Heating engineer: further training, education, schools at a glance (current job title: heating engineer)

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Heating installer training - climb the career ladder

Would you like to further your education in the field of heating and installation? Do you enjoy working in this field and would you like to acquire a high level of professional competence through training or further education? The prerequisite for further training with a subsequent higher professional examination to become a heating installer or heating engineer, as this course is now called, is a few years of professional experience and a federal certificate in the heating industry. Do you have these requirements and would you like to take this higher professional examination? Then take a look at the training courses on offer in the industry/trade sector and get an idea of the competent providers.

As a heating fitter or heating engineer, you will run your own heating company or take on a management position with a specific area of responsibility in a larger company. After training as a heating fitter, your work will focus on management and administrative tasks. You will also be responsible for market positioning in the future. You will look after customers and conduct negotiations with suppliers. You will take care of orders and track them from project planning to execution and invoicing. Gain a broader range of skills by training as a heating fitter. Your everyday working life will be varied and a positive challenge. On the Swiss education portal you will find providers and exciting offers for your training or further education in the field of heating technology, plumbing systems and building technology.

Questions and answers

The Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) to become a heating engineer (now master heating engineer) takes at least three semesters. The basic training for the Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training takes three years.

During your three-year basic training as a Federal VET Diploma heating fitter, you will attend vocational school one day a week. The course times for continuing education, further training and Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) vary depending on the school and the course model chosen. Please contact the schools directly for more information.

To be able to start an apprenticeship as a Federal VET Diploma heating fitter, you need to have completed elementary school, a federal heating fitter certificate or a comparable certificate for the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), at least four years of professional experience after the apprenticeship and confirmation of all the necessary module qualifications or confirmation of their equivalence.

The course to become a heating fitter is a vocational education and training (VET) with a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET). However, this job title was previously also used for the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), which now goes by the name of "heating engineer" with a federal diploma.

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