OdA Gesundheit beider Basel

What OdA Gesundheit beider Basel does

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel is a Swiss industry association (Branchenverband) and competence center for vocational education and training in the healthcare sector, headquartered in Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft. Founded in 2004, it serves as the designated coordination body (Organisation der Arbeitswelt) for healthcare apprenticeships across the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Baselland. Its collective membership comprises all private and public employers in the regional hospital, clinic, nursing home, Spitex (home care), and physician practice sectors, channeled through seven umbrella associations (VNS, CURAVIVA BL/BS, Spitex-Verband Baselland, SPITEX BASEL, Ärztegesellschaft BL, Medges).

The organization delivers three core apprenticeship programs: FaGe EFZ (three-year healthcare specialist), AGS EBA (two-year healthcare and social assistant), and MPA EFZ (three-year medical practice assistant), complemented by inter-company courses (Überbetriebliche Kurse), workplace-based training, and school-based instruction. Its 2026 graduating cohort totaled 601 new skilled workers. Since summer 2023, operations have been based at the Campus Bildung Gesundheit, a 32,000 sqm shared facility in Spengler Park that co-locates OdA with Berufsfachschule Gesundheit Baselland (BfG), Bildungszentrum Gesundheit Basel-Stadt (BZG), and offerings from Berner Fachhochschule (BFH), serving roughly 1,500 learners, 1,000 students, and 1,000 course participants. Continuing education offerings (Berufsabschluss Erwachsene BAE Art. 32, Kursangebote, BB-Dialog) and room rental (Raumvermietung) supplement the core mandate.

The business model is a Swiss registered association (Verein) financed primarily by collective membership dues from healthcare employer umbrella bodies, supplemented by course fees and facility rental income. There are no shareholders, no venture or PE ownership, and no equity instrument; governance rests with a board drawn from member institutions. The organization employs 49 staff, is not listed, and is bounded geographically to the two Basel cantons.

Name

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel

Legal name

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel

Website

https://oda-gesundheit.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel is a Swiss healthcare industry association coordinating vocational apprenticeships (FaGe, AGS, MPA) and inter-company courses for all hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, Spitex, and physician employers in the Basel-Stadt and Baselland cantons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Vocational Training

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare vocational training
• Inter-company courses
• Healthcare apprenticeship coordination
• Medical practice assistant training
• Continuing healthcare education

Headquarters

HQ city

Münchenstein

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: As an industry association (Branchenverband), OdA Gesundheit beider Basel generates revenue through membership fees from affiliated healthcare employers including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, Spitex organizations, and physician practices in the Basel region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel is the unified industry association and competence center for healthcare vocational training in the Basel-Stadt and Baselland cantons, coordinating apprenticeship programs (FaGe EFZ, AGS EBA, MPA EFZ), inter-company courses (Überbetriebliche Kurse), continuing education, and adult professional qualification pathways for its member healthcare employers. The organization operates from the shared Campus Bildung Gesundheit in Münchenstein, which it co-locates with BfG, BZG, and BFH to provide integrated training from basic vocational training through higher vocational education to bachelor's degrees.

Product overview

OdA Gesundheit beider Basel operates as a unified educational platform offering vocational training and continuing education for healthcare professions. The core offerings include three main apprenticeship programs: FaGe EFZ (3-year healthcare professional), AGS EBA (2-year healthcare and social assistant), and MPA EFZ (3-year medical practice assistant), all delivered through a combination of inter-company courses (Überbetriebliche Kurse), workplace training, and school-based education. These are supplemented by continuing education programs including adult professional qualification pathways. The organization is headquartered at the Campus Bildung Gesundheit, a shared facility opened in 2023 that co-locates multiple healthcare training institutions. Additional services include room rental for seminars and training events.

