A woman from Nantwich, Cheshire recently become the first female wood worker at joinery and timber specialists Venables Oak, following a successful apprenticeship with the company.
Anna Ryan started with the company, based in Ch
eswardine, near Market Drayton Shropshire in 2019 as an apprentice, while studying at Reaseheath College in Nantwich and was taken on full time by Venables Oak in October 2021 when her apprenticeship, delayed by the pandemic, was completed.
Over the course of her two-year Level 2 apprenticeship, which took longer because of delays caused by the pandemic, Anna learned hands-on skills including timber profile cutting, joinery and machining.Â