TENDENCIES IN DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING OFINDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article highlights many challenges that determine and define the tendencies in the world development. The author focuses on professionalism of human resources as it plays significant role in creating public goods and stability of the planet. Comparative pedagogical research considers this problem in relation with the tendencies of professional education development, exactly one of its component which is seen as professional training of industrial personnel. Human and social assets are two social phenomena of EU that are seen as strategic resource of education and competencies. European expansion has led to changed in migration landscape of Europe. The picture of social and professional mobility at the labour market of Europe is rather contradictory. The level of mobility is increasing employing people with high education status whereas people with low qualification are not employed. The author highlights the conditions necessary to follow in order to enter the labour market. These conditions are seen as competitiveness of people should that should be based on multi-level lifelong learning; interaction between educational programs and professional qualifications that allow people to build educational transfers in non-formal and informal learning; advanced approach to the content of professional education; assessment of learning outcomes and qualifications certification. The flexible model of pedagogical education that focuses on professional development of a teacher is considered to be the leading factor of training. The paper recognizes social partnership as a tendency of personnel training. This social partnership is seen as multipartied teams between professional education and training and state bodies, public organizations and labor market aimed at consensus-building of the parties. Due to multipartied teams, the subjects of cooperation fulfill weak points and make competitive advantages by means of public and private partnership. Alternative mechanism ensures financing of professional education and training; private capital takes responsibilities that usually lie upon the governmental bodies. However it cannot operate without the state that provides legislation and infrastructure of business.