Retail trade specialist: training, further training, information, self-tests

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Retail trade specialist with a federal certificate: a springboard to a career in retail trade

Retail specialists manage areas, rayons, departments or entire branches of all kinds of goods - whether chocolate specialties, hosiery or workshop accessories. As specialists and managers in their sales area, they usually belong to middle management and are involved in practically all relevant work steps - from purchasing goods and designing the product range to marketing and planning staff deployment.

Education:The umbrella organization "Bildung Detailhandel Schweiz" (BDS) is behind the professional examination for retail trade specialists with a federal certificate. It promotes young professionals in the retail trade and is committed to vocational further training with uniform quality standards. The retail trade specialist training course has been in existence since 1999, is well established on the job market and opens the door to higher professional examinations.

Learning content:The training provides general knowledge on the topics of the company, environment, personnel management, personnel management, logistics, procurement, marketing and sales.

Relevance:Due to digitalization and changing consumer behaviour, the Swiss retail trade is particularly confronted with the upheavals in the economy and everyday life. As qualified specialists with the necessary, up-to-date know-how, retail specialists with a federal certificate are in high demand on the job market.

Activity:Retail specialists usually work in small or medium-sized supermarkets, specialist or specialty stores as area, district, department or branch managers. Their tasks are numerous: they are responsible for purchasing the product range, tracking the movement of goods and ensuring that the warehouse is managed professionally. In doing so, they comply with the statutory safety measures. They develop suitable solutions for incorrect purchases and gaps in the range and also ensure that the product range is attractively designed. They also calculate costs, monitor the budget and optimize processes on an ongoing basis. Retail specialists also conduct market research: among other things, they analyze key figures on purchasing behavior and derive sales-promoting measures from them. Finally, they also instruct their employees and support them in the implementation of their tasks.

Personal requirement:Outgoing and reliable professionals from the retail sector who have a good nose for upcoming trends and seasonal sales opportunities as well as a flair for figures and would like to take on management responsibility are well served by a retail specialist apprenticeship.


Questions and answers

In einem ersten Schritt werden in der Detailhandelsspezialist-Prüfung die fünf Module Unternehmen und Umfeld, Personalführung und Personalmanagement, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen, Beschaffung und Logistik, Absatz und Marketing, geprüft.

Der erfolgreiche Abschluss wird für die Zulassung zur Berufsprüfung  Detailhandelsspezialist / Detailhandelsspezialistin mit eidgenössischem Fachausweis vorausgesetzt und gilt als Kompetenznachweis.

Die eidgenössische Berufsprüfung ist in eine Fallarbeit und in einen Assessment-Tag unterteilt.

Die Fallarbeit wird 14 Wochen vor der Prüfung zur Bearbeitung verschickt und muss bis spätestens 6 Wochen vor der Prüfung eingereicht werden. Das Ergebnis wird an der Berufsprüfung präsentiert.

Am Assessment-Tag müssen Critical Incidents beantwortet und eine Planungsaufgabe gelöst und präsentiert werden.

Die Detailhandelsspezialist-Ausbildung zur Berufsprüfung Detailhandelsspezialistin / Detailhandelsspezialist mit eidgenössischem Fachausweis besteht aus folgenden Modulen:

  • Modul 1:  Unternehmen und Umfeld
  • Modul 2:  Personalführung und Personalmanagement
  • Modul 3:  Finanz- und Rechnungswesen
  • Modul 4:  Beschaffung und Logistik
  • Modul 5: Absatz und Marketing

A survey of people who have enquired at one or more schools about further training as a retail specialist reveals the following results:

  • In 50% of cases, an online assessment triggered the school inquiry
  • 33.75 % were recommended the school they enquired about
  • 16.25 % already knew the school/s before the request

Schools with good online ratings or well-known schools with which a prospective student has already been satisfied are almost always shortlisted for the new training course. This survey by the education platform Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch therefore also confirms this for the retail trade specialist course. As an additional important reason, respondents gave us the following text responses: "The school is the easiest to reach", "Bernese schools", "the school is close to where I live", "is nearby", "compare several together", "due to start date" and "by chance".

A survey of training graduates provides a benchmark for the amount of time spent on self-study - e.g. casework for retail trade specialists. According to this, graduates of further education courses spent the following amount of time per week:

  • 1 % less than one hour
  • 8 % one to two hours
  • 20 % three to four hours
  • 18 % five to six hours
  • 19 % seven to eight hours
  • 11 % nine to ten hours
  • 8 % eleven to fifteen hours
  • 15 % more than fifteen hours

For holders of the Federal Certificate of Competence as a Retail Trade Specialist who are interested in a comprehensive education in the retail trade sector and want to deepen their knowledge in the disciplines of corporate management, financial and personnel management as well as communication and information management, we recommend attending the higher professional examination for retail trade managers with a federal diploma.

