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New rules for the construction trades training programme
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om træfagenes byggeuddannelse
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Many details about basic subjects, credit transfer and competence goals are now in the training order instead of in the executive order.
- There is a new purpose provision for the programme, and the requirement of at least 2.0 as the final grade in the programme-specific subject in the basic course was already in the executive order, but is now combined with the requirement for the programme-specific competences for the basic course, which are set out in the training order.
- There is also a new provision on the journeyman's examination and on upper-secondary subjects being included in the eux certificate.
- 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) · 28 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026