How well known is the "Production Specialist (BP)" qualification among potential employers? What are the professional benefits of further training?

The Federal PET Diploma is one of the factors that make the Swiss VPET system so unique and successful. As an element of higher vocational education and training, the professional examination contributes to lifelong learning and thus to ensuring that the skills of qualified professionals keep pace with social and technological developments.

With the professional examination, professionals can obtain a federally recognized qualification at tertiary level and increase their own market attractiveness. These qualifications are in high demand on the Swiss job market and among employers. More and more professionals are therefore preparing for a federal professional examination every year. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of students preparing for a federal professional examination doubled from a total of 9,037 in 2000/01 to a total of 18,939 in 2019/20. (Source: Federal Statistical Office)

The vocational examination for production specialists has been in existence since 2012 and is therefore well established on the job market and with employers.

The professional examination confirms your theoretical and practical skills that will enable you to take on management tasks in companies in the MEM industries. A sector with diverse and extensive job vacancies, which are likely to remain so in the long term or increase even further in the course of Industry 4.0.

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