Wage after completion of the course to become a "qualified building services engineer HF (formerly technician HF building services engineering)"

In this HF course, you will acquire specific specialist knowledge as well as technical and management skills. This will enable you to take on demanding specialist and management tasks and also manage a smaller company. Once you have obtained your HF diploma, you will have a good chance of increasing your salary.

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.

Example of a salary increase with the acquisition of a diploma as a building technician HF (formerly technician HF building technology)

After completing his apprenticeship as an EFZ heating fitter, Andreas continued to work for the same large heating company with 60 employees in Solothurn. He carried out various jobs there: He installed solar systems, repaired and vented existing heating systems, etc. With his 4-year apprenticeship and 4 years of professional experience as a qualified EFZ heating fitter, the then 24-year-old earned CHF 5768 per month.

Andreas liked his work: he was able to live out his passion for craftsmanship, was always on the move and had lively customer contact. He found the technical developments, which were constantly bringing new things, very exciting. However, his desire and long-term goal was to become self-employed, which is why he was looking for further training that would both advance his technical skills and cover management/leadership aspects. A colleague at work recommended a 3-year part-time HF course to become a building technician. Andreas completed this course, passed the diploma examination with ease and was able to take over the management of a team of six at his employer two years later. Andreas has now been working as a skilled worker with a management function for 4 years. The now 34-year-old currently earns CHF 7761 per month, which corresponds to a salary increase of almost 35%.

This allows you to calculate your salary opportunities:Click on the banner "Salarium - statistical salary calculator" below, then on the "Calculate salary" button and select the appropriate details:

• REGION: Select your region / place of work (in the example Solothurn)
• INDUSTRY: Select "35 Energy supply"
• PROFESSIONAL GROUP: enter the number 71 for "Construction and finishing specialists and related professions, excl. Electricians".
• POSITION IN THE COMPANY: Select the desired position (in the example "without management function", then "lower management").
• HOURS OF THE WEEK: (42 in the example)
• TRAINING Select "Completed vocational training", then "Higher vocational training, higher technical college"
• AGE: Your estimated age after completing the training (in the example 24, then 34)
• YEARS OF SERVICE: Your number of years of service (in the example 8, then 4)
• COMPANY SIZE: (in the example "50 and more employees")
• 12/13 MONTHLY WAGES: (12 monthly wages in the example)
• SPECIAL PAYMENTS: No
• MONTHLY / HOURLY WAGE: Monthly wage

Source:Federal Statistical Office

Note: This sample calculation refers to the data of Salarium 2023, this service is temporarily interrupted. Information can be foundhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

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