Wage increase after completion of the "Electrical installation and safety expert (AFPE)" course
The Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for electrical installation and safety experts provides you with in-depth specialist knowledge at a high level as well as leadership skills. These will qualify you for this,Demanding and complex specialist and management tasksand to run your own or another company. With the federal diplomayour chances of a pay rise increase accordingly.
Important criteria for wage development
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 upon graduation is also decisive.
We have calculated a possible case to illustrate this. It is to be understood as an example and shows the statistical average.
Calculation of the possible salary increase with the acquisition of the federal diploma as an electrical installation and safety expert
Marisa completed an apprenticeship (Federal VET Diploma) as an electrician in her family's electrical company in Basel-Stadt, which employs around 40 people. It became clear early on that Marisa would one day succeed her father and take over and run the family business. Marisa is correspondingly determined. At the age of 25, she therefore completed her Federal Professional Examination to become an "Electrical Project Manager" (now called "Electrical Project Manager Installation and Safety" since 2020). With the Federal Diploma of Higher Education in hand, Marisa earned CHF 7,006 per month after four years of work at lower management level.
With her father's retirement approaching, Maris now needed continuing education, which would not only allow her to deepen her technical knowledge, but also prepare her for running a company: the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) in Electrical Installation and Safety Expert with a federal diploma.
Financial benefits of continuing education, further training as an electrical installation and safety expert
A short time later, Marisa enrolled on a preparatory course and successfully completed the AFPE four semesters later, at the age of 34. Three years after completing her federal diploma, Marisa had already largely taken over the management of the company. Still employed by her father, she now earns CHF 9,627 per month in this senior management role, which corresponds to a 37% increase in salary.
You can calculate your personal salary opportunities in employment with "Salarium", the federal government's salary calculator.
Click below on the banner "Salarium - statistical wage calculator" (at source), then on the button "Calculate wage" and select the appropriate details:
- Region: Select your region / place of work (in the example Basel-Stadt)
- Sector: Select 35 Energy supply
- Occupational group: Enter the number 31 for "Engineering and similar specialists".
- Position in the company: Select "upper and middle management".
- Hours per week: (42 in the example)
- Education: Choose "Higher Vocational Training, College of Higher Education"
- Age: Your estimated age after completing the continuing education, further training (in the example 27, then 34)
- Years of service: Your number of years of service (in the example 4, then 3)
- Company size: (In the example "20-49 employees")
- 12/13 monthly salary: (12 monthly salaries in the example)
- Special payments: No
- Monthly/hourly wage: Monthly wage
Source: Federal Statistical Office
Note: This sample calculation refers to the data from Salarium (end of 2024). You can find informationhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.
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