On the morning of January 19th, the first woman was certified at Mariel Container Terminal to operate a special container forklift and also the RMG cranes.
As soon as Yaquelín Cruz Arozarena showed her interest of being training as an equipment operator, the Company’s Training Center organized a training plan for her, which she began to comply with during her days off.
When Jaquelin’s skill, discipline, commitment and willingness to work brought to light, she was immediately released from her duties as a Video Surveillance Systems Technician just to dedicate herself entirely to the RMG crane training in the railway yard.
Less than a month, the young woman, an intensive care nurse by profession, acquired the necessary skills to operate the equipment safely.
Yaquelín Cruz Arozarena completed satisfactorily her study and training program and today, she breaks the barriers and becomes the first forty-ton cranes female operator, that’s why she is the pride of our Terminal.
The certification was carried out through a training in the process of loading and unloading forty and twenty-foot containers, from the railway trailer to the prime mover and vice versa.
The practical exam for compliance with the dynamics carried out was a sample of precision and mastery of the technical parameters of the equipment for the safe work.
Her dedication and the overwhelming desire of growing were essential for her success. The operations group welcomed her promptly and they also supported her training, taking her as a team-mate, says her instructor Arnaldo Yuniel Herrera Montejo, who is proud for being with her during all her apprenticeship.
“The RMG crane is my first step in the operations yard, since I have a clear intention of operating the RTG and STS Quay Cranes”, were the words of Yaquelín, who is an example for all the women who imagined that heavy equipment were only men’s work.
Stories like this are usually told from each profession or job. The important thing is to make them ours on a day-to-day basis, to touch them with the hand; because women like Yaquelín do not understand the phrases IMPOSSIBLE DREAM/ IMPOSSIBLE TASK.