Multilevel Training of Engineering Staff in the Context of Lifelong Learning

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop and substantiate a system of continuous professional training of engineering personnel for high-tech enterprises in the Far Eastern region. The article proposes the concept of such traininng. The study was conducted on the basis of Amur State University (AmSU). The theoretical methods used in the study were: the study and synthesis of relevant literature, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, the authors' research to substantiate a multi-level training of engineers in the context of the system of continuous education. At present, Amur Oblast is of significant geopolitical importance, has an extensive natural resource potential. Support from the federal center has attracted large-scale projects in the region, many of which are under active implementation. The key investment projects include the commissioning of ground-based space infrastructure facilities at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the construction of the ``Power of Siberia{''} gas pipeline with technical support services, the construction of Russia's largest gas processing complex and gas chemical plant, commissioning of the Nizhne-Bureyskaya HPP, and others. In order to train engineers, AmSU built a differentiated and continuous system of vocational education of engineering personnel, including a general educational lyceum, an academic college, a university (bachelor, master, postgraduate) and additional professional education (retraining, advanced training). The organization of continuous training of engineering staff at the university is based on continuously developing innovative industries, introduction of a system of parallel education, provision of conditions for continuous professional development of students, formation of a flexible system of progressive professional and career growth in the school - university enterprise system. The objectives of the scientific and educational system of continuous training are: ensuring the continuity of knowledge, skills and labor activities in the school - university - enterprise system; ensuring the continued availability of a disciplinary institutional environment for obtaining relevant knowledge and skills; creating a system of continuous monitoring of the assessment of the content and quality of education in educational institutions; exchange of experience with scientific organizations and partner companies; providing opportunities for self-study; formation of personal motivation and innovative thinking; promotion of sustainable socio-economic development of the Far Eastern region, which turned out to be in the zone of a low demographic level, poor socio-economic development and cross-border risks and retention of youth in the region. The system of training engineering personnel within the framework of the concept of continuous training should be as close as possible to real engineering activity, and should be aimed at acquiring skills for solving complex technical problems through professional and creative approaches. The developed concept of continuous training of engineering personnel in the school, university and enterprise subsystems is being successfully implemented at Amur State University. In 2016, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation identified AmSU as the best platform among Russian universities for the implementation of practice-oriented target training for high-tech branches of the defense industry complex.