 

Further possibilities are:

  • Professional specialization as a category manager or merchandiser
  • Higher professional examination for a federal diploma as a retail economist, buyer, sales manager or marketing manager
  • Advanced technical college HF in business administration or marketing management
  • With vocational baccalaureate: University of Applied Sciences degree in Business Administration

You should meet these personal requirements for the retail trade specialist apprenticeship:

  • Customer orientation
  • Service orientation
  • communicative competence
  • Pleasure in consulting and sales
  • analytical skills
  • Sociability
  • Federal certificate of proficiency as a retail trade specialist (EFZ) and at least three years of professional experience in the retail trade.

or

  • Other 3-year basic vocational training or equivalent training and 4 years of professional experience in the retail trade.

or

  • Federal Vocational Certificate in Retail Assistant (EBA) and at least five years of professional experience in the textile retail trade.

or

  • Anyone who does not have one of the aforementioned certificates must provide evidence of ten years' professional experience in the retail trade.

and

  • 1 year of management experience in retail trade

and

  • Required module qualifications or certificates of equivalence
Der Lehrgang zur Berufsprüfung (BP) Detailhandelsspezialist / Detailhandelsspezialistin mit eidgenössischem Fachausweis vermittelt ein umfassendes betriebswirtschaftliches Generalistenwissen. Absolventen / Absolventinnen des Fachausweises verfügen über die notwendige Fach- und Führungskompetenz, um in Detailhandelsbetrieben in einer verantwortungsvollen Funktion tätig zu sein. Für das Erreichen der Unternehmensziele optimieren und begünstigen Detailhandelsspezialisten / Detailhandelsspezialistinnen Kernprozesse des Verkaufs. Hierfür führen und motivieren sie Mitarbeitende, nutzen ihre soliden betriebswirtschaftlichen Kenntnisse für die Analyse und Gestaltung von Projekten und kommunizieren kompetent mit internen und externen Stellen.

Ein Detailhandelsspezialist übernimmt anspruchsvolle Fach- und Führungsaufgaben im Detailhandel. Zu den Aufgaben in Detailhandelsspezialist-Jobs gehört das Beschaffen von Waren, das Bewirtschaften des Lagers, attraktive Warenpräsentation, Betreiben von Marktforschung sowie das Auswerten von Kundenbefragungen. Eine Detailhandelsspezialistin arbeitet in einem Supermarkt, Fachgeschäft oder Spezialgeschäft. Ebenfalls kümmern sich Detailhandelsspezialisten um Fehler und die Einhaltung der Sicherheitsmassnahmen sowie um die Prozessoptimierung. Im Bereich Finanz- und Rechnungswesen ermitteln Detailhandelsspezialisten wichtige Kennzahlen, erstellt Budgets und berechnet Kosten. Genauso ist man in dieser Funktion für den optimalen Personaleinsatz verantwortlich.

A specialist in retail trade has the following responsibilities after graduation:

  • Ensuring the sales success of the branch/department
  • Branch manager in larger branches Deputy
  • Product range design, goods procurement, logistics and marketing
  • Personnel management
  • Comply with regulations regarding goods and technical equipment
  • Budget compliance

Most people interested in a training course want to check at the beginning of the interest phase whether the course meets their personal requirements for further training. This is also confirmed by a survey conducted by Ausbildung-Weiterbildung among those interested in retail specialist training. Almost all respondents cited this as the reason for their interest - namely 61%. 29% were interested in the course because they had received a recommendation. 10% of respondents were interested in further training because it is often mentioned in job advertisements. Other reasons given in free text responses are as follows:

  • "Because I have a qualification as an EFZ retail specialist"
  • "I want to get closer to my professional goal"
  • "The course is a prerequisite for a job I'm applying for"
  • "Expansion of specialist knowledge"

Those interested in retail specialist training expect the following insights from an information event at the school:

  • 70 % Key data on further training
  • 63 % Information on the training method
  • 62 % View learning materials
  • 55 % Get to know the school better
  • 53 % learn more about future career opportunities
  • 35 % Info on success rates and ratings "Retail specialist"
  • 34 % can clarify individual questions
  • 28 % Hold discussions with lecturers
  • 24 % Meet and interview graduates
  • 23 % Information on the Swiss education system
  • 16 % See classroom

