IT or mediamatics apprenticeship

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Four years, an international working environment, and your choice of focus – our IT or mediamatics apprenticeships.

Suited to you. You choose the focus of your IT or mediamatics apprenticeship.

In all of our apprenticeships, you will acquire fundamental expertise in your respective subject (IT or mediamatics). As an IT apprentice, you can choose between application development and platform development as your area of focus.

The IT or mediamatics apprenticeships are only offered in German-speaking Switzerland.

One apprenticeship. Many advantages.

Experienced professional trainers at your side

Support from your Young Talents Coach

Possibility of working abroad

Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training as information technologist or mediamatics technician

Application development

(with or without vocational baccalaureate)

As an application developer, you will design, program, and test software for our bank. You can complete the four-year apprenticeship in Zurich or Chur, and it includes:

Apprenticeship year one. Basic training.

At the ICT vocational training centers in Zurich and Bern, you can acquire a lot of basic IT knowledge. Afterwards, you will be fully fit for practical work. In the first, second and third years, you will also attend vocational school two days a week.
Apprenticeship years two and three. Practical assignments.

You will work in different departments, where you'll take on programming tasks and collaborate on projects. You will expand your knowledge in Java programming and have the option of learning additional programming languages.
Apprenticeship year four. Expanding your knowledge.

You will gain more in-depth insights into a subject area and will lead a ten-day IT project. You will also continue to attend vocational school one day per week. If you also complete the vocational baccalaureate, it is normally two days per week. You will learn additional basic banking skills with Challenge Your Potential (CYP).

Platform developer

(with or without vocational baccalaureate)

As a platform developer (previously system technology), you are involved in the conception, design, and maintenance of information networks, and are responsible for cybersecurity, as well as other things. You can complete the four-year apprenticeship in Zurich or Bern, which includes the following:

Apprenticeship year one. Basic training.

At the ICT vocational training centers in Zurich and Bern, you can acquire a lot of basic IT knowledge. Afterwards, you will be fully fit for practical work. In the first, second and third years, you will also attend vocational school two days a week.
Apprenticeship years two and three. Practical assignments.

In three to five different practical assignments, you'll learn everything you need to know about support, databases, networks, servers, and operating systems. You will change your workplace every six to twelve months in order to gain as much broad practical experience as possible. You will work on small projects and handle various tasks independently, such as monitoring and maintaining operating systems (Windows, Unix, Linux) and databases (Oracle, MySQL).
Apprenticeship year four. Expanding your knowledge.

You will gain more in-depth insights into a subject area and work independently on a ten-day IT project. You will also continue to attend vocational school one day per week. If you also complete the vocational baccalaureate, it is normally two days per week. You will learn additional basic banking skills with CYP.

Mediamatics technician

(with or without a Federal Vocational Baccalaureate)

As a mediamatics technician, you will work with a variety of media technologies designing images, videos, and texts for websites, social media channels, and print media. You can complete the four-year apprenticeship in Zurich.

Apprenticeship year one – basic training.

At the ICT vocational training center in Zurich, you will acquire a lot of basic mediamatics knowledge. Afterwards, you will be fully fit for your practical assignments. In the first, second and third years, you will also attend vocational school two days per week.
Apprenticeship years two and three – practical assignments.

You will be working on projects directly in various units. You will create graphics and text, record audio, photos, and videos, and process them on the computer. In doing so, you will deepen your knowledge of multimedia content and new media, and design professional presentations, websites, and promotional films. You will learn additional basic banking skills with Challenge Your Potential (CYP).
Apprenticeship year four – expanding your knowledge.

You will gain more in-depth insight into a subject area and will lead a ten-day mediamatics project. You will also continue to attend vocational school one day per week. If you are also sitting the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate, you will normally attend school two days per week.

After the apprenticeship. Your career opportunities.

After your IT or mediamatics apprenticeship, you will have various opportunities to continue your career with us. Depending on your area of expertise, you can develop your professional skills in areas such as Application Development, Production and Infrastructure Services, Communications, or Digital Banking. You can also earn your Federal Vocational Baccalaureate – if you don't have it already – while working and then begin full-time or part-time studies at a university of applied sciences.

Prerequisites. What you need.

If you have a great desire to discover the world of IT and enjoy interacting with other people, then you've come to the right place. To join us, you also need to have the following things:

Good grades from the highest level of secondary education
Motivation to start practical training
A trust worthy personality
A good head for figures and enjoyment of computer work
Strict attention to detail and reliability
Initiative and the ability to self-start
Creativity, communications skills, and a penchant for design (for the mediamatics apprenticeship)

Dates. Don't miss them.

Information events

From the beginning of February, you will find all information and dates on our event portal. You can register for our information days on the event portal. We will answer all questions about our IT or mediamatics apprenticeships and give you detailed insights into our training program. We look forward to seeing you.

Information days for apprenticeships

Welcome to the information days for apprenticeships Take a look over the shoulders of our developers and find out about the daily routine of an information technologist or mediamatics technician. You will find all information and dates on our detailed page about the information days for apprenticeships. You can register directly on our event portal.

Eventportal

Details about the information days for apprenticeships

Apply online

As soon as a position is advertised, you can apply online. Please note that we cannot consider any job applications sent via mail or email.

Shine in the interview

We review all job applications received and then invite suitable candidates to a job interview. A Young Talent Coach and a professional trainer will be at the interview.

Receive feedback

After the interview, you will receive prompt feedback from us as to whether we can offer you an apprenticeship.

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Documents. What you need for the job application.

We can only accept job applications via our online portal. Anything that we receive via mail or email will be returned. If you would like to apply, you should have the following documents ready to be uploaded:

School transcripts (at least the last four summer and winter semesters)
Curriculum vitae
Other diplomas or certificates

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