How long do training courses for marketing and sales clerks last? How much do they cost?

Duration and teaching formats

The part-time certificate course in marketing and sales usually takes between one and two semesters. This depends entirely on the time model offered by the respective school. The following two models are usually available:

  • 1 semester with two teaching blocks of four lessons each (e.g. two evenings a week)
  • 2 semesters with a teaching block of four lessons (e.g. one evening a week)

Some schools now also offer intensive courses that only last six months and the lessons are attended one day a week.

Furthermore, many schools offer different teaching formats from which you can choose the one that suits you best: Face-to-face teaching, online teaching, hybrid teaching, blended learning.

The content taught is broken down into "learning fields", which are tested at the end with a final examination. This takes place internally (school's own certificate) and/or externally (edupool certificate) as appropriate

Costs

The following costs are to be expected for the Marketing and Sales Clerk course:

  • Course costs: Between CHF 3500.- and CHF 5000.-
  • Edupool examination fee (external examination): The examination fee is charged directly by edupool.ch and currently amounts to CHF 650 (as of January 2023)
  • Members of the Kaufmännischer Verband benefit from a discount of 5% - 10% on the course costs
  • Some providers charge extra for the enrollment fee, teaching materials, internal exam simulations and internal exam fees.

Federal contributions:Depending on this, the edupool marketing and sales specialist course may be accepted as a preparatory course for the professional examination. This means that if, after completing the edupool certificate, you go on to obtain the federal certificate for marketing or sales specialists within seven years and have not yet received any cantonal contributions for your marketing and sales clerk edupool training, 50% of the course costs paid (max. CHF 9,500) will be reimbursed by the federal government.Find out more here.

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