Transport-CH: Focus on professions with a future
REAL OPPORTUNITIES The Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz AGVS will be focusing on training and further education opportunities at Transport-CH in Bern from November 14 to 17. The main focus will be on technical professions. Two thirds of all goods in Switzerland are transported by road, only one third by rail. Around half of [...]
Two thirds of all goods in Switzerland are transported by road, only one third by rail. Around half of the AGVS's total of 4,000 garage operations ensure that the 383,918 vans and 61,907 trucks and articulated lorries registered in Switzerland are safe on the road.
Trucks and passenger cars
Every year, 2600 to 2700 young men and women start an apprenticeship in commercial vehicles and passenger cars. They are all united by a fascination for technology and the prospect of a career with opportunities for advancement in a dynamic industry. Training and continuing education in the Swiss automotive industry need fear no international comparison.
Successes of Swiss apprentices
Young professionals from the commercial vehicle sector often take top places at vocational championships: In September, Damian Schmid, a 20-year-old automotive mechatronics technician for commercial vehicles, took fifth place at the WorldSkills in Kazan (Russia). In 2015, Jean Trotti was ninth in Sâo Paulo, and in 2013, Lukas Hediger, a truck driver, won the bronze medal in Leipzig.
Cooperation with partners
In addition to the AGVS, Carrosserie Suisse, Les Routiers Suisses, Auto-Schweiz, the commercial vehicle association Astag, the Association of Swiss Transport Dispatchers, the Association of Freelance Vehicle Experts Switzerland, the Swiss Automotive Aftermarket and the Swiss Armed Forces will also be presenting themselves at the 260 square meter "Professional World of Mobility" stand.
Motivation for teenagers
Visitors have the opportunity to assemble a model of a truck and then take it home as a souvenir. Olivier Maeder from the AGVS: "We are naturally targeting young people with this. We want to use this opportunity to give them an understanding of our professions."
