A decision on the apprentice skill record should be judged at the joinery bench at Fern Hall, where the rule changes an ordinary route, shift or service. Compare this season’s measurement with the living site and the people who steward it. The current file is the Year first, budbreak window 2 review, not a permanent settlement of every future case.

The the apprenticeship book and samples signed at the bench lists 42 skills assessed with a dated sample from more than one project; the previous window lists 37. Lyra Ash checked both against visits to the workshop or room alongside interviews with its users. The difference matters because whether one standard test describes a craft learned across several kinds of work.

Masters value a common comparison. Apprentices want the book to include work they completed in a real commission. Those objections deserve a clear answer. They are not a reason to keep an uncheckable rule simply because its wording is familiar.

A useful decision names who will do the work, which count will change and when the result comes back to the public table. In this case, the standard test uses the same joint even when the apprentice specializes elsewhere.

The responsible office has begun the follow-up set by the board, which approved a seasonal trial with a named habitat review.