For admission to the Federal Professional Examination (FPE) for Nature and Environment Specialists with Federal Diploma of Higher Education, participants are expected to meet the following requirements,

• that they have completed a vocational apprenticeship with Federal VET Diploma, a recognized school-leaving certificate or an equivalent qualification
• and at least two years of professional experience in the environmental and nature sector. Incidentally, the course attended in full is counted as six months of professional experience.

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Nature and environmental specialists can be found in the private sector, for example in engineering offices, consulting offices or in a wide variety of industrial companies, as well as in environmental and nature conservation organizations. As a nature and environmental specialist, you will also find employment with communal and cantonal environmental and nature conservation agencies.

The extra-occupational continuing education, further training via a Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Nature and Environment takes 15 months (55 course days in total).

The examination regulations for the Federal Professional Examination "Nature and Environment Specialist with Federal Diploma of Higher Education" do not stipulate that candidates must have taken part in a preparatory course. However, participation is strongly recommended in order to acquire the necessary skills for later professional activity and to pass the Federal Professional Examination.

The Federal Professional Examination for Nature and Environment Specialists is divided into four parts, consisting of the subjects "Ecosystems and Fundamentals of Ecology", "Nature Conservation, Environmental Protection and Society", a presentation and a final thesis. The first subject tests knowledge of general ecology, soil ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems, while the second subject tests knowledge of nature and landscape conservation, forestry and agriculture, environmental economics, public and corporate environmental protection and management systems, settlement areas, mobility and spatial and settlement planning, water protection, noise protection, soil protection, air pollution control, waste, material flow analysis, energy analysis, energy policy, ecotoxology and environmental impact assessments. It is best to request all important training documents directly from the schools and also obtain the examination requirements for the Federal Professional Examination for Nature and Environmental Specialists.