Providing effective support for the development of training content

The Centre for the Development of Occupations (CdO) provides professional organisations, cantons and vocational schools with advice and guidance on the creation, review and revision of training content for both upper-secondary level vocational education and training and tertiary-level professional education. In 2021, the main focus was on two projects: the revision of VET programmes for commercial employees and retail clerks and the complete revision of the content of the federal professional examination for insurance specialists.

Revision of VET programmes

The main objective of the revision of the VET programmes for commercial employees and retail clerks was to introduce competence-based teaching methodology. This meant that vocational school teachers and branch course instructors had to undergo additional pedagogical training. These continuing training courses are managed by a consortium that includes SFUVET and cantonal universities of teacher education. In the German-speaking region of Switzerland, SFUVET teamed up with three other universities of teacher education to advertise the new training modules. In the French- and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland, SFUVET is the sole training provider.

The teaching materials for the revised VET programmes also had to be adapted. In the French- and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland, SFUVET was part of the steering committee responsible for developing the teaching materials and providing teacher training.

Revision of federal professional examination

In 2021, the Insurance Industry Training Association (VBV) commissioned SFUVET to evaluate the preparatory course for the federal professional examination for insurance specialists. The results of this evaluation were used as the basis for the development of a new competence profile and new examination rules.