Your apprenticeship as a Medizinproduktetechnologin/-technologe EFZ

You will work closely with healthcare professionals to ensure that doctors and nurses always have instruments that meet the highest standards of hygiene. In doing so, you will make an important contribution to infection prevention and play a key role in ensuring patient safety.

Prerequisite

• Completed Sekundarstufe I
   

Requirements

• Attention to detail and a sense of responsibility
• Enjoyment of working with equipment and technology
• Accuracy and a flair for precise work
• Manual dexterity
• Physical stamina; the work often involves standing for long periods and handling heavy sets of instruments
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Organisational skills

Education

The three-year apprenticeship begins in August each year and leads to the Eidgenössischen Fähigkeitszeugnis (EFZ). The practical training takes place at Zuger Kantonsspital. 

Vocational college lessons take place at the Careum in Zurich, one day a week.  Students with good academic results may also attend the Berufsmaturitätsschule alongside their apprenticeship.

Opportunities for development

• Further training in the operating theatre or hygiene sector
• Head of Central Sterilisation
• Vocational trainer
• Höhere Fachschule, e.g. dipl. Fachfrau/Fachmann Operationstechnik HF, dipl. Radiologiefachfrau/-mann HF, dipl. Biomedizinsche/-r Analytiker/-in HF
• Fachhochschule, e.g. BSc in Medizintechnik