23 Apr 2025

Newly qualified tradie at 56 years of age

From Checkpoint, 5:23 pm on 23 April 2025

Most people recovering from an illness as serious as breast cancer would probably take it easy and do as little as possible - but not Nelson woman Wendy Ramsay. At 56, Wendy has just become a qualified tradie. A tiler to be exact - having just finished her apprenticeship under the Building and Construction training organisation BCITO. That's despite a difficult battle with cancer.