IT Training Lab
The IT Training Lab provides ETH Zurich with services for training IT trainees and support for both trainees and trainers.
During their first year, our IT trainees are familiarised with their vocational training in the IT Training Lab. They are taught basic competency in the areas of workplace computing, Web programming, principles of information technology, networks, servers, basic services, automation and support.
Building on this sound basic education, the trainees can spend their second to fourth year working productively in a division within IT Services or in an IT Support Group (ISG) within a department, where they can get more in-depth training.
To ensure the basic training is interesting and varied, the trainees are started on project-based work as early as possible and they alternate between independent work and teamwork. They also attend coures such as interdisciplinary courses and LearnIT events where they can deepen their professional knowledge.
In the IT Training Lab, computer specialists are currently being trained in the fields of platform development and application development.
Services of the IT Training Lab
The training is devided into two parts. Trainees complete their first year of basic training in the IT Training Lab. From the second to fourth year, they work in an ISD in a department or in a division within IT Services.
- Download Education and training ordinance for IT Technologists - VET Diploma (in German)
- Download Training plan for IT Technologists - Federal VET Diploma for both specialisms (in German)
Initial basic training year
Based on the competencies in the Vocational and Professional Education and Training Ordinance, in their first year, trainees learn the basis for professional practice in the following areas:
- workplace computing
- web programming
- principles of information technology
- networks
- servers and basic services
- automation and scripting
- support and support structures
Practical training
The second, third and fourth year of training take place in IT groups within different departments and teams. Experienced trainers train all of the trainees in a practical environment, bringing them through to the final examination. For trainee positions, there is also a dissertation in the form of an individual practical assignment (IPA), which is supervised by the trainers.
Contact IT Training Lab
IT Lehrlabor
Binzmühlestrasse 130
8092
Zürich
Switzerland
Vocational education and training at ETH
Further information
- Vocational training at ETH
- Vocational professions at ETH Zurich (in German)
- Training opportunities (in German)
- external page Education and training ordinance for IT Technologists - VET Diploma (in German)
- external page Training plan for IT Technologists - Federal VET Diploma for both specialisms (in German)
- external page Zurich Technical College - Technische Berufsschule Zürich (in German)