The peculiarities of organization of practical training of graduates of technical specialties of the colleges on the basis of competence approach
The article deals with some of the features of industrial practice of technical specialties college students. According to the author, the formation of their professional competence depends on the efficiency of industrial practice as the modern vocational education is believed to be practice-oriented and, therefore, involves not only the mastery of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, but also well-formed professional competence. The level of development of modern production has an impact on the goals, objectives and content of vocational education. The transition from the transfer of knowledge and skills to formation of the developed personality with high level of motivation to learn. The process of formation of professional competence of students of technical specialties of colleges depends on their personal qualities. To clarify the extent of their impact at the stage of ascertaining experiment we carried out diagnostics of level of formation of motivational-personal criteria (motivation to learn - determining the attractiveness of the specialty, motivation to professional activity). Based on the obtained results we determined the level of formation of motivational component of personality in control and experimental groups at the beginning of the recital stage and on forming stage of the study. The results show that a positive attitude towards the chosen specialty is an important factor of formation of professional competence of graduates of technical specialties of the colleges. In our opinion, the graduates of technical specialties of the College aim to apply the acquired skills and experience in future professional activities. Educational process during the practical training, should be based on competence approach, which allows to fill the content of vocational education in accordance with the needs of the labour market, subject to the requirements of the end user. Then the generated list of professional competencies will be differentiated according to the needs of employers and can expand to meet their increasing demands. Substantial is meaningful to identify the key competencies acquired by graduates, because they needed them for successful professional activity. In our opinion, practical training has a significant impact on the formation of professional competence of graduates of technical specialties. As, during the practical training and deepening of knowledge acquired by students in the process of theoretical training and acquired practical professional skills in the specialty. Thus, the production practice (specialization) is a mandatory section of the program of training specialists of middle level of technical professions colleges. It is a training activity aimed at the formation, consolidation, development of practical skills and professional competences in the process of performing certain types of practical work related to future professional activity. The result of the study noted the positive dynamics of formation of professional competence of graduates of technical specialties of the colleges in the process of conducting practical training.