The higher professional examination for electrical installation and safety experts provides you with in-depth specialist knowledge at a high level as well as leadership skills. This will qualify you to take on demanding and complex specialist and management tasks and to manage your own or another company. With the federal diploma, your chances of a pay rise increase accordingly.
The salary or salary development depends on various factors, such as the industry, region, size of the company, professional experience, previous education and age. In terms of salary, the question of whether a new position and function in the previous or another company will be taken up with the degree is also decisive.
You can calculate your personal salary prospects in employment with "Salarium", the federal government's salary calculator. We have calculated a possible case to illustrate this. It is intended as an example and shows the statistical average.
Calculation of the possible salary increase with the acquisition of the federal diploma as an electrical installation and safety expert
Marisa completed an apprenticeship (EFZ) as an electrician in her family's electrical company in Basel-Stadt, which employs around 40 people. It became clear early on that Marisa would one day succeed her father and take over and run the family business. Marisa is correspondingly determined. At the age of 25, she therefore passed the professional examination to become an "Electrical Project Manager" (now called "Electrical Project Manager Installation and Safety" since 2020). With the federal certificate in hand, Marisa earned CHF 7321 per month after four years of work at lower management level.
With her father's retirement approaching, Maris now needed further training that would not only allow her to deepen her technical knowledge, but also prepare her for running a company: the Higher Professional Examination for Electrical Installation and Security Experts with a Federal Diploma. A short time later, Marisa registered for a preparatory course and successfully passed the HFP four semesters later, at the age of 34. Three years after completing her federal diploma, Marisa had already largely taken over the management of the company. Still employed by her father, she now earns CHF 9,922 per month in this higher management position, which corresponds to a 35.5% increase in salary.
How to calculate your salary opportunitiesClick on the "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" banner below, then on the "Calculate wages" button and select the appropriate details:
Source: Federal Statistical Office
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