Import specialist (new job title: foreign trade specialist): Training, overview of providers and offers

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Import specialist with a federal certificate is now called foreign trade specialist with a federal certificate

Global trade is a great attraction and opportunity for people.

Today's global changes brought about by technology have accelerated many things. As a foreign trade specialist, you are therefore under a great deal of pressure and the course of the economy has a particular influence on everyday working life. A company determines the respective activity with its orientation and its products. The import specialist (new designation: foreign trade specialist) has an excellent knowledge of Swiss import promotion and export activities and is always aware of the great importance of the global economic situation. An import specialist is familiar with the field of marketing and knows how to successfully conduct import business. However, there are many things that need to be clarified before these are processed, such as import restrictions on the goods, customs regulations and various other trade restrictions.

The import specialist is interested in a cost-effective and trouble-free introduction of the imported goods. He/she is therefore in close contact with the forwarding and transport companies, which ensure that the imported goods arrive intact and on schedule at their destination. He/she is in close contact with insurance companies and banks in order to deal with questions relating to foreign exchange and payments.

Import specialists or foreign trade specialists manage entire country groups in large companies, while in small or medium-sized companies they tend to be all-rounders, where their work intersects with other professions such as purchasing or forwarding. Negotiating skills and fluency in several languages are a great advantage.


Questions and answers

Für die Zulassung zur Weiterbildung zum Aussenhandelsfachmann / zur Aussenhandelsfachfrau mit eidgenössischem Fachausweis (früher Importfachmann / Importfachfrau mit eidg. Fachausweis) müssen Bewerber/innen entweder ein EFU, ein Handelsmittelschuldiplom, ein Maturitätszeugnis oder einen vergleichbaren Ausweis besitzen sowie mindestens zwei Jahre Berufserfahrung um Aussenhandel vorweisen können.

Die Weiterbildung zum Importfachmann / Importfachfrau respektive zur Aussenhandelsfachfrau / zum Aussenhandelsfachmann, wie sie heute heisst, hat je nach Schule und Ausbildungsmodell eine unterschiedliche Dauer, die sich auf etwa ein bis anderthalb Jahre beläuft, welche berufsbegleitend absolviert wird.

Die Berufsprüfung (BP) zum Importfachmann / zur Importfachfrau mit eidg. Fachausweis (heute Aussenhandelsfachmann / Aussenhandelsfachfrau mit eidg. Fachausweis) besteht aus fünf Prüfungsteilen, die schriftlich oder mündlich geprüft werden. Schriftlich werden die Prüfungsteile „Import und Export“, „Betriebswirtschaft“ sowie eine Fallstudie geprüft, mündlich erfolgt jeweils ein Fachgespräch zu Import und Export sowie zu Betriebswirtschaft. Jede der Prüfungsteile wird einfach gewertet mit Ausnahme der Fallstudie, die zweifach zählt.

Die Weiterbildung zum Importfachmann respektive zur Importfachfrau gibt es in dieser Form nicht mehr. Seit dem Jahr 2012 läuft sie unter der Bezeichnung Aussenhandelsfachfrau / Aussenhandelsfachmann mit eidgenössischem fachausweis.

Aussenhandelsfachleute mit eidg. Fachausweis (früher Importfachmann / Importfachfrau) sind für die Analyse von Kundenwünschen und die fach- und termingerechte Einhaltung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen im Import und Export zuständig, ebenso wie für die Verhandlungen mit Kunden und Lieferanten in unterschiedlichen Sprachen und das Erringen vorteilhafter Konditionen. Aussenhandelsfachmänner und Aussenhandelsfachfrauen sind mit der Planung und Organisation von Transporten weltweit auf den unterschiedlichsten Transportwegen befasst und besitzen Kenntnisse der verschiedensten Handelshemmnisse, Ursprungsregelungen, länderspezifischen, ökologischen und ökonomischen Gegebenheiten sowie über die speziellen Zollabfertigungen zu denen sie die erforderlichen Dokumente vorbereiten und einleiten. Auch die Angebotserstellung und Überprüfung der Wirtschaftlichkeit nach Auftragsabwicklung obliegt ihrer Verantwortung, ebenso wie die Teamentwicklung und Ausbildung.


Redaktionelle Leitung:

Stefan Schmidlin, Bildungsberatung, Content-Team Modula AG

Quellen

Website des Schweizerischen Sekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI , Website www.berufsberatung.ch (offizielles schweizerisches Informationsportal der Studien-, Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung) sowie Websites und anderweitige Informationen der Berufsverbände und Bildungsanbieter.


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5000 Aarau
HFA University of Applied Sciences for Foreign Trade AG
Further training by practitioners for practitioners! As a leading competence center, the HFA School of Foreign Trade develops continuing education courses in export, import and cross-trade and offers them in Bern, Aarau, Lucerne, Zurich, Rorschach and Altstätten. In addition, the HFA supports and advises companies on export and import issues and brings together specialists and foreign trade companies through community events, excursions and study trips.
The primary goal of the HFA is to offer professionals in foreign trade high-quality, needs-oriented and practical continuing education opportunities at the appropriate level. HFA students benefit from the various advantages and synergies of the different teaching locations. In most cases, for example, it is possible to catch up on missed lessons at any of the locations.
Region: Aargau, Bern, Ostschweiz, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Aarau, Altstätten, Bern, Luzern, Rorschach, Zürich
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SSIB - Swiss School for International Business
(5,1) Very good 38 38 Ratings (94% )
The SSIB is a leading provider of training and further education in foreign trade. Our sponsors - the cantonal chambers of industry and commerce - pool the knowledge and experience of the chambers of commerce and the SSIB. We offer you a wide range of services and training courses in the export sector. This is a great added value for all our customers, as the know-how is strengthened and there are regional and national contact points for training/consulting.
Strengths: New: Online and hybrid courses / Locations in German-speaking Switzerland / Central location / Personal advice / Workshops / Seminars / Speakers with international experience / Specialist congresses
Region: Aargau, Basel, Bern, Ostschweiz, Tessin, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Zürich-Flughafen, Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Aarau, Luzern
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KV Lucerne University of Cooperative Education
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.
Strengths: THE largest business competence center in Central Switzerland - high success rates - 400 lecturers from the business world - 100 courses - learn today - apply tomorrow - central location
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WZR Rorschach-Rhine Valley
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With over 2000 students, the Rorschach-Rheintal Continuing Education Center is one of the largest providers of adult education in Eastern Switzerland.
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Professionalism, specialist expertise, but also the cultivation of personal contacts, learning in a family atmosphere, social competence: the strengths of the WZR to date will not just be buzzwords in the future, but a living reality.

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Strengths: 3 locations ▪ 50 training programs & courses ▪ 200 lecturers ▪ 1800 professionals/participants
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