Portrait Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz (AGVS)

Varied professions with a future

In a garage, you'll find variety every day. Sometimes a car needs a service. Another time, someone wants their sports car tuned up. Technology is constantly evolving and customers always want to know more.

With continuing education, further training to the top

Automotive professions are versatile and very varied. Depending on your interests, you can choose your dream job. The automotive industry offers six interesting basic training courses for professions with a future. Speaking of the future: with the right continuing education, further training, you can end up at the same professional level as those who have studied at university.

Basic training in six automotive professions

Are you technically and technically gifted? Are you a computer pro? Are you more interested in commercial matters? Or are you particularly good at giving advice and selling? Whatever you want to do, the automotive industry has the right profession for you. With one of the six basic training courses, you'll be off to a good start in the future.

The right car job for you

Garage mechanics have the right profession for you. Which basic training you do depends on your talents and your school-leaving certificate. The automotive industry has also developed an aptitude test. Once you have taken it, you will know which of the six basic training courses suits you best.

Show your strengths!

The aptitude test is brilliant. It shows you where your strengths lie. So you can choose the profession that you enjoy. With fun comes success. If you also show commitment during your basic training, you are almost guaranteed to graduate successfully. The aptitude test is carried out by the AGVS sections. Its content consists of mathematics, language and technology.

Higher vocational training

Anyone who completes one of the six vocational education and training (VET) programs in the automotive industry is taking the first step towards a good and secure professional future. Various continuing education, further training courses are now open to him or her. This enables professionals to pursue a career in an interesting and varied industry. Thanks to the permeable system, the path up to academic level is open.

AGVS Business Academy

A useful form of adult education is the AGVS Business Academy, which is based on a modular system. The seminars can be combined independently of each other. This allows continuing education, further training to be tailored to personal needs and opportunities. New things are learned in a targeted manner; what has already been learned is refreshed selectively. This is particularly important for professional groups who only have gaps in their education in certain areas. Career changers in the automotive industry can also benefit from this system.

Since 2005, the AGVS training program has been awarded theEduQua quality labelawarded. All courses and seminars offered at the Business Academy are subject to these new quality standards.

Vocational education and training (VET)

• Automotive mechatronics technician (specializing in commercial vehicles / passenger cars)
• Automotive specialist (specializing in commercial vehicles / passenger cars)
• Automotive assistant
• Businessman/woman in the automotive trade
• Automotive After Sales Retail Specialist
• Automotive Sales Retail Specialist
• Retail Assistant Automotive After-Sales

Higher vocational training

Federal Professional Examinations (FPE)

• Automotive diagnostician with Federal Diploma of Higher Education
• Automotive Sales Consultant with Federal Diploma of Higher Education
• Automotive Workshop Coordinator with Federal Diploma of Higher Education
• Service advisor in the automotive industry with Federal Diploma of Higher Education
• Road worker with Federal Diploma of Higher Education
• Vehicle restorer with Federal Diploma of Higher Education

Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE)

• Certified business economist in the automotive industry with a federal diploma

AGVS Business Academy (courses/seminars)

• Basic seminar for car salespeople (10 days)
• Vocational and practical trainer training BiVo 2012 (1 day)
• Electrical instruction for high-voltage systems in electric and hybrid vehicles (2 days)
• VAT basic course (1 day)
• VAT continuation and in-depth course (1 day)
• Occasions management (1 day)
• Employee appraisal workshop (1 day)
• Facebook, Xing, Twitter and WhatsApp in car sales (1 day)
• Video training in car sales - how to implement this practically and easily (1 day)
• FABI and cross-border commuters - we have these solutions for you! (1/2 day)
• Basics of fleet sales (1 day)
• Increasing productivity and profitability in the aftersales business (1 day)
• My impact as a manager (1 day)
• Financial management in garage operations (1 day)
• AGVS didactics modules for vocational trainers in basic technical training (1 day)
• Automotive sales consultant course (3 semesters)