A Woman Boss in the Trucking Industry

Heather Jones speaking at the AELC Entrepreneurs Club

Heather tells her inspiring story of the trials and challenges of being a woman in a man's industry and how she overcame all sorts of difficulties and prejudices to set up Success Transport.

YEARS of experience in the transport sector stood Heather Jones in good stead when she decided to establish Success Transport in 2004.

To some, Ms Jones move out on her own was seen as a huge gamble, as she had to mortgage her family home to buy her first trucks. But she had done her homework, many times over, to ensure the new business would stay on the road.

Before establishing Success Ms Jones worked with a large transport contractor, beginning as a relief driver and working her way up to transport manager, overseeing a significant increase in turnover along the way.

Ms Jones admits she could have sat back at that time, confident of her business skills and not challenged or further exerted herself. Instead she was willing to put her head up and get shot at to have a go in a predominantly male industry.

Success provides high quality and timely transport services to a wide range of industries, from mining and farming to shipping. It has not been a smooth ride for Ms Jones, as she must contend with lasting prejudice on a daily basis.

Ive had many people refuse to speak to me or conduct business with me, and ask to speak to the man who knows, she said.

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[chadberry75]

hate 2 piss her off...

[georgehartline]

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[teawithsu]

I've been driving for 14 yrs. I will not stop.

[9eyesore]

a woman enters a

mans woirld and it becomes stupid shit i wonder why