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A driving license for truck (category C) is typically obtained in Denmark as an AMU course — for example at AMU SYD. This study guide is about the training path itself: what you need to complete to get started, how long it takes, what certificates you end up with, and how finances and registration fit together. The subject matter about driving technique and regulations can be found in the field's articles, calculators and templates — here we focus on guiding you through the course.

AMU stands for labor market education. These are short, skills-providing courses aimed at unskilled and skilled workers who need to maintain or further develop their labor market-oriented skills. Unlike a vocational education (EUD) with basic course, main course, and several years of alternation between school and apprenticeship, an AMU course is a focused program lasting days or a few weeks, completed with a certificate. You register yourself (or your employer registers you) one class at a time – there is no multi-year admission like in a youth education.

To take a driving license for a truck (category C) according to AMU SYD and the official driving license rules the following applies:

• 01Age: As a rule you must be 21. You can, however, start the driving lessons earlier (from 20 years and 9 months), as long as you are 21 by the test. The licence can be issued from 18 when it is taken together with the initial qualification (BEK 718/2026 § 46). With the certificate from the direct initial qualification test you may then drive C and C/E commercially from 18; with the certificate from the intensive training only from 21 (BEK 412/2025 §§ 8-9).
• 02Driving license: You must already have a valid category B driving license for a regular car.
• 03Danish: According to AMU SYD, you must master Danish at a level equivalent to 'Danish Exam 2' so you can follow the teaching.
• 04Health: You must be able to get an approved medical certificate from your own doctor.
• 05AMU target group: You must be registered with residence in Denmark (CPR) or have actual employment in Denmark to participate.

At AMU SYD the full course is structured so that you first spend about 10 days taking the licence itself (category C) and then complete the statutory driver training. Since 1 October 2025 the initial qualification is obtained either through a direct test with no teaching requirement (written tests of at least 4 hours, a driving test of at least 90 minutes and a practical test of at least 30 minutes) or through intensive training of at least 140 hours, about 4 weeks (BEK 412/2025 §§ 14-15). The old 8-week course of 280 hours can no longer be started. At AMU SYD the course 47854 «Godstransport med lastbil» (goods transport by lorry) lasts 30 days including the category C licence.

When you are done you end up with two things: the actual driving license for category C (large truck over 3,500 kg) and – via the mandatory Driver CPC training – a Driver CPC training certificate (EU qualification certificate). The EU certificate is a requirement if you want to drive goods professionally and the rules come from common EU legislation. The driving license itself must be renewed according to the ordinary rules for large driving licenses and the EU qualification certificate must be maintained with mandatory EU continuing education (at least 35 hours) every 5 years.

There is participant fee on most AMU courses, and the price depends among other things on your educational background (if you have an education up to and including vocational education level, you typically pay a lower participant fee than people with a higher education). If you are employed, you or your employer can apply for VEU compensation, which covers part of the salary loss while you are on the course. From 1 January 2026 the VEU rate is 1.017 kr. per day (corresponding to 137.47 kr. per hour). There may also be subsidies for transport and food and lodging. The exact participant fee for the specific group you must find in the school's current group description — it varies.

• 01Registration is done digitally on Voksenuddannelse.dk with MitID.
• 02If you pay yourself you register with your own MitID and apply for adult education grants and travel allowances yourself.
• 03If your employer sends you off you can register with the company's MitID/digital signature.
• 04You can also contact the school directly to find the right class and get help with enrollment.

• 01Get the doctor's certificate in good time — it is a requirement and can take time to get an appointment with your doctor.
• 02Check exam dates against your age to ensure you are 21 before your exam date
• 03Read the theory stuff continuously rather than cramming it at the end — the combination of theory and practical driving goes easier when the theory is solid.
• 04Clarify the finances (participant fees, VEU compensation, any employer payment) before the course starts, so you know what you need to pay out.
• 05Use the trade's other material on Discebo to repeat rules, driving and rest time and load securing.

With driving licence C and EU qualification certificate you can work as a goods driver for hauliers transport companies building sites and distribution centres. From here you can expand with 'trailer licence' (category C/E) for articulated vehicles which enables you to drive with trailers and articulated semi-trailers and later maintain your EU certificate with the legally required EU refresher training every 5 years. Many drivers also supplement with courses in special transport ADR (hazardous goods) or crane/truck to broaden their job opportunities.