Orthopaedic Technician EFZ

About the job

Summer 2027 / Apprenticeship as Orthopaedic Technician EFZ

We offer an apprenticeship as Orthopaedic Technician EFZ starting August 2027.

Craftsmanship that changes lives ✨

At Baselbieter Orthopaedics, orthopaedic technology is more than just casting and grinding.

Why should YOU come to us?

✅ Genuine impact moments: YOU see the sparkle in the eyes when YOUR patient takes their first steps

✅ Modern, pleasant working hours

✅ Spacious, new premises with modern infrastructure

✅ Air-conditioned premises and workshop

✅ Good public transport connections, 50 metres to the station

✅ No on-call duty, no weekends – so YOU have energy for YOUR own life too.

✅ 6 weeks holiday

✅ Good grades earn extra pocket money

✅ We cover YOUR expenses

Become part of a team that supports each other.

Fancy a cola and a look into our workshop?

Send us your phone number or email address briefly via WhatsApp: +41 79 800 42 42 or by email: r.schweitzer@bb-ortho.ch

We will get back to YOU!

Or just call: Telephone 061 903 21 21 or write an email: r.schweitzer@bb-ortho.ch

I look forward to hearing from YOU :-)

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The profession "Orthopaedic Technician EFZ"

Activities:

Illness, accident or a congenital impairment can lead to restricted mobility. Orthopaedic technicians EFZ support people in improving their mobility through their work. They manufacture prostheses, orthoses and rehabilitation aids and adjust them if necessary. Prostheses replace a missing or functionally reduced limb. Orthoses are splints, corsets and insoles that provide support and correct posture. A rehabilitation aid serves to support sitting and the back in a wheelchair or also to support lying down at night.

Together with the doctor, physiotherapist, cost bearers and the client, orthopaedic technicians EFZ determine which aid is suitable. Each prosthesis, orthosis or rehabilitation aid is individually planned, manufactured and documented. Often the device must be adjusted and modified several times, for example during the rehabilitation phase, until it fits optimally. Orthopaedic technicians EFZ also repair orthopaedic aids.

With empathy and knowledge of anatomy and pathology, orthopaedic technicians EFZ advise customers: They show them ways in which orthopaedic aids can make everyday life easier. Through their precision work, they enable clients to wear the prosthesis or orthosis comfortably and confidently, thus improving the quality of life of those affected. In addition, new technological developments make seating, walking and standing aids look increasingly aesthetic and natural.

Orthopaedic technicians EFZ perform millimetre-precise fine craftsmanship. To manufacture mobility aids, they use various metals, wood, plastics, plaster, leather and padding materials. Corresponding to the variety of materials and work processes, the professionals use various tools and machines. Orthopaedic technicians EFZ adhere to regulations on hygiene and occupational safety as well as health and environmental protection.

Training:

• Basis:
• Federal Ordinance of 12.6.2008 (as of 1.1.2018)
• Duration:
• 4 years
• Education in professional practice:
• In an orthopaedic workshop
• School education:
• 1 day per week at the vocational school in Zurich or Lausanne
• Job-related subjects:
• Orthotics
• Prosthetics
• Ortho-Rehab/Rehabilitation aids
• Work processes, quality assurance
• Occupational safety, health protection and environmental protection
• Scientific basics
• Inter-company courses:
• On various topics
• Vocational baccalaureate:
• With very good school performance, the vocational baccalaureate school can be attended during basic training.
• Qualification:
• Federal Certificate of Competence "Orthopaedic Technicians EFZ"

Requirements:

• Previous education:
• Compulsory school completed with medium or high requirements
• Good performance in arithmetic, physics, drawing and technical drawing as well as in crafts
• Requirements:
• Interest in medical questions
• Enjoyment of working with various materials
• Technical understanding
• Manual dexterity
• Sense of shapes
• Precise and careful working method
• Empathy
• Communication skills and sociability
• Service awareness
• Independence
• Resilience
• Organisational talent
• Patience and perseverance

Further training:

• Courses in Switzerland
• Offers from the professional association ORS
• Offers in business management e.g. from the Institute for Entrepreneurial Training SIU
• Courses in Germany
• Offers from the Federal Vocational School for Orthopaedic Technology OT-BUFA in Dortmund (D)
• Professional examination (PE):
• Specialist for rehabilitation technology with federal specialist certificate
• Advanced professional examination (APE):
• Dipl. Orthopaedic Technician

Employment conditions:

Orthopaedic technicians EFZ work in orthopaedic workshops of clinics and rehabilitation centres.

The apprenticeship offer is rather small. Currently, only a few companies in Switzerland train apprentices. The profession therefore requires a certain flexibility regarding the place of work.

Well-trained professionals are sought after at home and abroad. On behalf of internationally active aid organisations, they can also undertake foreign assignments in war and crisis areas, for example.

With appropriate further training, a managerial position in an orthopaedic workshop, a role as branch manager of a retail business for orthopaedic aids or self-employment is possible.

Further information

Address of the professional association:

Ortho Reha Suisse

Tägerhardring 8

5436 Würenlos

Telephone: 044 454 55 85

Email: info@orthorehasuisse.ch

Homepage: https://orthorehasuisse.ch