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MSD gives young people a strong start to their career and provides the training they need to become qualified professionals.

We see it as part of our entrepreneurial responsibility to offer professional opportunities for local young people. At our location in Schachen, we have been offering apprenticeships for Swiss federal certification as a chemistry laboratory technician (EFZ, Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis) since 1977, and as a biology laboratory technician since 2010. At our Lucerne location in the Citybay office, we have been offering apprenticeships for Swiss federal certification in business administration (EFZ, Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis) in the area of service & administration since 2014.

Apprenticeships at MSD

EFZ Laboratory technician (chemistry and biology)

EFZ business administrator (service & administration)

EFZ Laboratory technician (chemistry and biology)

Apprenticeship duration:

Training location:

3 years

Werthenstein BioPharma GmbH, Industrie Nord 1, 6105 Schachen LU

Requirements:

Secondary school A or B with good grades in math

Interesse am Experimentieren

Interest in experimentation

Good observational skills

Clean and precise working methods

Perseverance and patience

Strong reliability

Interest in operating electrical devices and complex equipment

Capacity for teamwork

Application documents:

Application letter (statement of motivation)

Why am I applying to work at Werthenstein BioPharma GmbH?
Why do I want to learn this particular profession?
Why should I be accepted for this apprenticeship?

Attachments:

Curriculum vitae

Copy of school reports from the previous and current school years

"Schnupperlehre" (job trial course) reports

EFZ Laboratory technician (chemistry and biology), currently no apprenticeship vacancies

Contact:
Werthenstein BioPharma GmbH
Pia Lustenberger
Industrie Nord 1
6105 Schachen
pia.lustenberger@merck.com

EFZ business administrator (service & administration)Apprenticeship duration:
Training location:
3 years
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG (head office), Werftestrasse 4, 6005 Lucerne
Requirements:
Secondary school A with good grade point average
Good comprehension abilities
Independence, motivation and reliability
Organizational ability and flexibility
Good language abilities
Application documents:
Application letter (statement of motivation)
Who am I?
Why am I applying for this apprenticeship at the healthcare company MSD?
Why should MSD offer me an apprenticeship?
Attachments:
Curriculum vitae
Copy of school reports from the previous and current school years
"Schnupperlehre" (job trial course) reports
Open apprenticeship:
Start summer 2021

Contact:


MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG


Renate Birrer


Werftestrasse 4


6005 Lucerne


renate.birrer@merck.com