¹ The following activities are mastered by cartoonists in micro-technical construction at CFC level, and are distinguished by the following knowledge, skills and behaviour:

A.

Mastered computer software to enable them to achieve two-dimensional technical plans and three-dimensional parts designs for micro-technical workshops and specific requests;

B.

Knowledge of basic manufacturing techniques and company-specific procedures. They develop operating ranges in the design of their products and are able to plan the various stages of their work;

C.

They perform their tasks independently within a team. They constantly ensure that their work meets manufacturing standards;

D.

They develop core competencies in project management and presentation;

E.

They apply the highest standards in both occupational health and safety and environmental protection in the performance of their tasks.

² Micro-technical designers of CFC-level construction can choose between the following guidelines:

A.

Fowls/mouse;

B.

Prototype.

³ The chosen orientation is included in the apprenticeship contract before the start of the initial vocational training.

¹ Initial vocational training lasts four years.

² The start of initial vocational training is coordinated with the start of the training provided by the busy vocational school.

¹ The objectives and requirements of initial vocational training are set in terms of operational skills, grouped into areas of operational competence.

² Operational skills include professional, methodological, social and personal skills.

³ All training sites contribute to the acquisition of operational skills by trainees. They coordinate the content of training and qualification procedures.

¹ The training includes the following operational skills in the following areas of operational competence:

A.

Production of Machining:

1.

Prepare the machines,

2.

To use coins,

3.

Assemble machine elements,

4.

Control compliance;

B.

Planes:

1.

Plan a study;

C.

Simple Product Design:

1.

Study and analyse the specifications,

2.

Define Variants,

3.

Develop products;

D.

Process Management:

1.

Optimize its project,

2.

Update and manage technical documents;

E.

Application of Occupational Safety, Health Protection and Environmental Directives:

1.

Ensuring health protection,

2.

Ensuring safety at work,

3.

Ensure respect for the environment.

² Training persons must acquire the operational skills in the fields of operational competence, except for the teaching of professional knowledge of operational competence c.3, which Is based on orientation.

¹ From the beginning of training, providers of training provide and explain to persons in training the directives and recommendations concerning safety at work, health protection and environmental protection, in Particularly those relating to the communication of hazards (hazard symbols, pictograms, signs of prohibition) in these three areas.

² The above-mentioned directives and recommendations form an integral part of the training provided at all training sites and are taken into account in the qualification procedures.

³ Training persons acquire knowledge of sustainable development at all training sites, in particular as regards the balance between societal, ecological and economic interests.

⁴ Notwithstanding s. 4, para. 1, OLT 5, it is permissible to occupy persons in training, according to their level of knowledge, to work exposing young people to dangerous chemical agents, and to work carried out with machinery, equipment and tools Presenting risks of accidents, which can be assumed that young people, due to their insufficient awareness of the risks or their lack of experience or training, cannot identify or prevent them.

⁵ This exemption, which applies to an occupation under para. 4, presupposes that persons in training are trained, supervised and supervised on the basis of high risks; these specific provisions are defined in the training plan as security accompanying measures in the Work and health protection.

Vocational training in enterprises extends over the entire period of initial vocational training, on average for 3 to 4 days per week.

¹ Compulsory education in vocational schools consists of 1800 teaching periods. These are broken down according to the following table:

² Minor differences in the prescribed number of teaching periods per year of learning within an area of operational competence are possible, in agreement with the cantonal authorities and the organizations of the world of Competent work.

³ The teaching of general culture is governed by the Ordinance of the SEFRI of 27 April 2006 concerning minimum conditions for general culture in initial vocational training ¹ .

⁴ The language of instruction is generally the national language of the school's location.

⁵ Bilingual education is recommended in the national language of the school's location and in another national or English language.

⁶ The cantons may admit other languages of instruction.

¹ The intercompany course takes place during the course of 1 ^Re Year of learning and includes 12 days of course, 8 hours of course per day.

² The course covers the field of operational skills "Production of machining".

¹ A training plan, developed by the competent labour organisation and approved by the SEFRI, is available at the time of entry into force of this order.

² The training plan:

A.

Contains the qualification profile, which includes:

1.

The profile of the profession

2.

An overview of the areas of operational skills and operational competencies, and

3.

The level of requirements of the profession;

B.

Details the contents of the initial training and the provisions on occupational safety, health protection and environmental protection, and defines which operational competencies are transmitted and acquired in each Training location.

³ The training plan is accompanied by:

A.

The list of instruments to promote the quality of initial vocational training with the indication of the distribution bodies;

B.

Accompanying measures in the field of occupational safety and health protection.