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Products and services

• Fachfrau/Fachmann Gesundheit (FaGe) EFZ A three-year vocational education and training program (EFZ - Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis) training healthcare professionals (FaGe) who work in hospitals, nursing homes, home care services (Spitex), and private households to promote and maintain health, independence, and well-being of clients.
• Assistentin/Assistent Gesundheit und Soziales (AGS) EBA A two-year basic vocational education program (EBA - Eidgenössisches Berufsattest) training assistants to care for people with physical, mental, or social limitations, helping with personal care, household tasks, and health monitoring in care homes, hospitals, and Spitex organizations.
• Medizinische Praxisassistentin/Medizinischer Praxisassistent (MPA) EFZ A three-year vocational program (EFZ) training medical practice assistants (MPA) who serve as the closest staff member to physicians, receiving patients, assisting with medical procedures, performing laboratory tests, X-rays, and managing administrative tasks in physician practices.
• Überbetriebliche Kurse (Inter-company Courses) Practical inter-company training courses (ÜK) for FaGe, AGS, and MPA apprentices that complement workplace and school-based education in healthcare professions, delivered at the ÜK Bildungszentrum at the Campus Bildung Gesundheit.
• Weiterbildung (Continuing Education) Professional development offerings including adult professional qualification pathways (Berufsabschluss Erwachsene BAE Art. 32/Nachholbildung), course programs (Kursangebote), and BB-Dialog for career advancement in healthcare.
• Raumvermietung (Room Rental) Rental of seminar and training rooms at the OdA premises for external organizations and events at the Campus Bildung Gesundheit.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VNS (Vereinigung Nordwestschweizer Spitäler)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing northwest Swiss hospitals. VNS member hospitals are affiliated with OdA Gesundheit beider Basel for vocational training coordination.
• CURAVIVA BLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing nursing homes and care facilities in Basel-Landschaft. CURAVIVA BL member organizations participate in OdA training programs.
• CURAVIVA BScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing nursing homes and care facilities in Basel-Stadt. CURAVIVA BS member organizations participate in OdA training programs.
• Spitex-Verband BasellandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing home care services (Spitex) in Basel-Landschaft. Spitex-Verband BL members participate in OdA vocational training coordination.
• SPITEX BASELcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing home care services (Spitex) in Basel-Stadt. SPITEX BASEL members participate in OdA vocational training coordination.
• Ärztegesellschaft BLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing physicians in Basel-Landschaft. Member physicians participate in MPA (Medical Practice Assistant) training programs.
• Medges (Medizinische Gesellschaft Basel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective member organization representing physicians in the Basel region. Medges members participate in MPA training and healthcare professional education.
• Berufsfachschule Gesundheit Baselland (BfG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated at Campus Bildung Gesundheit in Münchenstein. BfG provides basic vocational training for healthcare professions alongside OdA and other partner institutions.
• Bildungszentrum Gesundheit Basel-Stadt (BZG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated at Campus Bildung Gesundheit in Münchenstein. BZG provides basic vocational training for healthcare professions alongside OdA and other partner institutions.
• Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated at Campus Bildung Gesundheit in Münchenstein. BFH provides higher vocational education (Fachhochschule) programs, enabling students to progress from OdA training to Bachelor degrees.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OdASanté: National umbrella association for the Swiss healthcare OdAs, performing an analogous sector-wide coordination role at the federal level that OdA Gesundheit beider Basel performs for the Basel cantons. Direct functional peer in coordinating inter-company courses and qualification standards for FaGe/AGS/MPA.
• OdA Gesundheit Zürich: Healthcare vocational training industry association serving the Canton of Zurich with the same collective-membership model and apprenticeship coordination function. Larger regional peer offering scale-comparable programs to FaGe/AGS/MPA candidates.
• OdA Gesundheit Bern: Cantonal industry association for healthcare vocational education in the Canton of Bern, with the same mandate of coordinating apprenticeships (FaGe, AGS, MPA) and inter-company courses for member healthcare employers. The most structurally comparable regional OdA to the Basel organization.

Others

• SBFI (Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation): Swiss federal regulator responsible for vocational education policy and apprenticeship frameworks that govern FaGe EFZ, AGS EBA, and MPA EFZ. Sets the rules under which OdA operates; an ecosystem participant rather than a competitor but critical to its operating model.
• Spitex Schweiz: National umbrella for Swiss home care service providers. Connected to OdA via Spitex-Verband Baselland and SPITEX BASEL collective memberships; an adjacent industry body whose members consume OdA's AGS and FaGe training output.
• CURAVIVA Schweiz: National association of care and nursing home providers in Switzerland. Member of OdA's collective membership structure (via CURAVIVA BL/BS) and an adjacent ecosystem participant that depends on OdA's apprenticeship output to staff its member facilities.
• H+ Die Spitäler der Schweiz: National association of Swiss public and private hospitals. Connected to OdA through the VNS collective member; an adjacent industry body whose members are OdA's principal employer-customers for FaGe-trained healthcare professionals.

Regional players

• Berner Fachhochschule (BFH): Swiss university of applied sciences offering higher-level healthcare education (HF, Bachelor). Co-located partner in the Campus Bildung Gesundheit and an adjacent provider that enables OdA's EFZ/EBA graduates to progress to Bachelor qualifications, making it a partial peer at the higher end of the training ladder.
• xund Bildungszentrum Gesundheit Zentralschweiz: Healthcare vocational training center serving Central Switzerland with FaGe, AGS, and MPA programs. A regionally-focused peer performing a similar vocational training function in a different geographic catchment, comparable in mission but not in territory.

Broad incumbents

• Careum Stiftung: Swiss foundation dedicated to healthcare education and workforce development, operating across multiple cantons and qualification levels. A broader incumbent in the same healthcare vocational education space, with wider geographic and programmatic reach than OdA Gesundheit beider Basel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles12 records

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