According to graduates, you can achieve the following with a Management Assistant (BP) course:

• Independently manage the administration and ensure smooth operations
• Actively support managers in managing the company and support the implementation of entrepreneurial decisions
• Contribute to employee management and delegate areas of responsibility
• Be the point of contact for employees, internal and external customers
• Organizing projects and events and managing information
• Targeted preparation for the federal professional examination (federal certificate) through training and exam simulation
• Mostly intermediate degree in management assistant VSK or higher business diploma HWD
• Obtain a federal certificate in management assistance
• Entry into the Higher Fasch School of Business (shortened by 1 year) or postgraduate courses possible

Anyone wishing to take the professional examination (BP) to become a management assistant with a federal certificate must either have completed basic vocational training as an EFZ / EFZ management assistant. Those wishing to take the examination must either have completed basic vocational training as an EFZ commercial clerk, a baccalaureate from a grammar school, a vocational baccalaureate, a vocational baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification and have three years of relevant professional experience after graduation, or have completed at least three years of basic vocational training in another field or two years of basic training as an EBA office assistant or equivalent training and have worked in the relevant field for at least four years after graduation.

Depending on the school or training provider, participants on a training course to become a head and management assistant with a school diploma are taught different subjects, some of which have different focuses. For example, participants in one provider's management assistant course are taught project management and process organization, economics, PowerPoint and Excel, hospital organization and personnel administration, psychology and communication, communication and leadership, including employee management, qualification interviews and team building, healthcare law, terminology, marketing and medical English.

• Communication in the native language
• Communication in a foreign language
• Information management
• Organization and project management
• Entrepreneurial understanding

• German
• French
• Computer science
• Accounting
• Legal knowledge
• Economics
• Business administration

Executive assistants with a federal certificate relieve and support their superiors or management in the implementation of operational measures thanks to their organizational and communication skills and their entrepreneurial understanding in the areas of marketing, finance, human resources and public relations. They ensure that all administrative tasks run smoothly and communicate confidently in their native language and in a foreign language. They also act as an important interface between their line manager and customers or employees.

With very few exceptions, the Executive Assistant course takes place on a part-time or part-time basis. This means that you usually either attend classes one or more days a week, or are taught on a Saturday and a weekday. In this way, your working hours are not restricted too much and you do not have to reduce your workload, or only partially for a short period of time.

Depending on the requirements and size of the company, a management assistant with a federal certificate may also take on tasks in the areas of human resources and finance and accounting.

At the administrative level, it is possible to attend the training courses:

• Personnel assistant (certificate from the sponsoring association)
• Accounting clerk

At the professional examination level (Federal Certificate of Competence), it is possible to attend the courses for management assistants:

• HR specialist with a federal certificate of proficiency
• Specialist in finance and accounting with a federal certificate

For further training to become a head physician and management assistant with a school diploma, basic vocational training as a medical practice assistant or as a medical and hospital secretary EFZ is required, as well as at least two years of professional experience in the administrative field. However, as the admission requirements may vary depending on the educational institution, it is important that you always obtain up-to-date information on this from the individual schools in advance, the easiest and quickest way being to use our contact form.

The course for management assistants with a federal certificate covers the following subjects:

• Communication in German (oral and written)
• Communication in English (oral and written)
• Project management and organization
• Information management
• Entrepreneurial understanding (personnel management, business administration, economics, marketing, finance)

Continuing education, further training to become an executive secretary with a certificate lasts 2 semesters, i.e. one year. If you would like to complete your future work as an executive assistant with a Federal Professional Examination (FPE), you can complete continuing education, further training as an executive assistant (FPE) with a Federal Professional Certificate, which lasts between 2 and 4 semesters, depending on the educational institution and intensity.

The easiest way to discuss further details directly with the provider is to use our contact form or the "Ask a question" button. Quick, easy and without obligation.