Where would you like to work? Apprentices snapped up as trades stay busy 13 Feb, 2021 01:00 AM 4 minutes to read Nic Colville has almost finished his building apprenticeship. Photo / George Novak Nic Colville has transferred his passion for landscaping and gardening into building and is living his dream. The 29-year-old will celebrate the end of his apprenticeship in a few months time and said taking up a trade was the best move of his life. "I studied horticulture at school and then I worked at some garden centres. But I started thinking about career moves and I didn't know what I wanted to do but I did know I didn't want to be in an office.