Projects of Research and Development

The European Training Foundation (ETF) is the EU agency supporting countries surrounding the EU to develop their education, training and labor market systems. ETF commissioned the SFIVET and... More information

Working with the European Commission, the European Centre for the Develop-ment of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) directs and publishes a biannual inven-tory of European practices in the valid... More information

An international consultancy in a project aiming at sustainable skills development and employment in Macedonia was assigned to Marlise Kammermann. The aim of this United Nations Development ... More information

Zollikofen, 31 August 2016 – The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET assists the State Secretariat for Migration SEM with the pilot programme “Integration ap... More information

The rapid spread of digital information and communication devices in our society is also reflected in nursing practice. The aim of this research is to gain a clearer understanding of the imp... More information

The Swiss educational system offers some 250 different initial vocational education and training programmes. More information

“Per chi suona il campanello” (based on the title of Hemingway’s novel “For whom the bell tolls”) is a theatre performance designed in the format of the participatory Forum Theatre (Boal, 20... More information

Two-year programmes for the Federal VET Certificate are intended to provide underachieving young people with the opportunity to obtain an upper-secondary level vocational qualification. More information

Previous research has shown that a large fraction of Swiss training firms appears to be willing to incur considerable net training costs (while also showing that apprenticeship training is p... More information

The manual IGKG with methods and approaches for teaching branch courses is revised and supplemented. More information

IBE has commissioned SFIVET to describe one good practice in the validation of learning outcomes and quality assurance of the validation process for the following qualification: Healthcare A... More information

Although host companies play a decisive role in dual-track VET programmes at upper-secondary level, not much research has been done on them and in particular little is known about those who ... More information

The study aims at investigating how web-based learning scenarios could be co-designed with fashion design school teachers to develop and improve apprentices’ observation skills. More information

In Switzerland, upper-secondary level vocational education and training (VET), is the most frequently chosen path for young people coming out of lower-secondary education (OPET, 2012). Swiss... More information

The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) would like to introduce a cockpit with indicators on upper-secondary level vocational education and training (VET) and ter... More information

Digitisation will have profound effects on the labour market. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) therefore decided that an in-depth analysis was needed to determine how digiti... More information

The longitudinal study on career pathways of health care assistants has now entered its third phase. The first phase of the study was conducted in 2010/2011. Data was collected during the th... More information

This evaluation was commissioned by the Canton of Ticino, Department of Health and Social Affairs. SFIVET has been asked to perform an external evaluation of the pilot project “Il franco in ... More information

The Swiss Master Builders’ Association needs a monitoring and evaluation system to better plan and manage its activities in relation to training in mainstream construction. More information

Adults without any qualifications struggle to find a job on the Swiss labour market. They are significantly more likely to be unemployed, to depend on social welfare or to work in poorly pai... More information

According to the first national study of premature termination of apprenticeship contracts and resumption of training in two-year VET programmes (see Schmid et al. 2016), the apprenticeship ... More information

The project addresses the subject of resilience in daily work of VET teachers. Teacher resilience can be defined as the ability to maintain one’s professional commitment and positive motivat... More information

This dissertation project examines a key issue in teaching/learning research. Within the specific context of language, communication and society (LCS) instruction at Swiss vocational schools... More information

Rescue services play a key role in the medical care of emergency patients. They are called up by the medical emergency call centres, provide the professional pre-hospital care on site and de... More information

The book entitled “Gemeinsam zum Erfolg - GzE” (Grassi, Rhiner, Kammermann & Balzer, 2014) describes specific instances in which early school-based interventions at the start of apprenticesh... More information