Are you dissatisfied with your current professional situation, even though you have already completed vocational training? Perhaps you are looking for new career opportunities. Or have you completed your A-levels, but the traditional course of study does not meet your expectations and you would like to start a practical apprenticeship in IT instead? Another possibility is that you are already working in the ICT sector as a computer scientist, but have no formal training in this field and would now like to catch up.

The shortened apprenticeship as a computer scientist with a federal certificate of proficiency (computer scientist career changer EFZ) offers an attractive option for career changers or lateral entrants into the world of IT. This training, which can be completed in two or three years, opens up interesting prospects, especially as the demand for well-trained IT specialists is constantly increasing. This shortened basic training is offered in various fields:

1. Specialization in application development:Here, IT career changers are trained to become specialists in software development. Employers in this field include software companies as well as companies from the insurance, banking and public administration sectors. Graduates develop tailor-made programs (applications) that are used in various business processes, such as customer management, controlling, production planning and payment transactions.
2. Specialization in platform development(until 2021 still called "Systems Engineering"): In this specialization, IT career changers learn how to plan, install and maintain IT systems. They are responsible for evaluating workstations, servers, networks and software, perform programming tasks, configure devices, train users in system use and support them with questions or problems. They are also responsible for the maintenance of IT networks and applications and have both software and hardware knowledge. When errors and problems occur, they are important contacts and are characterized by their expertise in finding solutions and troubleshooting.

If you are looking for specific training opportunities in the field of IT career changers, in addition to the shortened apprenticeship as a computer scientist with an EFZ, the "CompTIA Fundamentals (Cert.)" course is also available, which teaches basic IT skills and enables you to change to or enter the IT sector. Further information, guides, checklists and the opportunity for free and non-binding information documents and consultations can be found here at Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch.