What can graduates do after completing the "Foreign Trade Specialist (BP)" course?

The "Foreign Trade Specialist (BP)" course provides in-depth knowledge of all aspects of international trade. Graduates have qualified specialist knowledge in export financing, customs and VAT issues, international law and international marketing. They will be able to conduct business negotiations with international partners, assess opportunities and risks in global trade and monitor the actual processing of orders. You will therefore be well prepared to take on qualified specialist responsibility or a management position in a trading company, a forwarding and transportation company, a bank or an internationally active company.

What are the prospects and benefits of further training?

The "Foreign Trade Specialist (BP)" course leads to a federal certificate that is recognized throughout Switzerland. In addition to proving your competence at a higher educational level, you are also specifically admitted to further courses such as the federal diploma as a foreign trade manager. Other, more generalist further education options are in the direction of business administration. For example, by studying at a higher technical college for business to obtain a Federal Diploma in Business Administration HF.

In addition to the specialist knowledge imparted, you can always gain a lot from a course in adult vocational training from a personal perspective. You exchange ideas with other "like-minded people", be they other course participants or lecturers on the "Foreign Trade Specialist" course, and can make valuable contacts. This allows you to build up your own professional network. This can prove useful again and again in the course of your career, for example during a later job search or for exchanging industry information.

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