Key Benefits:
On 10 February 2015 (State 1 Er April 2015)
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AFP/operator watchmaking operator in AFP watchmaking Uhrenarbeiterin EBA/Uhrenarbeiter EBA Operatrice in orologeria CFP/operatore in orologeria PSC |
The State Secretariat for Training, Research and Innovation (SEFRI), in agreement with the Secretariat of State for the Economy (SECO),
See art. 19 of the Federal Act of 13 December 2002 on vocational training (LFPr) 1 , given art. 12 of the Order of 19 November 2003 on vocational training (OFPr) 2 , given art. 4, para. 4, of the order of 28 September 2007 on the protection of young workers (OLT 5) 3 ,
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1 The operators in the AFP level watch the following activities and are distinguished by the following knowledge, skills and behaviour:
2 AFP watchmaking operators can choose between the following specific domains:
3 The specific field is defined by the training company before the start of initial vocational training. It is included in the apprenticeship contract.
1 Initial vocational training lasts 2 years.
2 The start of initial vocational training is coordinated with the start of the training provided by the busy vocational school.
1 Initial vocational training for watchmaking operators can also be offered in the form of adult modules in the course of employment.
2 May be admitted to modular training any person who is 20 years old at the beginning of the training.
3 Modules leading to AFP must be completed within 4 years of the start of the training, subject to the repetition of a module.
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:
2 Training persons are required to acquire the operational skills in the areas of operational competence according to para. 1, letters a, b digits 1-2, c and d.
3 Depending on the specific area chosen, the following operational skills must also be acquired:
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, in the work carried out with machines, equipment and tools presenting risks of accidents which can be assumed to be Young people, because of their insufficient awareness of the risks or their lack of experience or training, can neither identify nor prevent them 1 .
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 four days a week.
1 Compulsory education at the vocational school includes 720 teaching periods. These are broken down according to the following table:
Education |
1 Re Year |
2 E Year |
Total |
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-including education specific to the specific field, |
(20) |
(20) |
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-including: application of the directives on occupational safety, health protection and the environment |
(20) |
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Total |
200 |
200 |
400 |
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Total teaching periods |
360 |
360 |
720 |
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.
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1 The intercompany course consists of 16 days of courses, with 8 hours of courses per day.
2 The course takes place during the 1 Re Year of learning and relates to the field of operational skills "Realization of tools and tools for watchmaking".
1 In the framework of modular training, the operational skills described in Article 5 shall be organised according to the following modules and according to the following number of periods:
Modules |
Training in professional practice |
Professional knowledge |
Total Periods |
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260 |
190 |
450 |
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220 |
105 |
325 |
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205 |
75 |
280 |
Total Training Periods |
685 |
370 |
1055 |
2 The distribution of operational skills in the modules is defined in the regulation of the modular training of 19 December 2014, as enacted by the Swiss Watch Industry's Employers' Convention.
3 The evaluation objectives of the intercompany course set out in the training plan are distributed in the various modules.
4 The cantons are responsible for organising the general culture education module.
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:
3 The training plan is accompanied by:
Minimum requirements for trainers within the meaning of s. 44, para. 1, let. A and b, OFPr are completed by:
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, a federal occupational training certificate 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.
The person who completed the initial vocational training shall be admitted to the qualification procedures:
Qualification procedures are intended to demonstrate that the operational skills described in s. 5 have been acquired.
1 The qualification procedure with final examination relates to the operational competencies in the following qualification areas in the following ways:
Appreciation Point |
Area of operational expertise |
Weighting |
1. |
Component assembly (operational competence domain b, numbers 1 and 2) Application of Safety, Health and Environmental Safety Directives |
50 % |
2. |
Specific Domain |
50 % |
Appreciation Point |
Area of operational expertise |
Form and duration of examination |
Weighting |
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Written |
Oral |
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1. |
Realization of tools and tools for watchmaking |
60 min |
40 % |
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2. |
Assembling Components Compliance with production standards Application of Safety, Health and Environmental Safety Directives |
30 min |
30 min |
60 % |
2 In each qualification area, benefits are assessed by at least two expert review experts.
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1 Each module is subject to a module end review.
2 The cantons organise the examination of the general culture module.
3 For all other end-of-module examinations, this organisation is delegated to the Employers' Convention of the Swiss watch industry at the request of the Swiss watch industry under Article 40 (1). 2 LFPr.
4 End-of-module reviews consist of:
5 Module completion reviews are organized as follows:
Modules |
Duration of Practical Work Examination |
Duration of examination of professional knowledge |
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5 hours |
3 Hours |
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6 Hours |
2 Hours |
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4 hours |
1 hour |
1 The qualification procedure with final examination is successful if:
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:
4 The note on the teaching of professional knowledge corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire note or half-note, of the 4 semi-annual notes.
5 The note of the interfirm course corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire note or to a half note, of the 3 notes of the proficiency checks.
6 For the calculation of the overall score, the scores are weighted as follows:
1 The procedure for qualification of modular training is successful if:
2 The module note indicates the end result of each module; it corresponds to the average, rounded to the first decimal, of the following 3 notes with the following weights:
3 The experience rating of each module corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire score or half-note, of the professional knowledge teaching notes for each module.
4 The overall score corresponds to the average, rounded to the first decimal, of the following 4 notes:
5 The field of qualification 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 .
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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 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.
1 The repetition of the qualification procedure is governed by Art. 33 OFPr.
2 If the practical work of a module has to be repeated, it must be in its entirety.
3 If the examination of the professional knowledge of a module has to be repeated, it must be reviewed as a whole.
4 For those who repeat a module examination and no longer follow the teaching of professional knowledge, the former teaching note is taken into account. For those who are again following the teaching of professional knowledge, only the new notes are taken into account.
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:
1 The person who successfully completed a qualifying procedure receives the Federal Certification of Vocational Training (AFP).
2 AFP allows its holders to wear the legally protected title of "AFP/operator clock operator in AFP watchmaking".
3 If the AFP was obtained through the qualification procedure with final examination, the note bulletin states:
4 If the AFP was obtained through the process of qualification of the modular training, the note bulletin states:
1 The Swiss Commission for the Development of the Profession and the Quality of Training in the Trades of Watchmaking (Commission) includes:
2 The linguistic regions are represented fairly.
3 The specific fields of the professions concerned by the committee must be represented.
4 The commission is self-regulating.
5 It is responsible for the following tasks:
1 The body responsible for the intercompany course is the Employers' Convention of the Swiss Watch Industry (PC).
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 these courses 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 The Ordinance of the SEFRI of 18 December 2009 on the initial vocational training of operator in watchmaking with Federal certification of vocational training (AFP) 1 Is repealed.
2 Approval of the Watchmaking Operator Training Plan of December 12, 2009 is revoked.
1 Those who started their training as a watchmaking operator before 1 Er April 2015 complete it according to the old law.
2 If requested, the persons who repeat until 31 December 2018 the qualification procedure with final examination of watchmaking operators will see their benefits assessed according to the old right.
3 If requested, those who repeat until 31 December 2020 the last module of modular operator training in watchmaking will see their benefits assessed according to the old right.
1 This order shall enter into force on 1 Er April 2015, the provisions of para. 2 being reserved.
2 The provisions on qualification procedures, the certificate and the title (Art. 18 to 27) enter into force on 1 Er January 2017.