STUDYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS TO THE CONTENT COMPONENT OF THE TOTAL OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Abstract

Improving the quality of training of engineers in the fields of agricultural engineering and industrial operation remains an urgent problem of the national education system. One of the ways to improve the educational process is close cooperation of universities with employers of agricultural production and their involvement in active participation in the formation of graduates' competencies that are adequate to the requirements of the labor market. Taking into account the importance of increasing the efficiency of this cooperation, the article examines the interrelated concepts of "competence", "competence", "competence", "competent". A list of the competencies of an engineer is proposed. The content of the set of competencies that are significant for the graduate is studied, and the time frame of their manifestation in the production environment, associated with the need for adaptation, is investigated. The main goal of the study is to increase the readiness of students in specialties: industrial mechanical engineering and agricultural engineering, for quick adaptation in future professional activities. Why, on the basis of the results of the study of employers' requirements, to correct the content of the set of professional competencies. To achieve the goal, an expert survey of employers was conducted from February 2017 to September 2018. The graduates of December 2016 (78 people) from the Faculty of Construction and Design, as well as the Faculty of Mechanics and Technology, took part in the study, and were directed to work in mechanical engineering, dealer, service and production agricultural organizations of various forms of ownership. The results of the survey made it possible to establish exactly what competencies require revision of curricula and discipline programs to improve the educational process.