Nutritionist
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As a nutrition assistant, you work with food that both tastes good and is composed in a way that suits a specific target group. You learn to use your expertise to create meals that work in everyday life — from large kitchens to institutions and specialized services. The profession requires structure, technique and understanding of how raw materials, production and nutritional needs interact. You work with quality, planning and conscious choices throughout the process.
As a nutrition assistant, you work with food that both tastes good and is composed in a way that suits a specific target group. You learn to use your expertise to create meals that work in everyday life — from large kitchens to institutions and specialized services. The profession requires structure, technique and understanding of how raw materials, production and nutritional needs interact. You work with quality, planning and conscious choices throughout the process.
How the training takes place
The training starts at Techcollege, where you are introduced to cooking, nutrition, hygiene, raw material knowledge, production planning and financial thinking in a kitchen. You learn to combine professional knowledge with the methods needed to deliver meals to many different people.
You will then be trained in a kitchen where food is produced for larger groups — for example in care centers, schools, hospitals or other institutions. Here you will become part of everyday life and learn to balance taste, nutrition, efficiency and quality. You will be given tasks at the pace you are ready for, and will gradually become more independent in production.
Everyday life in learning
In the apprenticeship, you will have a working day where you combine planning and cooking. You will prepare raw materials, work with larger-scale portions, follow dietary requirements and learn to adapt meals to those who will eat them. You will work with equipment, control, structure and processes that must be precise when production is large.
You will be given more responsibility as you gain experience. This can be anything from production and serving to hygiene control, planning and new production methods.
In the apprenticeship, you will have a working day where you combine planning and cooking. You will prepare raw materials, work with larger-scale portions, follow dietary requirements and learn to adapt meals to those who will eat them. You will work with equipment, control, structure and processes that must be precise when production is large.
You will be given more responsibility as you gain experience. This can be anything from production and serving to hygiene control, planning and new production methods.
Start your education
Ready to get started? Here you will find the upcoming start dates for the program.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Application deadline & start date - 10.08.2026
Application deadline & start date - 18.01.2027
Frequently Asked Questions
The nutrition assistant training lasts up to 3 years and 7 months .
The education consists of a basic course and a main course, where you combine teaching at school with internships.
As a nutrition assistant, you work to prepare tasty and nutritious food for specific target groups.
You will learn, among other things, how to:
Prepare food in small and large quantities
Compose meals nutritionally correctly
Working with different diets and food types
Assess and compose diets for different target groups
Work sustainably and cost-consciously
Planning production in a professional kitchen
Responsible for hygiene control
You will also receive theoretical training in, for example:
Nutritional science
Dietetics
Food science
Dietetics and assessment
Production engineering and planning
Production hygiene
Sensory and food quality
Science, Danish and social studies
Electives can be, for example:
Creative serving
Vegetarian
Seasonal produce
The teaching takes place both in the kitchen and as classroom instruction.
Once you have completed the training, you can work as a nutrition assistant .
For example, you can work in:
Hospitals
After-school programs
Sports colleges
Christmas tag home
Nursing home
Other commercial kitchens
You can also further your education, for example in:
Process Technologist
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Health (requires additional academic study)
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship - also called a training agreement.
An apprenticeship means that you are employed as a student in a company and enter into an agreement about your education. This is where you learn the subject in practice and become part of a workplace.
You can apply for an apprenticeship with companies yourself, and the school will guide and support you in the process of applying and contacting companies.
If you do not find an apprenticeship immediately, you have the opportunity to receive school training if the education is offered with school training.
School-based training means that you complete the practical part of the education at school instead of in a company. Here you work with the same professional goals and competencies that you would otherwise learn in an apprenticeship.
This means that you can continue your education even if you do not have an apprenticeship from the start.
A vocational education is divided into two parts: basic course and main course .
The basic course
The basic course is the first part of the education and takes place at school.
If you come directly from 9th or 10th grade, you start with Basic Course 1. Here you spend the first half of the year being introduced to the educational field and learning the basic subjects and working methods.
If you do not come directly from primary school – or if you already have an apprenticeship – you start with Basic Course 2. Here you work purposefully with the education you have chosen and get ready for the internship and main course.
The main course
The main course is the part of the education where you alternate between school and internship in a company.
This means that you both receive instruction at school and learn the subject in practice at a workplace.
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship (a training agreement) with a company.
There are three ways to meet the entry requirements:
1) You have an apprenticeship
If you have a training agreement with a company, you automatically meet the admission requirements.
2) You meet the grade requirements
You must have:
Passed 9th or 10th grade
At least 02 on average in both Danish and mathematics
Passed the primary school leaving exam
If it has been less than a year since you finished primary school, you must be assessed as ready for education and submit your study choice portfolio.
You must send your diploma with your application.
3) Entrance exam
If you do not meet the requirements, you can take an entrance exam.
If you apply for Basic Course 2, you will need to attend an interview before you can be admitted.
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