Hattie Hasan | |
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Occupation | Plumber |
Known for | Established the organisation Stopcocks, dedicated to supporting women plumbers |
Hatice Hasan MBE,[1] known as Hattie Hasan,[2] is a British plumber and CEO of the Stopcocks Women Plumbers[3] franchise for women in the plumbing trade.
Hasan trained as a plumber after working as a teacher in inner-city schools for eight years.[4] She enrolled in a plumbing course as a self employed apprentice. After practising as a plumber for 15 years she founded Stopcocks as a means of promoting and enabling female plumbers,[5] who make up around 3% of the construction workforce and less than 1% of plumbers.[6] The Stopcocks network was established to provide support to self employed women and training for those getting established in the trade.
Hasan authored The Joy of Plumbing: A Guide to Living the Life You Really, Really Want[4] published in 2011. She was named in the 2020 New Year Honours list as an MBE[1] for supporting and promoting women in the plumbing and heating industries.
Hasan is of Turkish Cypriot origin.[7]