Apprenticeship for Rail Transport Agent CFC

Apprenticeship for Rail Transport Agent CFC

• Full time

Company Description

The Syngenta group, a world leader in agricultural technology and innovation, employs 60,000 people in more than 100 countries to transform agriculture through tailored solutions for farmers, society, and our planet. Our diversified portfolio includes seeds, crop protection products, nutritional products, agronomic solutions, and digital services, all designed to help farmers produce healthy food, feed, fiber, and fuel while preserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Our mission is to tackle critical challenges such as climate change and food security through sustainable practices and cutting-edge solutions, while preserving the planet's resources.

Syngenta Crop Protection, the largest unit of the Syngenta group, is a leader in sustainable agricultural solutions, offering innovative products to keep crops healthy while minimizing environmental impact from planting to harvest.

Syngenta Monthey trains about fifty apprentices in seven different trades. As a forward-looking training company, Syngenta offers the opportunity to benefit from solid professional training within a group whose activities extend worldwide. After the apprenticeship, this training opens up interesting prospects for development both professionally and personally. Discover the activities, history, and challenges of the Monthey site through this video.

Syngenta has been ranked as one of the best employers by Science magazine and has received the "Friendly Work Space" label for all its Swiss sites, as well as the "Top Training Company" label for the Monthey site.

Job Description

For our production site in Monthey, where our activities are mainly related to plant protection, we are looking for an apprentice Rail Transport Agent CFC!

In a setting where safety is the priority, the apprentice ensures the preparation and composition of trains intended for freight transport. He/She plans and coordinates railway maneuvers, thus ensuring the smoothness and safety of the site's rail operations.

More specifically:

• Composition and formation of freight trains;
• Planning and coordination of maneuvers;
• Driving locomotives (maneuvers);
• Coupling/uncoupling wagons;
• Technical checks and brake calculations;
• Loading/unloading;
• Safety and traffic regulations.

The training lasts 3 years and is accessible from the age of 16, after compulsory schooling. Professional courses will be held at the Nyon Commercial Vocational School (EPCN), one day per week. Inter-company courses will take place at login professional training SA, within CFF Cargo at Denges-Echandens (1st year: 4 days, 2nd year: 7 days, and 3rd year: 4 days). At the end of the apprenticeship, the apprentice receives, in addition to the Federal Certificate of Capacity (CFC), their category A40 shunting driver license.

Interested? Learn more about the profession via the orientation.ch website.

Qualifications

• Physical endurance
• Manual dexterity
• Autonomy and ability to work in a team
• Resistance to temperature variations
• Good visual acuity
• Good memory

Additional Information

Benefits Offered to Syngenta Apprentices:

• Contribution to school fees
• Laptop throughout the training
• Language stay at one of our many sites, with financial support from Movetia
• Half-price CFF subscription
• Contribution to fitness subscription
• Syngenta Campus: Company restaurant, free parking, on-site doctor

Are you interested? Then apply online, attaching your complete application: cover letter, CV, copies of the last three school reports and if available: internship report(s), work certificate(s), and diploma(s)

Syngenta is committed to Diversity. We encourage all applications regardless of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.