New classification of HTL and HWV degrees in the wage structure survey
FH Schweiz, the national umbrella organization of graduates of all UAS disciplines, has obtained that HTL and HWV degrees are now assigned to the category of UAS degrees in the federal wage structure survey.
The Höhere Technische Lehranstalten (HTL) and the Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschulen (HWV) became Fachhochschulen (FH) more than 20 years ago. Since then, the HTL and HWV graduates have been able to retroactively the university of applied sciences title acquire. Since 2009, those who hold a UAS title can simultaneously use the bachelor title due to the Bologna reform. Nevertheless, until now, HTL and HWV degrees were assigned to the category of today's higher technical colleges (HF) in the salary structure survey (LSE) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Correctly, however, they should be assigned to UAS degrees (category 2) or reported separately.
HTL and HWV graduates received the wrong salary for years
By no means all HTL and HWV graduates have subsequently acquired the FH title. As a result, a large proportion of them have been assigned to the wrong salary category in the official LSE. The informative value of the HF and FH categories was thus impaired. Both employers and employees received inconsistent wage references. A worse position of HTL and HWV graduates could not be excluded.
After a Coverage of the Aargauer Zeitung from 21.8.2017 The umbrella organization UAS Switzerland intervened over this grievance and sought talks with the FSO and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The talks had an effect: the SERI submitted a proposal to the FSO to classify the HTL/HWV titles in the category of UAS degrees. The FSO has now given the green light: they want to reflect reality as accurately as possible with the statistical information they produce.
New wage structure survey brings equality
As of the 2018 salary structure survey, HTL and HWV degrees are now assigned to category 2. The classification of salaries is done via the employers and a system available to them. Since it is possible that this has not yet been updated, employers must in some cases manually assign the degrees to category 2. In order to ensure that the degrees are correctly assigned, FH Schweiz therefore still recommends that HTL and HWV graduates submit the subsequent acquisition of the FH title and to notify the employer of this.
More information: www.fhschweiz.ch, www.titelumwandlung.ch
