A woman who quit her job as a waitress during the Covid pandemic to become a plasterer has never looked back since – despite some people not taking her seriously.
Madi Forrest didn't plan on becoming a tradie (tradeswoman), but quit her job after failing to see any longevity in it. While on furlough she decided to take a four-day plastering course so she could use the skills she learned when she would eventually buy her own house.
Madi, from Chester, Cheshire, first practiced the trade on a fake wall in her garage after completing the course, and then offered to do odd jobs for friends and family, free of charge.
