Swiss apprentices need 80 to 90 minutes a day to commute
Published: Monday, Jul 29th 2024, 11:20
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Swiss apprentices spend an average of around 80 to 90 minutes a day commuting to work or school. According to the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET), this is the result of the first study into the commuting times of Swiss apprentices.
As the SFIVET announced on Monday, Swiss apprentices spend an average of 39 minutes traveling to work and 46 minutes traveling to vocational school. Taking into account the return journey, this makes an average of 78 minutes of travel time per working day and 92 minutes per school day.
Only just under one percent of apprentices completed an apprenticeship in another language region of Switzerland. Around 15 percent had a training company outside their canton of residence and around 11 percent had to attend a vocational college outside their canton in order to learn their trade.
According to the press release, the study shows that apprentices spend more time commuting than Swiss employees as a whole. According to SFIVET, their daily commuting time averages 59 minutes.
However, the commuting times of students in the SFIVET study are based on travel times by public transport, while the means of transport used by employees is known.
Data from 175,000 apprentices
For their statements on commuting times, the authors of the study linked data from the statistics on basic vocational training with data from the Federal Statistical Office's business and company register. They analyzed the data for all of the approximately 175,000 apprentices who were undergoing basic vocational training in the 2021/22 school year.
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