Hattie Hasan

Hattie Hasan
MBE
OccupationPlumber
Known forEstablished 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.

Career

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.

Published works

  • Hasan, Hattie (2011). The Joy of Plumbing: A Guide to Living the Life You Really, Really Want. Ecademy Press. ISBN 978-1-907722-09-7.

Personal life

Hasan is of Turkish Cypriot origin.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Women plumbers' founder 'chuffed' over MBE". BBC News. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "New Year Honours List – United Kingdom". The Gazette: London Gazette. 62866: N18. 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Home - Stopcocks - Woman Plumbers, Female Plumbers". Stopcocks. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b Hasan, Hattie (2011). The Joy of Plumbing: A Guide to Living the Life You Really, Really Want. Ecademy Press. ISBN 978-1-907722-09-7. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ Davis, Hazel (8 April 2010). "Taking the plunge in male world: A radical firm of female plumbers". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "UK self-employed by gender in detailed occupations from 2013 to 2018". Office for National Statistics (UK).
  7. ^ "The Conversation: Female Plumbers". BBC News. 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2021. Hattie Hasan is a second-generation Turkish Cypriot who grew up in London.