Two-year basic vocational education and training in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the two-year vocational education and training programme leading to a “Federal VET Certificate” is seen as aimed at young people who have had difficulties at school. However, the results of the study presented in this article paint a rather more differentiated picture. Companies take the view that the Federal VET Certificate is directed at a significantly more heterogeneous target group and thus forms an important element of their skilled worker strategy. It opens up new recruitment opportunities, takes various levels of prior learning into account, and creates long-term development prospects for companies and learners alike.