Emergency First Aid Course

Completing the Emergency First Aid Course [“Nothelferkurs”] is the first step toward obtaining your Swiss driving licence – in fact it’s a requirement for getting your learner’s permit. After you’ve been issued a valid emergency first aid card [“Nothelferausweis”], you will need to present it (the original card, not a copy) to the driver and vehicle licensing office along with the “Application for a Learner’s Permit” [“Lernfahrgesuch”] form and the results of a vision test that was given no more than two years previously by an eye doctor or optician. Anyone may do this starting four weeks before they reach the required minimum age for the licence category in question.