Minimum requirements for trainers within the meaning of s. 44, para. 1, let. A and b, OFPr are completed by:

A.

Microtechnical construction designers with at least 2 years of professional experience in the field of training they provide;

B.

Skilled draughtsman-builders with a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in the field of training they provide;

C.

Persons holding CFC in a related profession and justifying the professional knowledge required of draftsmen in micro-technical construction and at least 3 years of professional experience in the field of Training they provide;

D.

Persons with a corresponding title of higher vocational training and who have at least 2 years of professional experience in the field of training they provide.

E.

Persons with a corresponding high school diploma and having at least 3 years of professional experience in the field of training they provide.

Art. 11 Maximum number of people in training

¹ Companies with 100 % or two trainers each of at least 60 % can train a person.

² Another person may be trained for each additional professional employed at 100 % or for each additional group of two professionals each employed at least 60 %.

³ The holders of a federal certificate of capacity or an equivalent qualification in the field of the person in training are deemed to be professionals.

⁴ In companies that are only allowed to train only one person, a second person can start training if the first person starts his last year of initial vocational training.

⁵ In special cases, the cantonal authority may authorise a company that has trained for several years with great success to exceed the maximum number of people in training.

¹ During training in professional practice, the person in training maintains a training record in which the person registers as the important work on the operational skills to be acquired is completed.

² At least once every six months, the trainer monitors and signs the training package. He discusses this with the person in formation at least once a semester.

¹ At the end of each semester, the trainer prepares a report attesting to the level reached by the person in training. To this end, it is based on the person's benefits in training during business training and on the remarks relating to benefits provided to the vocational school and the intercompany course. Discusses the training report with the person in training.

² The trainer and the person in training agree, if necessary, of measures to achieve the objectives of the training and set deadlines accordingly. They record decisions and actions taken in writing.

³ At the end of the deadline, the trainer checks the effectiveness of the measures taken and makes reference to its conclusions in the next training report.

⁴ If the objectives of the measures set are not met or if the chances of success of the person in training are compromised, the trainer shall inform the Contracting Parties and the cantonal authority in writing.

The vocational schools document the person's benefits in training relating to the areas of operational competence taught and the general culture, and draw up a bulletin for him at the end of each semester.

¹ Intercarrier course providers document the person's benefits in training in the form of a proficiency check carried out after the intercompany course.

² The control of competence is sanctioned by a note. This is taken into account in the calculation of the experience rating under s. 19, para. 3.

The person who completed the initial vocational training shall be admitted to the qualification procedures:

A.

In accordance with this order;

B.

In a training institution accredited by the canton, or

C.

In a framework other than that of a regulated training stream that:

1.

Has acquired the necessary professional experience referred to in s. 32 OFPr,

2.

Has carried out at least 4 years of this experience in the field of activity of the cartoonists in micro-technical construction SWC, and

3.

Demonstrates that it meets the requirements of the qualification procedures.

Qualification procedures are intended to demonstrate that the operational skills described in s. 4 have been acquired.

¹ The qualification procedure with final examination relates to the operational competencies in the following qualification areas in the following ways:

A.

A partial examination in the form of a prescribed practical work (TPP) of 8 hours. This qualification area is evaluated towards the end of the second year of training. The partial review focuses on a set of core operational competencies. The training package and the documents relating to the intercompany course can be used as aid. This qualification area covers the following areas of operational competence with the following weightings:

B.

Practical work in the form of an individual practical work (TPI) of between 40 and 80 hours. This field of qualification is evaluated towards the end of initial vocational training. The person in training must show that they are capable of performing the tasks required in the rules of the art and according to the needs and the situation. The training package and the documents relating to the intercompany course can be used as aid. This qualification area covers as much as possible in all areas of operational competence and includes the following points of assessment with the following weightings:

C.

Professional knowledge of 4 hours. This field of qualification is evaluated towards the end of initial vocational training. It covers the following areas of operational competence with the following weightings according to the forms of examination below:

D.

General culture. This area of qualification is governed by the Ordinance of the SEFRI of 27 April 2006 concerning minimum conditions for general culture in initial vocational training ¹ .

² In each qualification area, benefits are assessed by at least two expert review experts.

¹ The qualification procedure with final examination is successful if:

A.

The rating of the qualification domain "partial examination" is greater than or equal to 4,

B.

The rating of the field of qualification "practical work" is greater than or equal to 4, and

C.

Global score is greater than or equal to 4.

² The overall score is the average, rounded to the first decimal place, weighted scores for the qualification areas of the final exam and the weighted experience score.

