Guts, brains & mouth

“As a woman, you have to learn to use your head”

Tamara Radler inspecting the boiler during ash removal. As a walker, this is also part of her job.

(Bild: Wenzel Markus/Markus Wenzel)

She has guts, brains and knows what she can do. Tamara Radler has chosen a job in which she gets her hands dirty and bears a lot of responsibility. The 30-year-old is the only woman in the male-dominated waste-to-energy plant, she wears her pants and says: "You need a good mouth here."

The stench is not for perfectly powdered noses. It's also loud, hot and dirty. Well, working at Linz AG's waste-to-energy plant would probably be a nightmare for princesses. Not for Tamara Radler. "I can get stuck in, I like getting my hands dirty," laughs the 30-year-old. She is the only woman here in the male-dominated incineration plant in Linz.