Inter-company courses

The inter-company courses or introductory courses are the third place of learning in Switzerland as part of basic vocational training and serve to acquire basic professional skills.

Duration

The duration varies from job to job and can be between a few days and several weeks.

Content

The contents vary greatly from job to job and can convey specialist knowledge as well as reflect the teaching as such.

Example content:

Motorcar mechanic

Material processing (filing, drilling, welding)
Electrical engineering (basics, oscilloscope, etc.)
Vehicle technology (brakes, ABS etc.)

Commercial Jobs:

Course of teaching
Learning journal
Reflection on the past year of apprenticeship

history

The inter-company courses have a long tradition as introductory courses in skilled trades (car repair shop, electrical installation), while they were only introduced in other professions in the 2000s as part of major revisions by the new Vocational Training Act.

It then took official forms in the 1970s: In the final report of the Grübel Commission from 1972, it was proposed to supplement the business administration (forerunner of today's apprenticeship) with inter-company introductory courses.

The introductory courses were anchored in law in the Third Vocational Training Act of 1978, which came into force in 1980. This made introductory courses compulsory for apprenticeships in the field of electrical installation, wood construction, structural draftsman and other professions.

The inter-company courses did not become an integral part of all professions until 2004 with the new Vocational Training Act . However, due to the transitional provisions, there was time until 2009 to change the individual regulations for the professions.

Here are some examples of professions with a conversion year:

Other names were also "specialist courses" and "practical courses", but these terms also became obsolete with the 2004 Vocational Training Act.

costs

The courses are subsidized by the federal government and the cantons, the rest is borne by the teaching company. The apprentice must not incur any (additional) costs.

Individual evidence

^ Inter -company courses on the website of the Swiss Auto Industry Association - Bernese Oberland section

↑ Inter -company courses ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Canton of Schwyz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz.ch

^ Inter -company courses - Mechatronics technician on the website of the Swiss Auto Trade Association - Bernese Oberland section

↑ Inter -company courses, basic commercial training - communication sector ( memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the BSW leading swiss agencies website

↑ Emil Wettstein: The Development of Vocational Training in Switzerland ( Memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.5 MB) page 74, accessed on December 29, 2010

↑ Emil Wettstein: The Development of Vocational Training in Switzerland ( Memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.5 MB) page 69, accessed on December 29, 2010

↑ berufsbildung.ch: 1.6.4 The third Vocational Training Act of 1978

↑ http://www.eaz.ch/vzei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=80

↑ http://www.holzbau-bz.ch/?Portrait:Geschichte

↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Vocational Training Act (BBG) (PDF; 169 kB) of December 13, 2002

↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives )

↑ Emil Wettstein: The Development of Vocational Training in Switzerland ( Memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5.5 MB), accessed on January 6, 2011

↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Inter -company courses on the website of the Swiss Auto Industry Association - Bernese Oberland section