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Plastics technician: three stages and new rules for school and exams
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om erhvervsuddannelsen til plastmager
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The training to become a plastics technician is divided into three stages: plastics operator at stage 1, plastics technician at stage 2, and specialist in plastics production at stage 3.
- The training must now be completed with one of the three stages or specialisations, whereas before it could be completed with stage 1 or a specialisation.
- A new purpose provision has been introduced, and the journeyman exams at stage 2 and stage 3 have been rewritten.
- The journeyman exam at stage 2 must be taken by all apprentices at stage 2, regardless of whether the apprentice continues to the next stage.
- The school teaching has been changed, and many requirements are now set out in the training regulations.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 22 January 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 24 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026