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FSEA Certificate for Trainers – Facilitating Training Sessions with Groups of Adults
22.09.2026 - 08.06.2027
Tuesday evenings: in-person from 6:00 PM to 9:15 PM or online from 6:00 PM to 8:15 PM or 9:15 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
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Ticino Unia

FSEA Certificate for Trainers – Facilitating Training Sessions with Groups of Adults

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From January 1, 2018, 50% of the costs for preparatory courses for federal examinations are reimbursed directly to participants after taking the federal examination. For further information on conditions and procedures, please refer to the SEFRI website https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/it/home/formazione/fps/contributi.html
  • Date
    22.09.2026 - 08.06.2027
  • Time
    Tuesday evenings: in-person from 6:00 PM to 9:15 PM or online from 6:00 PM to 8:15 PM or 9:15 PM, Saturday: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
  • Duration
    255 hours, of which 90 hours of contact learning (in-person and online) and 165 hours of independent learning (assisted or individual)
  • Location
    ECAP Ticino Unia
    Via Industria 3
    6814 Lamone
  • Childcare
    Not available
  • Contact
    infoti@ecap.ch

Course information

Contents
• Adult-specific learning and teaching, andragogical principles
• Didactic planning of learning units
• Competencies and learning objectives, formulation of objectives
• Selection of learning content
• Methods and social forms in adult education
• Cooperative forms of learning, the group as an educational tool
• Selection and use of analog and digital teaching tools
• Simple methods for verifying objectives and evaluating learning sequences
• Effective communication for training, basic principles of facilitation
• Creating a favorable learning climate
• Conflict management in groups
• Attitudes and roles of the adult trainer.

Particular attention is given to participatory training approaches that promote the integration of users' needs into didactic management, the handling of group dynamics, and differentiation aimed at social and professional inclusion.
Goals
Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to plan, implement, and evaluate learning activities with adults in their own discipline based on predefined concepts, programs, and teaching materials.

Specifically, they will be able to:
- design teaching units by applying the basic principles of adult education;
- formulate learning objectives based on predefined operational competencies;
- plan and use various forms and tools of teaching and learning appropriate to different target audiences;
- develop learning tasks;
- guide work processes and learning phases in groups;
- adapt the course, activities, and social forms of planning according to the situation and objectives;
- promote a favorable learning climate;
- evaluate learning and provide participants with feedback on their progress.
Costs
CHF 3,200.-- Installment payment option available

Further Information

Vocational and corporate training instructors; adult trainers; professionals working with individuals in disadvantaged situations.

Solid foundational competence in one's own teaching discipline.
For successful completion of the module, it is highly recommended to have already gained experience in adult education and to be active in the field during the course period.

ECAP's FSEA CF-AF course is distinguished by a strong experiential approach, in which participants personally experience the principles of adult education. The proposed activities allow direct experimentation with methods, tools, and dynamics typical of the trainer's role, fostering, through critical reflection, a deep understanding that is immediately transferable to one's own professional practice.
Learning emerges from constant activation and exchange among professionals from different sectors: an exchange that values individual paths and broadens perspectives on the multiple realities of adult education.
Particular attention is given to vocational training and to those working with low-skilled audiences, offering operational strategies and tools useful for managing heterogeneous groups and effectively supporting learning.

FSEA Certificate for Trainers, training facilitation, issued upon completion of at least 80% attendance; 150 hours of documented practice; successful completion of the competency assessment.

August 31, 2026

See the attached General Conditions

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Course no.: TI00FA01

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