Swiss Post reports on training and apprenticeship schemes

Swiss Post has announced that it will offer more than 800 apprenticeship positions in logistics, retail, commercial roles and maintenance, as well as a practically-oriented bachelor’s degree in information
technology. The company has also reported that it opened its ICT Campus in Berne this summer to strengthen its IT training.

In a statement issued today (20 August), Swiss Post said: “Out of about 63,000 employees at Swiss Post, more than 2,000 are apprentices. 700 apprentices successfully completed their training at Swiss Post this summer, with 13% achieving an overall mark of 5.3 or above. Many of them want to continue working at Swiss Post after their basic training: four out of five apprenticeship graduates start their first job in the company where they did their apprenticeship.

“For the apprentices starting in summer 2016, more than 800 young people can choose training placements in 15 different occupations, whether in sales, communication, logistics, IT or maintenance. The wide range of basic training gives school leavers a great start to their professional lives. The process of filling the apprenticeship places for 2016 has already started.”

Swiss Post also reported that  around 50 IT, mediamatics and commercial apprentices from across the
Group are currently studying at the new ICT Campus in Berne – where IT apprentices spend their first year of basic training.

In addition, 10 students on the new practically-oriented bachelor’s degree (PiBS) course are starting at
Swiss Post this month. Swiss Post offers this IT degree course in collaboration with the Swiss Distance
University of Applied Sciences (FFHS).