Truck Mechanic Apprentice at Værksted Slagelse

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Would you like to be a truck mechanic apprentice at Værksted Slagelse? And are you interested in learning something new and at the same time actively contribute to solving tasks? Then this is where you should send your application.

About us

The main task of the Defence Maintenance Service is to maintain, repair and modify the Defence's equipment as well as carry out larger installation and renovation tasks.

In addition, we shall provide maintenance personnel to the armed forces units in connection with their operational tasks and readiness here at home and abroad.

To solve this task we are about 1700 motivated civilian and military employees, geographically distributed on garrisons across Denmark and deployed together with the armed forces operatived units around the world.

The Defence Maintenance Service - Maintenance Department Land handles support to the Defence's land-based units. In addition to modifying, repairing and maintaining the Defence's equipment, through efficient and sensible workshop operations, we support the Defence's force generation, deployments and readiness with educated military technical personnel who are lent to- and join the operational units.

We offer

• An exciting education
• An education in a politically governed organization
• A guarantee of learning and exciting challenges
• An education that really makes a difference for Denmark

About the education

During the education you will work with everything from inspection tasks and major repairs, to also participate in exciting modification tasks on the Defence's vehicles.

You will be both at the school desk and in practice. You alternate between vocational school (where it fits with your residence and your internship site) and internship at your service location, where you are training as a truck mechanic, where you will acquire the practical and professional skills.

You are in training as a truck mechanic, and during the education you will acquire theoretical and practical skills relevant to the education.

The education lasts up to 4 years - depending on your qualifications, and combines the practical part at the workshop with school periods at a technical school near you.

As an apprentice in the Defence you get good professional and personal development opportunities and you will experience an informal work environment among good colleagues.

About you

It is essential that you also have the ability and willingness to work independently, as well as an interest in working in a committed environment, where there will be interaction between workshop work and school courses.

We imagine that you

• Have completed 9th/10th grade and a relevant basic course within cars, aircraft or transport means.
• Are curious, engaged and ready to take responsibility.
• Can collaborate, but also work independently.
• Are reliable, have technical flair and thrive on getting oil on your fingers.

Does that sound like something for you? Then send your application – we look forward to hearing from you.

Employment terms

Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees' Organizations. The state sector (OAO-S collective agreement) and the craftsmen and technicians agreement.

For you who are under 25 years, your starting salary will be calculated based on any previous education and experience, but will at minimum be 13,099.57 DKK per month. If you are 25 years or older, your salary is 22,706.53 DKK per month. There is an employer-funded pension scheme attached to the position.

As an employee in the Defence you are subject to some special terms. You must, among other things, be security cleared, and maintain the security clearance throughout the employment process.

You as an employee have a duty to serve outside the countryorders, including at units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacemaking, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you have questions about the education, daily life or the workshop, you can contact the workshop manager Emil Nimand Jørgensen at phone 41938655 or email [email protected]

If you have questions about employment or terms, you can contact HR consultant Silke Cicilia Rasmussen from the Personnel Command at phone 2043 1029.

Application deadline: 23 November 2026

Employment date: 1 January 2026 or as agreed

We ask you to apply for the position via the link “Søg den ledige stilling” and attach the application, CV, exam certificate (printout of the exam sheet), basic course certificate and other relevant documentation. If it is not possible to scan and attach the documents in PDF format, you can bring them to the interview.

The Defence Ministry's organization values diversity and sees it as a strength for task solving. We therefore encourage all qualified applicants – regardless of background – to apply for the position.

Defence Maintenance Service

The Defence Maintenance Service is a quality management and occupational safety conscious service company that maintains, repairs and modifies the Defence's materiel. Part of the company is ISO and occupational safety certified, which is expected to be expanded to the entire organization. The authority employs about 1700 employees.

The Defence Maintenance Service consists of a Maintenance Division with six maintenance areas distributed geographically across the country, and a Planning and Coordination Division located in Brabrand. The six Maintenance Areas are specialized in repairing, maintaining and modifying specific materiel systems within their professional pillar. The Planning and Coordination Division consists of a Business Department and an Operations Department, which handle coordinating planning, education, management, controlling and development of the Defence Maintenance Service.

In addition to repairing and maintaining the Defence's materiel, the Defence Maintenance Service also supports Defence operations and missions with well-trained military technical personnel, who are lent to Defence units in accordance with agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.