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Vanessa Selamaj

Passenger attendant for ticket inspection, enjoys relaxing in nature while walking with her Bernese mountain dog or reading.

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Passenger attendant for ticket inspection.

As a passenger attendant for ticket inspection, you are in face-to-face contact with our passengers.

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I love being in contact with people in different languages while travelling around Switzerland.

Diego Loser

Vocational trainer of Passenger Attendance, running enthusiast with a soft spot for exciting books.

Like all passenger attendants, you are the face of SBB. As an obliging host, you give passengers your attention with a friendly smile – regardless of whether it’s early in the morning or late at night.

Since you do not have to worry about safety-related duties, you are free to fully concentrate on the passengers.

Your tasks.

Inspecting tickets and obtaining the personal details of passengers who do not have a valid ticket.
Providing information to our passengers, e.g. on-board announcements about connecting trains.
If passenger numbers are high, you will be responsible for directing passengers at stations.
When working on board trains, you help ensure quality by checking comfort, climate and cleanliness.

To become a passenger attendant for ticket inspection, you must complete a paid four-month full-time training course and pass the exam at the end.

Go to “Job search” to find vacancies by searching for “Kundenbegleiter:in für Fahrausweiskontrolle” (passenger attendant for ticket inspection).

Several training courses take place every year in different locations in Switzerland. After successfully completing your training, you will be given a job in the same region, where possible.

Date of entry	Location	Language	Application
01.07.2025	Zurich	German	Apply nowLink opens in new window.
01.03.2026	Zurich	German	Apply nowLink opens in new window.

Remuneration system.

We have a fair and progressive remuneration system. We reward individual performance, take the nature of the job market into account and ensure transparency. We have also been awarded the We Pay Fair label.

Pay during and after training.

Gross monthly pay, including your 13th salary payment, is determined by your age, experience and location. The diagram shows the pay range (excluding supplements) during and after training.

At the age of 20, the training salary is between CHF 4,379 and CHF 4,706 per month.
At the age of 30, the training salary is between CHF 4,863 and CHF 5,019 per month.
At the age of 40, the training salary is between CHF 5,175 and CHF 5,331 per month.
From the age of 50, the training salary is between CHF 5,488 per month.

Supplements.

Up to CHF 500 for nights and Sundays. Supplements vary according to roustered duties (hourly allowance for nights: CHF 6/hourly Sunday rate: CHF 16).
Flat-rate subsistence allowance: CHF 19 per day
Child allowance: CHF 320 for the first child (CHF 215 for each additional child) and other SBB benefits.

Your individual pay will be determined by applying the pay system in our Collective Labour Agreement when you sign your employment contract.

Special offers for SBB employees.

Our employees enjoy great discounts from companies throughout Switzerland. Such discounts are offered on everything from insurance and fashion products to language courses and electronic devices.

GA Travelcard.

Our employees receive a 2nd class GA Travelcard. The eligibility criteria are 40% level of employment and working for SBB for over one year. Our staff also benefit from discounted rail journeys abroad.

As a prospective passenger attendant for ticket inspection, you must possess excellent customer focus, strong communication and conflict management skills, and a high level of resilience. You must enjoy working independently and assuming responsibility, and be capable of asserting yourself. You must be able to use a range of digital tools and applications and be willing to continually learn and develop your skills.

You must also meet the following requirements:

Completed vocational training (at least two years) or Matura.
You must have very good spoken German, French or Italian (at least C1 level).
You must be willing to learn an additional foreign language (German, French, Italian or English) to B1 spoken level and A2 written level.
You must be willing to work irregular hours.

As a passenger attendant for ticket inspection working as part of SBB’s shift-based operations, you will be travelling around the whole of Switzerland from start of service to end of service on weekdays, weekends and public holidays. Irregular working times are normal at SBB. However, you can enjoy empty ski slopes during the week, will never again have to run errands when the shops are at their busiest and can plan your free time more flexibly.

You’ll be working alongside colleagues from various parts of the company wherever our customers need you: on national long-distance services, on regional services or at stations. Your work as a passenger attendant for ticket inspection can take you anywhere in Switzerland, but you will always start and finish your duties at the same place.

Our vocational information event will give you an insight into the varied daily work of a passenger attendant as well as important information about the training, requirements and application process.

Upcoming information events.

Click on one of the dates below to register for an event.

Date	Time	Location	Language	Registration
30.09.2025	6pm to 7.30pm	Online	German	Register nowLink opens in new window.

The application process lasts around two months and includes a half-day medical examination in Bern.

Apply for training in good time and online. Please attach the following documents with your application:

Curriculum vitae
Federal Vocational Diploma and/or Baccalaureate certificate including transcript of marks
Employment references and certificates
B, C or G residence permit (if appropriate)
Language certificates

Apply online