workshop dress code

[smmee2]

I am a female Wood Tech teacher and I am currently being harassed by one of the big wigs for wearing denium in the workshop when I have practical lessons. It has been suggested that I wear King Gee overalls to work to teach in. I think that they are less professional than jeans. I was wondering if there is any one out there that who could suggest what I might be able to do because for safety reasons I cant wear a dress or skirt in the workshop?

[Barry_White]

When I went to school which was a long time ago all the Tech teachers wore dust coats over their normal clothes. But what does he mean Bib and Brace overalls or Combination overall as in a boiler suit.

I think in this day and age denim is quite appropriate as long as it reaches safety requirements.

Probably not in your best interests but why not tell him to get a life.

I did that once to the General Manager of Lysaghts and earned myself a demotion.

[DanP]

Jeans??? Professional :confused:

What about drill press shirts and pants, IMO, the most professonal looking work wear, whilst being practical, you can get.

Dan

[smmee2]

I have tried the drill pants and shirts in the past and they are all designed to fit males and they make me look too butch. not a professional enough for the school i work in. thanks though.

[bitingmidge]

Jeans??? Professional :confused:

What about drill press shirts and pants, IMO, the most professonal looking work wear, whilst being practical, you can get.

Dan

....and here was I thinking professionals wore expensive Italian suits and silk ties!!



...but I do think denim is a bit "last year"!

Why not go the whole hippy-art-chick thing with the bib overalls and top of your choice??

P (who spends his professional life behind a desk wearing shorts and bare feet).

[Barry_White]

I have tried the drill pants and shirts in the past and they are all designed to fit males and they make me look too butch. not a professional enough for the school i work in. thanks though.

I dont think overalls are for the professional appearance and if you think drill pants and shirts make you look butch wait till you get into a set of combinations or bib and brace.

Why not a nice white dust coat or at the worst a set of white combinations.

All that to please some bigwig that wouldn't know anway.

[ubeaut]

Most wear a grey dust coat. I suspect they are regulation, government school issue. There should be no reason why a skirt or dress would be out of place, under one of these. I take it that jeans are not classed as acceptable dress in your school so it would probably be more prudent to wear slacks under a dust coat. Don't do the overalls thing, definitely no fashion statement to be made and you have trouble looking wise and getting respect when dressed in one of those clown suits. :eek:

However you could always buy a set of white overalls, dye them bright pink and sew brightly coloured flowers and hippy slogans all over, might look pretty terrible but I bet they would change their tune about the jeans pretty quick.

Go the dust coat. They are practical, look very professional and the kids will show you more respect. Read respect as: won't be laughing at you and your clown suit behind your back.

Cheers - Neil

[Barry_White]

Well said oh humble leader.

[ubeaut]

White dust coat? No:eek: Grey dust coat? Yes White isn't a practical colour for a work shop, save thet one for thew science lab.

Cheers - Neil

PS I gotta be more quick with my replies. When I started the above there were none. Gotta stop answering the phone and concentrate on more important things like posting replies.

[ubeaut]

Doh!! Did it to me again.

[Barry_White]

You might notice I said professional but nothing about practical. Of course grey or karki is more practical but she wanted to look professional. With horn rimmed spectacles of course.

[Barry_White]

Well enough of this, I'm off to the shed to do some woodwork in my professional clobber of thongs, stubbies and navy Bonds singlet to chop off a couple of fingers and toes.

[Zed]

its getting hot, I wear me kingies (shorts) no shirt unless machining and thongs... I'm a paragon of saftey I am......

SMee2 - you probably would have to wear a shirt of some form....

[Termite]

I love working in shorts and thongs in summer, a combination of sweat, and a hairy chest that would make Zed jealous, added to shavings and sawdust makes for a very interesting look. Something SWMBO describes as a "Giant fat-gutted sweaty termite"

[Iain]

A female teacher with a hairy sweaty chest, actually while I was in the Public Service there were a few of them :eek: