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Retail specialist EFZ: A varied profession with daily customer contact

Do you love contact with people? Do you have a winning manner or would you like to acquire one through training? Would you like to advise customers and encourage them to buy the right product? Then you've come to the right place for training as a retail specialist. Here you will learn how to deal with customers in various situations. You will also be involved in managing the product range and planning the necessary staff deployment. For special promotions, you will learn how to decorate a store to promote sales. Training as a retail sales assistant will not only take you a big step forward professionally, but also personally.

Training as a retail specialist is a federally recognized apprenticeship that leads to a federal certificate of proficiency (EFZ). Retail specialists are employed in every conceivable type of retail trade, especially in department stores, large-scale distributors, specialist stores or chain stores. A wide range of different further training courses can be completed following the apprenticeship. For example, it is possible to take a professional examination with a federal certificate as a retail specialist, marketing specialist, purchasing specialist or sales specialist.

During your training as a retail specialist, you will visit a store that you have chosen and get to know the business, advice, management and product range in detail. One and a half days a week, you will attend a vocational college where you will learn about business, German, society, retailing, the industry and foreign languages. In the final year of their three-year training, retail specialists can choose to focus on either consulting or management.

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You can complete basic training (apprenticeship) as a retail specialist in one of a total of 28 areas. These are hardware, electrical goods, paints, DIY, household, furniture, carpets and floor coverings, textiles, perfumery, sporting goods, shoes, leather goods and travel goods, watches, jewelry and gemstones. You can also choose from the postal services, consumer electronics, car parts logistics, stationery, toys, musical instruments, audio-visual media and music supplies sectors. You can also choose from food and beverages, kiosks, bakery / confectionery / confectionery, meat industry, as well as Flower, Landi, Garden and pet shops.

Training to become a retail specialist with a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training lasts three years. Depending on the chosen specialization (household, furniture, do it yourself, carpet and floor coverings, etc.), it takes place 3.5 to 4 days a week at the training company and 1 to 1.5 days a week at vocational school.
During your training as a retail specialist with a federal certificate of competence, you will be trained in the following areas. You will be trained in the following areas during your apprenticeship:
  • Assortment knowledge
  • Consulting
  • Operational knowledge
  • Management

You will be taught knowledge in these areas at the vocational college:

  • Retail trade knowledge
  • Economy
  • General industry knowledge
  • Society
  • local language
  • Foreign language
Anyone wishing to train as a retail specialist with a federal certificate of proficiency must meet the following criteria:
  • Completed elementary school, top school level or
  • Completed elementary school, intermediate level with good grades
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When choosing an apprenticeship, prospective apprentices usually consider several options. This is also the case with an apprenticeship in the retail trade. According to the survey conducted by Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch, 66% of participants check whether the "Retail Trade Specialist (EFZ)" apprenticeship suits them and meets their needs. For 21 %, job advertisements in the retail trade sector aroused their interest in this course. 13 % of respondents were interested in the course due to a recommendation.

Free text answers show further reasons for interest in the apprenticeship "Retail Trade Specialist (EFZ)":

  • Because I like to sell.
  • Because I have already completed EBA in retail trade.
  • I have seen the training has been good for me, I love selling.
  • I have been working in retail for 8 years.
  • I have years of experience as a saleswoman.
  • Lateral entry
  • I am a trained retail assistant and would like to obtain a specialist certificate.
  • I would like to move to Switzerland and have worked in retail for a long time without having a degree. I would like to improve my chances on the job market.
  • I work in retail as a manager.

In Switzerland, a distinction is made between ten different sectors in which basic training to become a Federal VET Diploma retail specialist is possible. These are "Food" with four specializations, "Services", "Mobile", "Polynatura" with three specializations, "Lifestyle" with six specializations, "Electronics", "Building and "Living" with seven specializations, "Animals", as well as "Music" and "Stationery and Toys" with two specializations each.

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