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Are you interested in training to become an electrical installation and safety expert (formerly an electrician)? - Here you will find suitable schools as well as further information, tips and resources for continuing education, further training.

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Electrical installation and safety expert (AFPE): Managers and professionals for electrical installations and safety

With the Advanced Federal Examination (AFPE) in Electrical Installation and Safety, successful graduates can run their own company or work in a managerial role in the electrical industry. They are responsible for tasks in areas such as installation, safety, planning, project management, marketing and personnel management. They also take on management functions in an electrical installation company, electrical safety company, electrical inspection company, planning office or in industry. The prerequisite for this continuing education, further training is a Federal Professional Examination as an electrical project manager and at least one year of professional experience or a certificate as an electrical project manager.

In the continuing education, further training to become an electrical installation and safety expert (HFPEL), participants are prepared to take on the technical and business management responsibilities of a company in the electrical industry. They will then be able to plan, calculate and organize electrical installation projects. They take care of the execution from installation to final inspection and are the first point of contact for clients, architectural firms and building owners.

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The electrical installation and safety expert training course covers the following subjects, among others:

  • Building technology
  • Telematics - Network technology
  • Business administration
  • Company management
  • Marketing
  • Project planning
  • Technical project analysis
  • Business management project analysis

The aims of further training as an electrical installation and safety expert are as follows:

  • Take on management tasks in the company or business
  • Combining industry expertise with business know-how
  • Planning and managing conversion and new construction projects
  • Carry out special measurements, analyze plans and diagrams
  • Assume responsibility towards customers, the electricity company or grid operator and the Federal Inspectorate for Heavy Current Installations

A qualified electrical installation and safety expert performs the following tasks:

  • Management tasks in an electrical installation company, electrical safety company, electrical inspection company, planning office or in industry
  • Business management tasks from planning, calculation and organization to installation and final inspection of electrotechnical installation projects
  • Central contact person for clients, architectural firms and building owners
  • carry out the necessary preliminary clarifications
  • Carry out special measurements
  • Analyze schemes and plans
  • Installation of low-voltage electrical systems
  • Assess energy generation systems and their optimization potential
  • Partial preparation of concepts, analyses and expert opinions

After the electrical installation and safety expert course, the following further development opportunities are possible:

  • Courses from EIT.swiss and vocational and technical colleges
  • Higher technical college through courses in the field of technology:
    • qualified electrical engineer HF
    • qualified computer scientist HF
    • qualified technician HF Telecommunications
  • University of Applied Sciences for degree programs in related fields such as Bachelor of Science (FH) in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications or Building Services Engineering

Anyone wishing to be admitted to an electrical installation expert and safety expert course and then to the federal examination must meet the following requirements when taking the examination:

  • Professional examination as an electrical project manager for installation and safety with a federal certificate or equivalent qualification
  • or federal certificate as an electrical project manager (according to the regulations of 25.6.2003)
  • and at least one year of practical experience in a relevant industry after the professional examination
  • and have the required module qualifications or certificates of equivalence and have submitted their diploma thesis

An electrical installation and safety expert works at the following locations:

  • in your own company
  • take on management tasks in the electrical installation trade, in industrial or service companies
  • Electrical project manager in electrical installation, electrical safety or electrical control companies
  • Expert in electrical installation and safety in the planning office
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IBZ, the Swiss School of Engineering and Management, is your reliable partner for training and further education in technical professions such as building, industrial and electrical engineering, IT, mechanical engineering, logistics and quality management. Our practical training courses lead to recognized qualifications such as technician HF, federal diplomas and certificates.

The IBZ belongs to ipso! and is therefore part of the largest private provider of training and further education in north-western Switzerland.

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The higher professional examination (HFP) as a federally certified electrical installation and safety expert (formerly electrical installer) consists of the following examination parts:

  • Diploma thesis
    • Documentation prepared in writing in advance
    • Presentation and oral technical discussion
  • Case study (with technical discussion)
  • Technical project analysis (with technical discussion)

There are the following further training opportunities for electricians after the HFP:

  • Training from EIT.swiss, vocational and technical schools
  • Higher technical college with courses in the field of technology
    • Dipl. Technician HF Electrical Engineering
    • Dipl. Technician HF Computer Science
    • Dipl. Technician HF Telecommunications
  • University of Applied Sciences
    • Bachelor of Science (FH) in Electrical Engineering
    • Bachelor of Science (FH) in Telecommunications
    • Bachelor of Science (FH) in Building Services Engineering
  • Postgraduate level with courses in specialist areas such as telecommunications systems, building automation, business management, etc.
    • higher technical colleges
    • Universities of Applied Sciences
    • Universities

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