On creating model of expert, Master of Engineering and Technology, in innovation-focused socialand economic development

In order to realise specialised training directed at formation of competences in the sphere ofcommercialization of scientific ideas for the future experts of technical profile, it is necessary to address to the question of structure andcontent of the model of expert, Master of Engineering and Technology, They should correspond to the basic requirements for thegraduate by the modern society aimed at innovation of development and hi-tech industries growth. As research has shown, the model ofthe expert is developed by four key characteristics: qualification requirements, professional requirements (requirements of theemployer), personal requirements, requirements of the professional environment. The first characteristic of the model of the expert isunique for each trade and defines a definite structure of abilities. The second one corresponds to the requirements of employers to thequalification level of certain experts. The third characteristic includes abilities and certain knowledge, which define the level of spiritual,moral and cultural development of the expert, realization of their professional ambitions. At last, the fourth characteristic makesrequirements concerning the modern situation in a definite professional environment. Considering the transition of the Russian systemof higher vocational training to the two-level model of experts' education, formation of the model of the Master of Engineering andTechnology (MET) includes developing competences, which the graduate expert in the field should possess. Analysing the datapresented in researches, it is possible to track a clear tendency of expansion and increase in the professional requirements shown byemployers to graduate METs. Qualified staff ready to develop and realize innovative projects at any stage today is required: from ideadevelopment to its realization and post-sale service. According to the rate of development of innovations, high and complexrequirements to the level and the quality of knowledge, MET as a subject of the innovation-focused economy with an active professionaland vital position should generate a certain type of thinking and functioning. Introduction of the Federal State Educational Standard ofthe Higher Vocational Training of the third generation provides complex preparation of the student not only for professional work in thechosen industry, but also to adaptation in the conditions of the changing reality. Abilities, skills and professional qualities, expressed inthe generated and possessed competences, allow the graduate to get successfully involved in any developing sphere, to master newindustrial and administrative approaches, to develop as a creative person. Thus, the model of the expert should be a guide for creation ofhigher education standards, which, in turn, should reflect transition from the qualification model rigidly connected with the subject andobject of work to the competence one.

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