Careers Special: Ex-teacher becomes UK's first female to complete butchery apprenticeship

EX-teacher Ionela Bacioiu (known as Dana) has become the UK’s first female to complete her Level 2 FDQ Abattoir Worker Apprenticeship, blazing a trail for other women to carve out a career in the meat sector. 

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 2 min read
Careers Special: Ex-teacher becomes UK's first female to complete butchery apprenticeship

EX-teacher Ionela Bacioiu (known as Dana) hasbecome the UK’s first female to complete her Level 2 FDQ Abattoir Worker Apprenticeship, blazing a trail for other women to carve out a career in the meat sector....

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