³ The experience note corresponds to the average, rounded to the first decimal place, of the notes concerning:

A.

Teaching professional knowledge;

B.

The intercompany course.

⁴ The note on the teaching of professional knowledge corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire note or half-note, of the 8 semi-annual notes.

⁵ The note of the interfirm course corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire note or a half-note, of the notes of the proficiency checks.

⁶ For the calculation of the overall score, the scores are weighted as follows:

A.

Partial examination: 15 %;

B.

Practical work: 35 %;

C.

Professional knowledge 20 %;

D.

General culture: 20 %;

E.

Experience rating: 10 %.

¹ The repetition of the qualification procedure is governed by Art. 33 OFPr.

² If a qualification area is to be repeated, it must be repeated as a whole.

³ The area of qualification "partial examination" must be repeated at the latest in the final examination.

⁴ For those who repeat the final exam and no longer follow the teaching of professional knowledge, the previous experience note is taken into account. For those who are again following the teaching of professional knowledge for at least 2 semesters, only the new notes are taken into account in the calculation of the experience note.

⁵ For those who repeat the final exam and no longer take the intercompany course, the old note is taken into account. For those who are taking the Intercarrier course again, only the new notes are taken into account when calculating the experience rating.

¹ For those who have been pre-trained outside the scope of the initial regulated professional training and have undergone the final review governed by this order, there is no experience rating.

² For the calculation of the overall score, the scores are weighted as follows:

A.

Partial examination: 20 %;

B.

Practical work: 40 %;

C.

Professional knowledge: 20 %;

D.

General culture: 20 %.

¹ The person who successfully completed a qualification process receives the Federal Certificate of Capability (CFC).

² The EFA allows its holders to carry the legally protected title of "designer in microtechnical construction CFC/draftsperson in microtechnical construction CFC".

³ If the EFA was obtained through the qualification procedure with final review, the bulletin notes:

A.

The overall score;

B.

The notes of each qualification area of the final examination and, subject to s. 21, para. 1, the note of experience;

C.

The direction chosen.

¹ The Swiss Commission for the Development of the Profession and the Quality of Training for Microtechnical Construction Designators (CFC) includes:

A.

4 to 6 representatives of the Employers' Convention of the Swiss Watch Industry (PC);

B.

2 to 4 representatives of the specialised teachers' body;

C.

A trade union representative;

D.

At least one representative of the Confederation and at least one representative of the cantons.

² The linguistic regions are represented fairly.

³ The guidelines should be represented.

⁴ The commission is self-regulating.

⁵ It is responsible for the following tasks:

A.

Regularly review, at least every 5 years, the order and the training plan based on economic, technological, ecological and didactic developments. Integrate, where appropriate, new organizational aspects of initial vocational training;

B.

Ask the organisation of the world of competent work to propose to SEFRI amendments to the order, provided that the developments noted require an adaptation of the latter;

C.

Propose to the organisation of the world of competent work to amend the training plan, provided that developments require an adaptation of the training plan;

D.

Take a position on the instruments for validation of the experience;

E.

Take a position on the instruments to promote the quality of initial vocational training, in particular on the implementing provisions relating to qualification procedures.

¹ The Employers' Convention of the Swiss Watch Industry (PC) is the body responsible for the intercompany course.

² The canton may, in consultation with the competent labour organisations, entrust the organisation of the intercompany course to another institution, in particular if the quality or organisation of the course can no longer be assured.

³ The cantons shall determine the organisation and conduct of the intercompany course with the responsible body.

⁴ The competent cantonal authorities shall have access to the course at any time.

¹ Are repealed:

A.

The Regulation of 30 January 2002 on apprenticeship and the end-of-apprenticeship examinations of draftsman-constructor in microtechnical ¹ ;

B.

The professional education programme of 30 January 2002 for cartoonbuilders in microtechnical ² .

² The approval of the Regulation of 30 January 2002 concerning introductory courses for draftsmen in microtechnology is revoked.

¹ The people who started their training as a cartoonist in microtechnical before 1 ^Er February 2015 complete it according to the old law.

² If requested to do so, the persons who repeat until 31 December 2020 the qualification procedure with the final examination of the designer-manufacturer in microtechnique will have their benefits assessed according to the old right.

¹ This order shall enter into force on 1 ^Er February 2015, the provisions of paras. 2 and 3 being reserved.

² The provisions on qualification procedures, the certificate and the title (Art. 16 to 22), with the exception of the provisions governing the partial examination, enter into force on 1 ^Er January 2019.

³ The provisions relating to the partial examination shall enter into force on 1 ^Er January 2017.