I do construction too, and as far as I've been told, i'm the first girl!! What's up with that!! get out their girlies, explore new opportunities and you just might surprise yourself.
anyways, i really recommend doing the test aswell. for all those who have done their trial exam, they will know how piss easy it is. it's mostly about the OHS side of things (or that's what it was in my exam) and if you know your practical stuff, (and can word it right, which can b a tad difficult) you'll do fine.
and about being mainly practical work, it's not all fun and games. we had to clean out the drains near our oval every month so the general assistant wouldn't have to!! Stuff him, he get's paid for it!! but it was fun anywayz
i just want to throw a completely random question at every1, if a female joined your construction class, would you treat her the same or differently than the other blokes? i was treated differently at first and it made me feel really uncomfortable, but they learned to loosen up. i was told i'm REALLY lucky i had such a relaxed, down-to-earth class, otherwise it would have been really difficult. Is your class like this? just wondering what you think!