Automation engineer

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Automation technician is a regular profession in Switzerland. Typical activities are the planning, construction and testing of apparatus, machines, plants and automation systems.

The basic vocational training to become an automation technician takes 4 years.

The profession of automation technician took the place of the following previous training courses in 1997: electrical mechanic, electrical machine builder and switchgear fitter.

School requirements

For learning the profession, an intermediate or advanced level of secondary level I is recommended, but the decision lies with the teaching company.

activities

Automation engineers develop solutions for control and automation tasks. They build electrical apparatus, machines, plants and automation systems and put them into operation or carry out maintenance work on them. They often work with other specialists on projects or individual assignments. The tasks in the profession increasingly include the development and programming of controls and the application and creation of technical documents. Manual and mechanical production is still very common in the automation technician profession. The programming and development of controls is more the job of trained automation engineers. The assignments at work cover a broad spectrum and can take place in industrial and commercial companies.

Areas of responsibility

The automation technician has the following areas of responsibility:

Training opportunities

After completing the professional examination as an automation technician, numerous further training opportunities are open, the paths to / to the federal. dipl. Industrial foreman, as well as the technical school or the technical college with the training course for electrical engineers.

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  1. ↑ http://www.sbfi.admin.ch/bvz/grundbildung/index.html?detail=1&typ=uebergangsbestektiven&lang=de&item=24

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