CFC Stage technician

The Federal Certificate of Capacity for Stage technicians, offered since 2011, is the first vocational course in french speaking Switzerland, dedicated to performing arts and events technique.

Conceived in dual mode, it provides apprentices with a fundamental practical and theoretical education in performance technique, allowing graduates to be hired as technicians for concerts, plays, festivals, exhibitions or any other type of event.

The apprentices receive four years of training both within a training company (theater or service provider in the field of events) of which they are employed, and at the same time at the Manufacture, which provides courses specific to the profession as well as general culture courses. Inter-company courses, organized by the professional association Artos, further complement the training with seven one-week modules on specific themes.

The first nine French-speaking Swiss stage technicians received their CFCs on July 3, 2015 at the Manufacture.

Around fifty apprentices, spread over four years, from all the French-speaking cantons are taking this training.

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