Ordinance
on Vocational and Professional Education and Training
(Vocational and Professional Education and Training Ordinance, VPETO)

(Art. 28 para. 3 VPETA)

¹ SERI shall ap­prove only one ini­tial and one ad­vanced fed­er­al pro­fes­sion­al ex­am­in­a­tion per pro­fes­sion­al field with­in a giv­en eco­nom­ic branch.

² SERI shall veri­fy that:

a.

there is a pub­lic in­terest;

b.

there is no con­flict with edu­ca­tion policy or oth­er pub­lic in­terest;

c.

there are enough spon­sors to en­sure that the ex­am­in­a­tions can be held all over Switzer­land for the long-term;

d.

the con­tent of the ex­am­in­a­tions matches the com­pet­ences needed for the oc­cu­pa­tion;

e.

the title is clear, not mis­lead­ing and can­not be mis­taken for a title of any oth­er qual­i­fic­a­tion.