How I changed my career thanks to a Natural England apprenticeship
![Steve Walker surveying for bees and butterflies on the Kingley Vale NNR](https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2016/07/Bee-Survey-Steve-Walker-620x414.jpg)
When you think of an apprentice you’ll probably think of someone in their late teens, so it may surprise you to know that I started my apprenticeship with Natural England in my mid-thirties. To say it has been life changing is no understatement and making the decision to change my career later in life was surprisingly easy.