The courses at Higher Technical College (HF) level qualify you to take on demanding specialist and management tasks. With the HF diploma, you 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 the salary increase on obtaining the HF process technician diploma (formerly HF corporate processes technician, specializing in logistics)
Bianca completed her apprenticeship as a logistics specialist EFZ and worked for 5 years in a large online department store in Zurich. In the waste disposal logistics department there, she was responsible for the recycling and environmentally friendly disposal of waste. With the EFZ and 5 years of professional experience, the then 24-year-old earned just under CHF 4,100 per month.
Although Bianca liked her current job, with her previous training she feared that she would have fewer development opportunities in the future, for example in terms of taking on more responsible specialist tasks or management tasks, such as leading a team. Bianca also wanted to leave herself the option of changing departments within Logistics, for example to Marketing.
Bianca therefore began studying to become a qualified process technician HF (formerly technician HF corporate processes, specializing in logistics) while working. 3 years later, she passed the final examination. During her training, she continued to work at the Zurich online department store, where she was able to apply her new knowledge and skills in her previous role. 2 years after graduating, Bianca asked her boss for more responsibility. As her previous achievements had impressed her boss, she was soon able to take on the role of project manager. With her diploma in Process Technology HF and after 3 years in the position of project manager, Bianca now earns CHF 5,550 per month at the age of 33 (a total of 8 years after starting her further training), which corresponds to a salary increase of 35.4%.
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:
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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