A road builder specialises in the construction of all types of roads. The practical side of road building encompasses earthworks, concrete construction and surface construction, as well as the installation of water drainage systems, cables, foundation layers, kerbs and bituminous surfaces.

• Completed compulsory education
• Skilled craftsmanship
• Enjoyment in working outdoors and handling equipment and machinery
• Strong constitution
• Ability to work in a team / independent

• Duration of apprenticeship: three years
• School: Theoretical lessons at the vocational college for traffic infrastructure engineers. Specialised training begins in the third year of the apprenticeship. Inter-cantonal introductory courses supplement the practical activities and vocational college lessons.
• Federal Vocational Baccalaureate: if a very good level of academic performance is achieved, it is also possible to complete the upper-secondary commercial school.

• Road builder Federal VET Diploma with qualification in a further specialist area of the “traffic infrastructure construction” professional field
• Foreman (practical and foreman college)
• Construction foreman (examination for the Federal Diploma of Higher Education)
• Qualified foreman (technician PET College)
• Qualified master builder or qualified construction manager (examinations for the Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education)
• Qualified civil engineer BSc FH