The Advanced Professional Examination for Advertising Technicians with a Federal Diploma examines the subject areas of marketing, personnel management, accounting and technology, so that the preparatory courses are also based on these requirements and prepare participants extensively for passing this examination. As an example of a table of subjects, the contents of the continuing education, further training at the Vocational School of Design Zurich medienformfarbe are listed here: Business administration and organization, cost basics and project management, personnel management and social skills, marketing and customer service, production management, media prepress and IT, communication and presentation, conception and design as well as project weeks with a total of 880 lessons.

After passing the examination, graduates are awarded the protected title: "Advertising technician with a federal diploma".

Yes, for the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) to become a qualified advertising technician, you must have one of the following Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training: Advertising technology designer, screen printer, printing technologist specializing in screen printing or typeface painter, typeface and advertising designer. Persons with a federal certificate as a designer in the skilled trades are also admitted to the examination, as are persons with an equivalent certificate. In addition, all candidates must have five years of professional experience in value engineering, two of which must be in a management and technical position.

Continuing education, further training as an advertising technician with a federal diploma lasts two years and is carried out on a part-time basis.

Advertising technicians conceive, design, manufacture and install advertising technology products for marketing communication. In the realization of various types of communication media, such as vehicle lettering, illuminated advertising or billboards, they are also responsible for the acquisition, calculation and planning of projects, as well as for budgeting and administrative tasks. They manage employees and can also be the owner of their own company.