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New executive order on the blacksmith training with stages and specialisations
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om erhvervsuddannelsen til smed
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- Training to become a blacksmith ends with stage 1 (the specialisation blacksmith – machining), stage 2 (four specialisations: structural steel fitter, blacksmith – stainless steel, blacksmith – maritime and energy technology) or the specialisation welder, which has no stage.
- Goals, subjects, certificates and credit transfer are now set out in the training order for the vocational education to become a blacksmith, rather than in the executive order itself.
- Stage 2 ends with a journeyman's examination.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 August 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 14 January 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 20 January 2026
- In force · 1 August 2026