Zodas Zentralschweizer Organisation Der Arbeitswelt Soziales

Name

Zodas Zentralschweizer Organisation Der Arbeitswelt Soziales

Legal name

zodas

Website

https://zodas.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training and Professional Education

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Workplace Culture, Engagement & Wellbeing Training (EDABAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Operational Excellence (OPEX) & Performance Management (KPI/OKR) (EDABAKAH)

Keywords

• Vocational training services
• Social care education
• Apprenticeship programs
• Professional qualification procedures
• Inter-company courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Emmenbrücke

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions: zodas operates as a membership organization funded by contributions from member institutions that employ and train social care professionals.
2. Course fees: Fees for continuing education courses and cross-company courses (ÜK) in social care professions, with general terms and conditions applying to all events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

zodas is the designated Organization of the World of Work (OdA) for social care professions in Central Switzerland, coordinating vocational training and continuing education across eight cantons (GL, LU, NW, OW, SZ, UR, ZG). It organizes apprenticeships for Fachfrau/Fachmann Betreuung (FaBe EFZ) and Assistent/in Gesundheit und Soziales (AGS EBA), runs inter-company courses (ÜK), manages qualification procedures, and hosts the Fa-Best regional professional championship. It also provides web-based training management platforms (SEPHIR and time2learn) that connect training companies, vocational schools, and apprentices.

Product overview

Zodas (Zentralschweizer Organisation der Arbeitswelt Soziales) is a vocational training organization for social care professions in central Switzerland. The organization operates as a platform-and-services model, offering two main web-based training management systems (time2learn and SEPHIR) that connect training companies, vocational schools, and inter-company courses. Beyond these platforms, zodas provides vocational education programs (FaBe EFZ, AGS EBA), organizes inter-company courses (ÜK) and qualification procedures for the entire central Swiss region, and hosts the Fa-Best regional professional championship. The organization functions as an OdA (Organization of the World of Work) for social professions, supporting quality in vocational education and promoting career development in the social care sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SEPHIR: Web-based communication and training platform connecting learning locations (training company, ÜK, vocational school) and guiding through the apprenticeship period.
• time2learn

Products and services

• time2learn

Quantifiable outcome

• Fa-Best regional championship winners may qualify for SwissSkills 2027 national competition

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supportive.

• SavoirsocialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization for social professions that organizes SwissSkills national professional championships. zodas collaborates with Savoirsocial for the Fa-Best professional championship pathway to national competition.
• SwissSkillscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss professional championships organization. Top performers at Fa-Best Zentralschweiz may qualify for SwissSkills 2027 national competition.
• SwissSkills in BerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational professional championship event. Competitors placing in top 3 at Fa-Best may qualify for SwissSkills in Bern.
• FondssocialsupportiveOthers

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OdA Branche Gesundheit beider Basel: Regional OdA coordinating care apprenticeships (FaBe, AGS) across Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Directly comparable mandate and service portfolio to zodas, operating in an adjacent Swiss region with the same regulated role.
• Savoirsocial: National umbrella organization for social professions in Switzerland. Coordinates FaBe apprenticeship frameworks and organizes the SwissSkills national championship pathway that zodas feeds into via Fa-Best Zentralschweiz — directly comparable in mission, scope of professions, and qualification procedure responsibilities.
• OdA Gesundheit Bern: Designated OdA for health and care apprenticeships in Canton Bern. Closest functional analog to zodas in a different Swiss region — same regulated mandate for coordinating training companies, ÜK courses, and vocational schools for care professions.
• OdA G+Q Zürich: Zurich-based OdA for care quality and apprenticeships. Comparable mandate for social/care professions in Canton Zürich with overlapping FaBe/AGS coordination responsibilities and qualification procedures.

Broad incumbents

• Careum: Swiss foundation active in healthcare and nursing education, research, and continuing education. Broader scope than zodas (covers acute care and nursing, not just social care) but directly comparable as a Swiss healthcare-education ecosystem player.
• EHB Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung: Federal Swiss institute for vocational education. Operates at a national level above zodas in the regulatory and pedagogical stack for Swiss apprenticeships, including curriculum and trainer education that shape zodas's operating framework.

Others

• SBFI (Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation): Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. Regulator and funder of the vocational education framework under which zodas operates — not a competitor but a key stakeholder whose policy decisions shape zodas's mandate.
• SwissSkills: National Swiss professional championship organizer. Direct partner and downstream destination for zodas's Fa-Best winners — comparable in the ecosystem as the national-level event counterpart to zodas's regional championship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BildungSozialeBerufe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zodas
• Instagraminstagram.com/vollsozial.ch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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