Home – Home – Jornals – Professional Education in the Modern World 2019 number 2

Currently, the higher education system continues to rearrange and modernize the educational process. Federal State Educational Standards of new generation require strict consideration of interconnected competency-based approach when training students. On graduating from the University, the alumni are expected to acquire all the necessary competences responsible for the lifelong improvement of his or her skills, as well as to have the ability for further training and the opportunity to retrain in the future. Employers» requirements and expectations are often seen as too high: being young, a specialist should have an appropriate higher education, work in the related areas, quickly retrain and expand his or her creative potential, and be capable to perform the duties of a manager. The labour market is witnessing a steady growth in the number of knowledge-intensive professions and professions requiring PC skills, in particular, with various software complexes. Further training mainly aims at ensuring the mobility of specialists in the labour market. It provides the opportunity for students to expand their list of competencies or get a new one within a short period of time and meets all the requirements of modern society. The development and implementation of adults» further training programs is seen to be an urgent problem. This results in the highest demand on further training. It should be up-to-date, modern and include technological components of the educational process. Further training centres founded at higher education institutions have all the necessary facilities to provide the required level of education. Generally, adult education is provided on-the-job, which requires application of digital technology in the learning process. The article considers organization and outlooks of further training development at technical university applying distance learning module.