Order No. 72 on the vocational education and training programme for nutrition assistants.

This Executive Order regulates Denmark’s vocational education and training programme for nutrition assistants, whose purpose is to prepare students to plan and produce nutritionally appropriate, healthy and appealing meals for diverse groups in settings such as hospitals, care homes, schools, prisons, canteens and food-service businesses. The programme covers nutrition, dietetics, food safety, sustainability, ingredients, production methods, quality standards, economics and the dietary needs and culinary preferences of different groups; it leads to a level 4 qualification and may also be completed as an eux programme. It sets the programme’s duration, entry requirements, recognition of prior learning, main-course competencies and final journeyman’s examination.

Denmark · 2026-01-14