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Adult vocational training (AMU)Short training programmes:Adult vocational training programmes are short coursesfor skilled and unskilled workers employed in private orpublic companies. Adult vocational training programmescan also form part of the job activation* initiatives offeredby job centres to the unemployed.2,500 different coursesThere are roughly 2,500 different adult vocational trainingcourses available in a number of areas, for example, commerceand clerical, social and healthcare, construction,agriculture, the metal working industry, the service industriesand the transport industry. For further details, we refer to theoverview at på www.vidar.dk.PaymentThere is a tuition fee. You may be able to have this refunded.Your unemployment fund or job centre will be able to tellyou more about this.For bilingual citizensIf you are not sufficiently proficient in Danish to take part ina course, it is possible to take special courses. In this event,one or more adult vocational training programmes will becombined with tuition in Danish. It is also possible to take anadult vocational training programme in Danish which is notcombined with other forms of educational programmes.SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONHere you can also see where the courses are held. Thesecourses are held at adult vocational training centres, technicalcolleges, business schools, social and healthcare colleges,national institutes for social educators and private institutionsaround the country.95