Your Apprenticeship Profession | Zweili InfraPlan AG

About the job

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Check out what a draftsman/-woman can do.

Apprenticeship Profession

What are the moves of a draftsman/draftswoman?

No plan? Not on board!

With us, the plan is the absolute gamechanger. As a draftsman/-woman, you are the person who develops and designs plans. Only in this way can magnificent buildings come to life. The computer with the CAD program is your best buddy. It helps you draw everything precisely.

Fine tuning

You discuss plans with your project manager and make the necessary corrections until everything fits. When the plans are finished, you get to fine tuning. You create the necessary detailed plans and material lists so that the basis for the construction site is available.

Things don’t always go according to plan, then it gets really tricky.

But for you, no problem. You tinker with solutions for the tricky parts of the project. Math, natural laws, and building regulations come into play – super important.

Out in the fresh air

On the construction site, you take photos for documentation and check everything during tours. This can be the inspection of steel reinforcement in building construction or sometimes a layer of the curb in civil engineering.

Digital natives wanted

Today we already work fully in 3D, but in the future, all our work will be even more digital. Let’s see where the future goes.

Facts

• Duration of training: 4 years
• Specializations: Architecture, Structural Engineering, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture
• Workplace: In a planning office
• Vocational school: 2 days per week in the 1st year, 1 day per week in the 2nd to 4th year in Lucerne
• Subjects: Mathematical and scientific basics, planning, visualization, project work, general education, sports (competency-oriented teaching)
• Inter-company course: Five courses of four days each (basics, building construction, civil engineering, BIM basics, technology days)
• Internship: Construction site internship in the 4th/5th semester (2 weeks)
• Vocational baccalaureate: If you perform excellently at school, you have the option to complete the baccalaureate alongside your apprenticeship. Or simply after completing the apprenticeship.
• Degree: Draftsman/-woman EFZ specialization in Structural Engineering
• Salary: According to the salary recommendation of the ZBVZ

1st year: CHF 700

2nd year: CHF 900

3rd year: CHF 1100

4th year: CHF 1400

You bring with you

• Basic education completed: You have completed school.
• School basics: Math – solid, geometry – okay, drawing – fits, German – no big deal.
• 3D thinker: Your head is like a 3D printer. You can imagine things that don’t even exist yet.
• Tech wizard: You don’t just understand technology, you speak fluent "machine".
• PC ninja: You and your computer? A dream team. You love working on the PC as if it were your gaming console.
• Master of precision: You work so carefully and reliably that even a Swiss watch would be jealous 😉.

Ready for the next level?

Do you want to really take off after your apprenticeship and fully use your skills? Then check out the following further education options to bring your skills to a new level and stay up to date.

• Advanced technical school (HF): e.g. Technician HF in Construction Planning or Construction Management
• Advanced professional examination (HFP): Construction manager with federal diploma, certified master builder, expert for healthy and sustainable building with federal diploma
• University of applied sciences (FH): Degree programs such as Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

In addition to the diverse further education opportunities, numerous career paths are also open to you as a trained draftsman/-woman.

You can work in various areas of the professional world such as public administration, field service, a construction company, or an engineering office.