"Fit for the future" - is the motto of the Commercial Association for the reform of basic commercial training leading to the Federal Certificate of Competence (EFZ). With the 2023 KV reform, commercial training has been adapted to the requirements of a working world that is constantly changing as digitalization progresses.
The EFZ commercial apprenticeship will begin in August 2023 for the first time according to the new model: the learning objectives will no longer be based on subjects such as German or IKA (information, communication, administration), but on interdisciplinaryAreas of competencedefined and tested. Prospective commercial apprentices now develop their skills in "managing customer and supplier relationships", "using technologies in the digital world of work", etc. The previous two variants of basic training - basic variant (B profile) and more demanding advanced variant (E profile) - no longer exist. Learners now customize their apprenticeship viaCompulsory elective areasandDeepening optionsto their individual strengths and interests and document their achievements in aPortfolio.
You can find more informationhere.
A commercial qualification is not only attractive for young people. Adults also often opt for additional commercial training or the acquisition of a commercial EFZ as a definitive door opener to the world of services and administration.
Like young people, adults can acquire an EFZ through a three- to four-year basic vocational training program. Under certain conditions*, however, they can also obtain the EFZ from the Kaufmännischer Verein in a shorter period of time, for example with a shortened apprenticeship or one to two years of catch-up training (full or part-time).
What will change in catch-up training with the 2023 CT reform?How is the professional experience that someone brings with them "translated" and credited according to the list of requirements for the new areas of professional competence? What about the new regulation that knowledge of only one foreign language is no longer sufficient, but that at least oral skills are required in a second foreign language? Does it also apply to catch-up training and, if so, from when? Who is responsible for the provision of cross-curricular learning content?
These questions have not yet been clarified in detail (June 2023). However, it is certain that shortened catch-up training courses starting in 2024 will be subject to the new law (source: SDBB information sheet dated 01.03.2023,Download here).
It is now up to the cantons and commercial schools to come up with solutions. Perhaps they will create voluntary teaching modules for catch-up training that supplement the compulsory lessons and build a bridge between the previous commercial training under the old law and the newly defined requirements.
Some public and private commercial schools will still be offering catch-up courses under the old model in 2023.
We are excited to see what new opportunities the 2023 CT reform will create for adults in catch-up training from 2024 and what challenges it will bring.
*Information on catch-up training for adults can be found in chapter 6 of the freeAusbildung-Weiterbildung.ch career guide "Training and further education in business administration".
Linda, deine Weiterbildungsfinderin
