¹ CFC-level Textile Care Managers are responsible for the following activities and are distinguished by the following knowledge, skills and behaviours:

A.

Mastered the textile maintenance processes in the area of dry cleaning or laundry;

B.

Conducting interviews with private clients and businesses, determining their needs and advising them in a targeted and appropriate manner according to their technical expertise;

C.

They inspect the goods and sort the textiles, taking into account the maintenance label, colour, manufacture and type of textile, and prepare the charges accordingly;

D.

Choose appropriate procedures for the treatment of textiles and decide on methods for removing stains;

E.

They care for their appearance, take care at all stages of their work on their own hygiene and hygiene, and comply with occupational safety and health protection requirements, for themselves and for others;

F.

They comply with the requirements for the sustainable use of energy and resources, as well as environmental protection requirements.

² Maintenance managers of CFC-level textiles may choose between the following specific areas:

A.

Dry cleaning;

B.

Laundry.

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 3 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.

Processing customer orders:

1.

Receiving textiles and advising clients,

2.

Prepare textiles in accordance with company directives;

3.

Receive and process claims;

B.

Load preparation:

1.

Seize and mark textiles,

2.

Conduct the inspection of the goods,

3.

Sorting textiles and preparing charges;

C.

Textile Processing:

1.

Use and control technical procedures and machines,

2.

Washing textiles with appropriate processes and equipment,

3.

Wet cleaning or wet cleaning of textiles and equipment with appropriate processes,

4.

Remove stains on textiles with appropriate processes;

D.

Textile Finishing:

1.

Make the finishing on textiles with the appropriate processes and equipment,

2.

Performing quality controls in accordance with the company's guidelines.

² Training persons are required to acquire operational skills in the areas of operational competence a and d and operational competencies b.1, b.3, c.1 and c.4. Also required are:

A.

Operational skills b.2 and c.3 in the specific field of dry cleaning;

B.

Operational competence c.2 in the specific area of the laundry.

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, with the following dangerous work:

A.

Work that exposs youth to physical influences that are dangerous to health, including:

1.

Overpressure work,

2.

Work in the event of extreme heat, cold or humidity;

B.

Work exposing young people to dangerous chemical agents for the health indicated by a sentence R in accordance with the Ordinance of 18 May 2005 on Chemicals ¹ Or by a sentence H in accordance with Regulation (EC) No ^O 1272/2008 ² In the version set out in Annex 2, c. 1, of the order of 5 June 2015 on chemicals ³ :

Cancer-causing substances (referred to as "K" in the "Exposure Limit Values to Workstations" list; R40/H351, R45/H350);

C.

Work carried out with machinery, equipment and tools presenting risks of accidents which can be assumed to be that young people, because of their insufficient awareness of the risks or their lack of experience or training, Can neither identify nor prevent them;

D.

Work involving significant risks of fire, explosion, accident, disease or poisoning;

E.

The sorting of used materials such as paper and paperboard, as well as dirty and undisinfected linen, horsehair, pig bristles and hides;

F.

Work that objectively exceeds the physical or mental capacities of young people.

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 in vocational schools includes 1080 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. The cantons may admit other languages of instruction.

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

¹ Intercarrier courses consist of 13 days of courses, with 8 hours of courses per day.

² The days and contents are spread over 7 courses as follows:

³ No cross-employer courses take place during the last semester of initial vocational training.

¹ A training plan, enacted by the competent labour organisation and approved by the SEFRI, shall be 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 following are attached to the training plan:

A.

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

B.

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

The requirements for trainers are met by:

A.

Textile maintenance managers who have at least 2 years of work experience in the field of training they provide;

B.

Textile cleaners who have at least 2 years of work experience in the field of training they provide;

C.

Qualified textile cleaners justifying at least 2 years of experience in the field of training they provide;

D.

Persons holding a CFC in a related profession and justifying professional knowledge specific to the maintenance managers of the textiles CFC and at least 4 years of professional experience in the field of Training they provide;

E.

Persons with a corresponding title of higher vocational 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 the training period and on the remarks concerning the benefits provided to the vocational school and the intercompany courses. 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 are not met despite the measures taken or if the chances of success of the person in training are compromised, the trainer shall inform them in writing to the contracting parties and the cantonal authority.

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:

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 which:

1.

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

2.

Conducted at least 3 years of this experience in the field of management of the maintenance of CFC textiles, 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.

Practical work in the form of a prescribed practical work (TPP) of 12 hours. The following rules apply:

1.

This field of qualification is evaluated towards the end of initial vocational training,

2.

The person in training must show that they are capable of performing the tasks requested in the rules of the art and according to the needs and circumstances,

3.

The training package and the documents relating to the intercompany courses can be used as aid,

4.

This qualification area covers the following areas of operational competence with the following weightings:

B.

Professional knowledge of 3 hours. The following rules apply:

1.

This field of qualification is evaluated towards the end of initial vocational training.

2.

It is the subject of a written examination and covers the following areas of operational competence with the following weights:

C.

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

B.

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 rating corresponds to the average, rounded to an entire score or half-note, of the six semi-annual notes of professional knowledge education.

⁴ For the calculation of the overall score, the scores are weighted as follows:

A.

Practical work: 40 %;

B.

Professional knowledge 20 %;

C.

General culture: 20 %;

D.

Experience rating: 20 %.

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 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.

Practical work: 40 %;

B.

Professional knowledge: 40 %;

C.

General culture: 20 %.

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

² The EFA allows its licensees to carry the legally protected title of "CFC Textile Care Manager".

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. 20, para. 1, the experience note.

¹ The Swiss Commission for the Development of the Profession and the Quality of Training for Textile Care Managers CFC (Commission) includes:

A.

4 to 5 representatives of the Swiss Association of Textile Care Companies (ASET);

B.

1 representative of professional knowledge teachers;

C.

At least 1 representative of the Confederation and at least 1 representative of the cantons.

² The linguistic regions are represented fairly.

³ Specific areas must 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 body responsible for intercompany courses is the Swiss Association of Textile Care Companies (ASET).

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

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

⁴ The competent cantonal authorities shall have access to the courts at all times.

¹ The Order of SEFRI of September 11, 2007, on Initial Vocational Training for Textile Cleaners with Federal Capacity Certificate (CFC) ¹ Is repealed.

² The approval of the CFC Textile Cleaner Training Plan of September 11, 2007 is revoked.

¹ Persons who began training as textile cleaners before 1 ^Er January 2017 the completion according to the old right.

² If requested, the persons who repeat until 31 December 2021 the qualification procedure with the final examination of the textile cleaner will have their benefits assessed according to the old right.

¹ This order shall enter into force on 1 ^Er January 2017, the provisions of para. 2 being reserved.

² The provisions on qualification procedures, the certificate and the title (Art. 15 to 21) enter into force on 1 ^Er January 2020.