Scan Magazine | Education Profile | HANSENBERG Technical College
HANSENBERG technical college in Kolding offers 30 different vocational programmes.
Shaking up the conception of vocational education Vocational education is not just about learning how to attach bolts and fix pipes. No, at HANSENBERG technical college in Kolding, Denmark, a dedicated team of instructors helps young Danes enter a range of exciting and challenging professions from being a hairdresser and fitness instructor to a plumber and electrician – the possibilities are plentiful. Henrik Bull, winner of the Danish plumbing championships, explains why he, as a top-grade student, chose to enrol at HANSENBERG’s plumbing and energy programme. By Signe Hansen | Photos: HANSENBERG
When Bull decided that he wanted to become a plumber, it was not because he was not good at school or did not know what else to do. It was because he realised that plumbing was about much more than fixing pipes and toilets. The 19-year-old trainee explains: “Back in 18 | Issue 88 | May 2016
2010, my parents had a ground source heat pump installed at our farm, and that really jumpstarted my interest in energy saving and environmental improvements. It opened my eyes and made me realise that this was also what plumbing was about, that it was actually a big part of
it. Of course there are also the other things, the regular plumbing work like toilet installations and so on, but energy-optimising instalments are a big part of it because so much is happening in that area right now, so many new legal requirements, developments and needs.”