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Facts about Denmark

Facts about Denmark. Denmark is a small country of 43,000 sqm og approx. 5 mio inhabitants The five largest towns: København (our capital) Århus Aalborg Odense Randers The country is divided into five regions and 98 municipalties. Randers Technical College, Denmark.

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Facts about Denmark

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  1. Facts about Denmark • Denmark is a small country of 43,000 sqm og approx. 5 mio inhabitants • The five largest towns: • København (our capital) • Århus • Aalborg • Odense • Randers • The country is divided into five regions and 98 municipalties

  2. Randers Technical College, Denmark • We are from the town of Randers which is situated in Jutland between Århus and Aalborg, close to the E45. • We are three guests from Randers: • Niels Rasmussen, Project Manager • Torben Rahbek, Teacher • Anne B. Mortensen, Admin.

  3. Randers Technical College • An independent institution offering • Vocational education and training (VET) - including electrician • Technical Upper Secondary School • Academy Profession Degree in Production Technology • Further education as Optician • State certified chiropodist • Adult education: Continuing education and training • Approx. 1,500 full time equivalent students and 300 employees

  4. Vocational Education and Training in Denmark • We are one of approx. 100 colleges offering VET programmes in Denmark • In Denmark, VET is a youth education system, organised to the dual training principle, i.e. periods in school alternates with periods og training in an enterprise • There is a choice of between approx. 100 types of VET, gathered in 12 vocational clusters • The duration of the VET programmes varies from 1½ to 5½ years

  5. Elementary school VET College Basic course Work experience VET in Denmark Higher education 20 weeks Usually three years

  6. VET programmes- at Randes Technical College

  7. Training to become an electrician - at Randers Technical College • We offer training in two different areas: • - Installation Electrician (4 years) • Control and regulation (4 ½ years) • Approx. 60 weeks at college, the rest as work experience • At college approx. 30% of the course work is practical, 70% theoretical • At college we have installation workshops, measurement workshops samt soldering- and assembly workshops • The education belongs in EQF level 4 • We co-operate with Installation companies and industrial enterprises, such as Vestas, Grundfos, Energi Randers, Bombardier • So far the electricity department at the college has no experience with international co-operation

  8. Establishing a new VET programme in Denmark • The Danish Ministry of Education authorises the establishment of new VET programmes, usually in accordance with a recommendation from a trade committee. When authorising a new programme, financing is also agreed upon. • Each VET has an affiliated trade committee with representatives from employers as well as employees.

  9. Actors in VET MoE Ministry of Education: Authorizes The Council for Vocational Training: Advices and recommends REU … National trade committees: Responsible for the curriculum Trade Committee A Trade Committee B Trade Committee N … Local Training Committee: Strengthening the contact Between colleges and the local labour market LTC College X LTC College Y LTC College N

  10. Timeframe for the establishment of new VET courses in Denmark • A VET programme such as ”energy assisstant” does not belong naturally to one trade commitee – it is independent of sectors • The secretariat to one of the trade committees ”Industriens uddannelser” servicing trade committees in the industry. We are in contact with these committees. • If a need which is not covered by existing programmes arises in the labour market, pilot programmes can be created. In this case the companies must make training places available. • We apply ourselves to provide a VET programme within two years. Alternatively as a pilot programme.

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