Vocational Trainer: Automation & Intercompany Course Leader

V-ZUG Vocational Training ### At V-ZUG, around 90 apprentices are in training - in commercial, technical, and manual occupations. Vocational training is therefore a permanent, significant part of the company: not a marginal topic, but lived responsibility towards the next generation and towards its own future as an industrial company. 16 internal and 4 external apprentices are currently completing their training in the field of automation. In the training workshop at the headquarters in Zug, they learn on real systems, with demanding tasks and accompanied by specialists who understand their craft. Whoever trains here has influence: on professional careers, on the quality of our next generation, and on how V-ZUG is positioned in ten years. You do not do this alone: You work closely with the vocational trainers of the technical professions as well as the practical instructors and are part of a dedicated vocational training team - with short paths, genuine collegiality, and a shared understanding of good training. What the position offers you ### • You plan, design, and lead the intercompany courses (üK) for automation technicians EFZ. This also includes supplementary courses for polymechanics and construction as well as the basic year of automation - for internal and external apprentices. You have the scope to develop courses that are technically convincing and have a sustainable impact • You are the vocational trainer for automation technicians EFZ and manage the training workshop site. In doing so, you accompany apprentices in everyday work, promote their professional and personal development, and are a contact person, sparring partner, and technical authority at the same time during productive work • You design, plan, and supervise practical projects in automation. In this way, you combine training content with concrete tasks and create learning fields in which personal responsibility, teamwork, and technical competence can grow • You assume overall responsibility for the apprentices in the profession of automation technician EFZ: from recruitment through ongoing support and assessment to progress meetings with parents, schools, and practical instructors • You actively implement the ongoing vocational reform and contribute your own ideas on what training for tomorrow should look like. You pick up new developments in automation and vocational training and implement them in a practical manner • You represent V-ZUG and the automation professions externally - at job fairs, schools, events, and in specialist committees, especially in the üK commission as well as the FaKo ZLV MINT • If necessary, you ensure the representation of the vocational trainer for the service technology specialists and work closely with the involved training sites What you bring to the position ### • You have completed vocational training in the electrotechnical or automation-related field - e.g., as an automation technician or electronics technician - as well as preferably a degree from a Higher Technical College in the field of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automation, or a comparable further education • Ideally, you possess the federal professional certificate as a vocational trainer as well as the qualification as an intercompany course leader in a full-time position - or are willing to undertake these further training courses promptly • You bring several years of practical experience from an electrotechnical or automation-related professional field. Knowledge of PLC control technology, electrical engineering, as well as CAD and E-CAD are part of your technical foundation • You have already accompanied, supervised, promoted, and assessed apprentices - and know that good vocational training is much more than conveying specialist knowledge • You have experience in the planning and implementation of courses, ideally intercompany courses. You use contemporary didactic methods in a targeted and situation-appropriate manner - action-oriented, practical, and tailored to the target group • You communicate clearly, structured, and appropriately for the addressee - with apprentices as well as with parents, practical instructors, schools, and external partner companies. You also conduct demanding or stressful conversations with care, empathy, and conviction • You know how to motivate, develop, and support practical instructors through regular exchange, even without direct authority to instruct