Folgendes sind dei Detailhandelsspezialist-Voraussetzungen für die Berufsprüfung:

  • Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis als Detailhandelsfachmann / Detailhandelsfachfrau oder als Detailhandelsangestellter / Detailhandelsangestellte oder gleichwertiger Ausweis und mindestens drei Jahre Berufspraxis im Detailhandel nach Lehrabschluss.

oder

  • Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis (Lehrabschluss) oder gleichwertiger Ausweis und mindestens vier Jahre Berufspraxis im Detailhandel nach Lehrabschluss.

oder

  • Berufsattest als Detailhandelsassistent / Detailhandelsassistentin und mindestens fünf Jahre Berufspraxis im Detailhandel nach Abschluss der Grundbildung.

oder

  • Keiner der vorgenannten Ausweise und mindestens zehn Jahre Berufspraxis im Detailhandel.

und

  • Nachweis einer mindesten einjährigen Führungsfunktion im Detailhandel.
  • Nachweis der erforderlichen Modulabschlüsse oder der Gleichwertigkeitsbestätigung.

Tips, tests and information on "Retail trade specialist with federal certificate"

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What can graduates do after completing the course? What will I gain from the course?
» Skills and prospects of retail specialists
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» Advantages of a retail specialist
Overview of the professional field of sales and retail trade
» Marketing, sales, communication guide
How can I finance my continuing education? How can I benefit from federal subject funding?
» SERI Federal contributions for continuing education for professional examinations and higher professional examinations
What is required in the retail specialist job? How are the activities divided up?
» Information from job advertisements

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SIU retail trade management school
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Success is not a matter of luck - learn from the market leader and be one of the rising stars in your industry!
Our participants in the SIU Retail Management School benefit from the high success rates and the quality of our training courses. In close cooperation with the largest employers in the Swiss retail trade and lecturers from the field, the course content is continuously adapted to the current needs of the industry.

Your apprenticeship lays the foundation for your career in the retail trade. Many topics are covered in the basic training: Marketing, sales, accounting and more. For the next step on the career ladder, it is important to deepen this knowledge from the apprenticeship, for example through specific courses in individual specialist areas. At SIU, you can complete excellent further training courses in retail at various locations in Switzerland.
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BZWU Weiterbildung is your competent partner for adult education in the Wil-Uzwil region. As a cantonal educational institute, we offer free consultation appointments with our education specialists. They will individually clarify your educational needs and previous knowledge and what further education opportunities are available.

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As the specialist in retail and e-commerce, we offer you an attractive range of further training courses: Retail specialist course with a federal certificate (16 months) and e-commerce specialist course with a federal certificate (16 months).

We specialize in extra-occupational courses and successfully conduct lessons on site, in parallel via livestream and with video recording. This means you benefit 100% from the flexibility. You attend classes according to your availability. Everyone benefits.

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As kv pro, we are committed to higher vocational training and are one of the largest providers of in-service commercial training in the region. Originating from the KV Basel (Basel-Stadt) and Avanti KV Weiterbildungen (Baselland) business schools, we have been shaping the commercial education system in the region for more than 150 years.

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Vocational school for the retail trade Bern
bsd. Vocational school for the retail trade - where education is not a detail. bsd. specializes in training in the retail trade. You benefit from the knowledge and economic links of the largest training institution in the retail trade.
Region: Bern
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Vocational school for retail trade and pharmacy Zurich
The Vocational School for Retail and Pharmacy Zurich is a cantonal vocational school with two locations in the city of Zurich. Around 2200 young people are trained here in basic vocational training to become retail specialists, retail assistants and pharmaceutical assistants. An extensive range of additional courses and various services prepare the young people for their professional future.
Strengths: Practical relevance, experienced and didactically and methodically trained instructors, proven course concepts and teaching materials, know-how as a founding member of the Swiss Retail Competence Center (kdhs)
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The KV Luzern Berufsakademie is fully committed to the success of its students. With this objective as our top priority, we run an ambitious school with a wide range of courses. Our aim is to cover all your continuing education needs.

The success of the KV Luzern Berufsakademie is based on the many years of practical experience, personal responsibility, motivation, enjoyment of teaching and the personal commitment of our teaching staff. They are constantly improving their technical knowledge, teaching skills and social competence in order to prepare students even better for their exams and to achieve above-average results together with them.
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