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| Experience | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 0-2 yrs | CHF 58'025 |
| 3-5 yrs | CHF 65'000 |
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Swiss professionsTransport, Logistics & Safety
Diagnostiker/in SBB
You analyze technical faults on trains and ensure they are ready for service.
01 · Overview
What this profession is about
Diagnostic technicians search for mechanical and electronic faults on trains. They repair them on site and document the results for maintenance.
When trains break down, you are the first on the scene. As a diagnostic technician, you analyze mechanical and electronic faults on rail vehicles. You use modern diagnostic tools to find the cause. You repair the carriage or start further maintenance. Your precise work keeps rail traffic safe and on time.
FieldTransport, Logistics & Safety
Education pathSpecialisation / Professional Function
IndustryRail
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02 · Salary
What you can earn
No verified Swiss salary data is available for this profession yet.
Salaries reflect Swiss market data. Range covers entry to senior. Salary reference based on Diagnostiker/in SBB.
Salary trend
-37% over decadeView as table
| Period | Salary (CHF) |
|---|---|
| 2017-2019 | CHF 65'000 |
| 2020-2022 | CHF 72'800 |
| 2023-2025 | CHF 41'028 |
03 · Pathway
How to enter and grow
Swiss training pathway available in the full profile
- 🎓 Diagnostiker/in
Official education path
You start with a completed technical vocational apprenticeship. This is followed by internal practical training at the workplace.
Typical training path
Diagnostiker/in
Prerequisites
- Driver's license Cat. B
Requirements
- High sense of responsibility
- Analytical-conceptual skills
- IT knowledge
- Physical resilience
Where this can lead
Career changers with a completed technical basic qualification and relevant work experience can receive internal further training.
04 · Skills & fit
What it takes
Required skills
- Analytical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Technical understanding
- Physical resilience
Personality fit
- Swiss career path
- Career transition
- Professional growth
05 · Daily reality
What the work feels like
Typical day
You stand next to a broken-down train. You check the electronic controls with a diagnostic device. After finding the fault, you repair the defective part. Or you coordinate the transport to the workshop.
- You quickly record technical problems on the vehicle and initiate repairs.
- You use diagnostic tools to create precise fault analyses while checking technical documents.
- You fix mechanical and electronic faults directly on the track or during downtime.
- For major damage, you coordinate moving the carriage to the service facilities.
- Your documentation of the repairs helps the next shift with maintenance.
- You analyze recurring faults and develop measures to reduce errors.
Working conditions
You work mainly at stations, on track fields, and in maintenance halls of the rail infrastructure. Depending on the assignment, you switch between indoor and outdoor areas.
Where to learn
- SBB AG Team Sourcing, Recruiting & TalentsHilfikerstrasse 1, 3014 Bern
Strengths
- Analytical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Technical understanding
- Physical resilience
Trade-offs
- Shift work
- Weather conditions
- High responsibility
- Physical strain
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