25 freshly graduated junior employees

Today, the Swiss security market is worth around 800 million Swiss francs and is growing continuously. However, there is definitely not an oversupply of proven specialists in the security industry at present - on the contrary: As has been learned from association circles in the Swiss security industry, there is currently an acute shortage of experienced specialists in many respects. For the 25 young specialists who completed the "Project Manager Security Systems" course at the Technical College Winterthur (STFW) in cooperation with the Association of Swiss Security System Installers (SES), the chances are therefore quite good that they will be ideally qualified for their career prospects thanks to their well-founded further training and in view of this "oversupply". The additional training was first offered in 2009. Since then, more than 200 representatives of security system installers, planners and organizations have successfully completed it, according to SES.

The part-time continuing education program provides participants with extensive expertise in the planning, execution and maintenance of security systems, with a choice of either a fire or security focus. The perspectives are versatile. Whether you want to develop into a project-managing generalist or, for example, a product manager or sales engineer, the security industry is looking for the necessary specialists. Depending on previous knowledge, SES says that career changers are also welcome. Above all, IT specialists are urgently needed, as IT skills in areas such as video security and access control already account for 80 percent of the entire planning spectrum.

More complex projects - in the course of digitization

From a professional perspective, the challenges for the security industry will not be boring: The digital transformation will increasingly mean that security technology will have to change and, in some cases, reinvent itself in many areas, says Altorfer. As a result, security technology will become increasingly complex and thus significantly more demanding for all those involved: "You are now ideally prepared for these challenges and can optimally ensure the optimal protection of people and property," says the SES president.

Beat Amstutz, Head of Education Building Services and member of the STFW School Board, also congratulated the graduates. "Standstill is death," Herbert Grönemeyer sang in his song back in 1998. This definitely did not happen with regard to the graduates. Amstutz also stated that the shortage of skilled workers had already been discussed throughout the afternoon. Therefore, he said, the training to become a project manager for security systems is certainly an important career station and definitely a good investment in the future.

25 professional cards distributed

Martin Altorfer and Beat Amstutz were able to present the 25 newly qualified project managers for security systems with the federal certificate of proficiency.

Successfully passed the advanced training (in alphabetical order): Mancour Adam, Nico Brüngger, Francesco Cascio, Michael Christen (2. Rank), Micha Gasser, Maurizio Guglielmo, Joel Hauri, Dominic Kutil, Martin Liber, Cvijetin Maksimovic, Tobias Marani, André Maurer, Daniel Pacheco de Oliveira, Claudio Passafaro, Roger Pauli, Giulio Portone, Fabian Reller, Andreas Rohrbach, Marc Schwertfeger, Senad Suljkanovic, Fabian Weibel, Marco Aldo Weibel (1st rank), Brendan Aitchison, Reto Lendon, Reto Lendon (2nd rank). Rank), Brendan Aitchison, Reto Lendi, Adrian Sutter (1st rank).

The next course Project Manager Security Systems with Federal Diploma starts at March 14, 2023 and lasts until May 11, 2024. The course specializing in safety includes various training modules on central safety topics such as EMA, AC, VS, IT/control systems, but also basic management and knowledge topics such as business administration, self-management, law and project management.

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