) you go to a technical school too). Its all part of learning to work. When I did my first accounting jobs I was checked by my employer (work learning project). Its quite normal all over the world for people to learn hands on like this. So would I let her work on my car alone.. no.. under supervision.. yes. This is how it works all over the world. I swear I never seen you post one nice thing about Thailand or Thais. And i swear i 've never seen you post some intellectual thoughts here. I've been to loads of dealers in BKK and seen plenty of those 15 yo mecanics who seriously have never learned anything at all properly. I won't let them touch my vehicles, have had too many very danerous situations because of that. Why do you think mecanics in the West need degree's to touch cars??? Like if 15 yo girls who never went to technical school can do the same, yeah right...in grandma's eyes maybe. Even the adult mechanics i've seen working lack of professionalism, it's the same with all other labour in thailand. Very hard to find a good one who knows what he's doing. People who let 15yo kids work on their vehicles shouldn't be surprised if they loose a wheel or something like that. But hey at least it was cheap. The girl should start working on bicycles for some years. Then small scooters for a while and finally cars when she's old enough to drive those herself so she can get an idea of what happens under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, robblok said: I find it strange, but I don't judge seen it in many families here. It can work out quite well. Well, as someone who works with young children I do judge. This case seems to be working out. I have no evidence nor am I stating it isn't. However, I still find such practices disturbing. Edited May 12, 2017 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, fruitman said: And i swear i 've never seen you post some intellectual thoughts here. I've been to loads of dealers in BKK and seen plenty of those 15 yo mecanics who seriously have never learned anything at all properly. I won't let them touch my vehicles, have had too many very danerous situations because of that. Why do you think mecanics in the West need degree's to touch cars??? Like if 15 yo girls who never went to technical school can do the same, yeah right...in grandma's eyes maybe. Even the adult mechanics i've seen working lack of professionalism, it's the same with all other labour in thailand. Very hard to find a good one who knows what he's doing. People who let 15yo kids work on their vehicles shouldn't be surprised if they loose a wheel or something like that. But hey at least it was cheap. The girl should start working on bicycles for some years. Then small scooters for a while and finally cars when she's old enough to drive those herself so she can get an idea of what happens under the hood. Your missing the point because you can't read. Its normal to work under supervision.. it happens all over the world. Nowhere does it state she works all alone unsupervised. How do you think the work and learn experience works in other countries. I gave you an example of it.. also an example of how it worked with me. You fail to read.. you just keep spewing your opinionated anti Thai rants here. How do you think mechanics in the West learn their trade without touching cars until they are qualified... (nope).. same way as this girl. Doing mechanical repairs under supervision of an qualified mechanic. Usually they study at the same time. Now be a good boy and educate yourself a bit more. Edited May 12, 2017 by robblok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, fruitman said: Why do you think mecanics in the West need degree's to touch cars? Really, I don't think so!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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