The association aims to organize and conduct the professional examination for sales specialists (VFL) throughout Switzerland and to award the federal certificate of competence for sales specialists as a protected title of higher vocational education and training for professionals; all in accordance with the examination regulations for sales specialists approved by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SBFI). The association also aims to further develop the professional examination for sales specialists or to develop new professional examinations for sales specialists and to obtain approval for them from or submit them to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SBFI) as needed. In the interest of quality assurance, it maintains close contacts with the training institutions that conduct training and preparation courses for the professional examination for sales specialists.