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What the legislation requires before you can service and test drive
As a bicycle, moped and motorcycle mechanic you work with vehicles that must be safe to use in traffic. Therefore the trade is bound up with a series of rules and requirements that you encounter already during your apprenticeship.
Before you can move on from the basic course, you must have obtained a number of mandatory certificates and skills. They are about being able to work safely with the materials and processes the trade includes.
Before you go to the final exam, you must have acquired the relevant driving licence according to current rules — you need to be able to test drive the vehicles you repair. Only in special cases can the trade committee specifically exempt you from the requirement.
When you adjust brakes lights gear and engine you're not just doing it for the customer — you're making the vehicle legal. Brakes lighting and light systems and for mopeds also structural aspects like top speed are covered by traffic legislation and equipment requirements. An incorrectly set moped can make it illegal so you must know the rules for what you work on.
The education itself is set out in a regulation on vocational training for cycle and motorcycle mechanics issued on the decision of the professional committee Metalindustriens Uddannelsesudvalg. It describes aims duration tests and the requirements that apply — and it is updated regularly so the trade and requirements keep up with industry development.
You don't need to know the regulation by heart, but it's good to know it exists: it's the guarantee that your journeyman certificate means the same thing, regardless of which school you attended.