Vocational apprenticeship: a springboard for careers
AUTOMOTIVE MECHATRONIC More than 900 young people are now undergoing basic training as automotive mechatronics technicians - ten percent more than the average for the past five years. Often the start of a successful career. The four-year basic vocational training is the highest level of basic technical training in the Swiss automotive industry. It is an ideal stepping stone to later pursue one of the higher vocational [...]
The four-year basic vocational training is the highest level of basic technical training in the Swiss automotive industry. It is an ideal stepping stone to completing one of the higher vocational training courses later on and thus taking on a management role in a garage business. Basic training and two-year additional apprenticeship
Olivier Maeder, the AGVS Executive Board member responsible for training: "908 new apprenticeship contracts for automotive mechatronics technicians - that's a very pleasing figure. This figure includes both young people who started their basic training as automotive mechatronics technicians and automotive specialists who started a two-year additional apprenticeship after completing their basic training.
Apprenticeships also in the commercial sector
Every year, around 3,000 school leavers - male and female - start an apprenticeship in the automotive industry. 2700 of them in one of the three technical professions of automotive mechatronics technician, automotive specialist and automotive assistant. The industry has a total of around 8000 apprentices.
In mid-May, around 500 apprenticeships were still available for the start of next summer. This is not a matter of course, as no trial apprenticeships were possible for around two months during the 2020 lockdown. Information events such as careers fairs could also not be held due to the pandemic.
