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New executive order on the service assistant training programme
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om erhvervsuddannelsen til serviceassistent
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The training ends with one of the following steps and specialisations.
- The specialisation at step 1 gives access to step 2.
- The final exam at step 2 is a school exam held by the school.
- The requirements for the basic course, basic subjects and training certificate have been changed.
- Among other things, the subject committee now issues the training certificate instead of the school when the training ends at step 1.
- Who: The rules do not apply to pupils who started or transferred to the training before entry into force. For these pupils, the rules previously in force under executive order no. 597 of 10 May 2022 on the vocational training programme for service assistants still apply.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Sources and original
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 28 January 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 30 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026