scholarly journals EXPERIENCE IN TARGETED TRAINING OF ENGINEERS

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
O. A. Strakhov ◽  
A. F. Strakhov

Currently, a significant part of engineers at the industrial enterprises are persons of preretirement or retirement age. There is a critical need for a young generation of engineers in order to replenish natural loss and ensure new demands for personnel when expending production. A conventional approach to solving this problem is replenishment of engineers by involving university graduates. However, in most cases this approach turns to be inefficient due to several reasons. The first reason is the quality of graduates training. The second reason is lack of practical skills among the university graduates in order to directly involve them in work given the specificity of the enterprise. In particular, it becomes obvious when involving the university graduates in R&D activities. In the Soviet period, there was interesting experience of combining study at a university and involvement in performance of real production tasks by means of organization of «plants-vocational technical institutes» [1, 2]. This article considers the results of an experiment on combining study at universities (according to a flexible schedule) and direct involvement in current R&D activities performed at JSC Principle Production and Technical Company Granit. Besides, the university graduates having major specialisation were involved in a real work from the first course and received fair wage. During three years, the enterprise replenished vacant technical positions by involving students, and when they graduates from the university it receives qualified engineers who have a required set of knowledge and skills in the area of R&D of the enterprise.

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.


2006 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 621-624
Author(s):  
Mečislovas Mariūnas

In the paper the industry role in the curricula of engineering education is examined. There are shown that the information obtained on industry developments trends, product export/import ratio as well as the level of investments injected into individual industry sub-sectors helps to make projections as to the number and profile of future professional staff; more specifically, as to the type of curriculum modules and the university acceptance level. Based on the information obtained from university graduates and managers from industrial enterprises as well as other authorities and summarized in an appropriate way, adequate corrections are introduced into the curriculum module without prejudice to regulations of the Government of the Republic Lithuania and to the provisions of the Bologna Declaration.


Author(s):  
T. Chernyak

The article discusses the current problems of assessing the quality of professional training of HR managers from the perspective of graduates of the HR direction working in this area.For ten years the author of the article has been assessing the quality of training university graduates as deputy vice rector for organizing practice, employment and promoting employment of graduates. The results of annual studies of satisfaction with the quality of education of all participants in the educational process: students; employers and graduates of the university were an indispensable indicator in the preparation and conduct of accreditation of the university, it has repeatedly reported at conferences and published. The accumulated experience allowed us to conduct annual monitoring studies on the problem of satisfaction with the quality of professional training of graduates of the Department of Personnel Management of the Siberian Institute of Management, a branch of the RANEPA. The article provides only some generalized results of the author's studies in 2017 - 2019 on assessing the quality of professional training and career of specialists from the position of graduates of the department. The author conducts a brief analysis of theoretical foreign and domestic sources to study the problems of assessing the quality of education and training of specialists; considers the problems of development of criteria for assessing the quality of training, external and internal assessment, and the inclusion of certain assessment objects in the assessment, relevant to universities. The practical focus of the article allows us to see both the positive aspects in the training of future specialists in the field of personnel management, and some omissions, which will improve the quality and applied nature of training, taking into account the identified needs of graduates oriented to the demands of the labor market.


Author(s):  
Виктория Анатольевна Липинская

Русское маслоделие развивалось в XIX–XX вв. как общенародное при участии всех слоев общества. Это позволило создать в стране промышленное производство высокого международного уровня. В статье рассмотрены последовательные периоды процесса. 1. Основу русского маслоделия составляли народные традиции получения масла из коровьего молока, имевшие этническую специфику. Она определялась особенностями климата с продолжительными зимами, на время которых прекращалась лактация у рогатого скота, что требовало заготовки запасов продуктов. В крестьянском хозяйстве этим занимались женщины. Они владели разными способами получения масла, в том числе – конечного продукта – топленого масла, проходившего обработку жаром русской печи и приобретавшего возможность неограниченного срока хранения. 2. Инициатором развития товарного маслоделия являлся Н.В. Верещагин. Он ознакомился с технологией получения сливочного масла в сельских артелях разных государств и поставил целью внедрить этот опыт в России для улучшения быта российского крестьянства. Преодолевая сопротивления чиновников и привлекая единомышленников, он открывал общедоступные школы и заводы маслоделия с использованием местного народного опыта. 3. Работа активизировалась в Сибири, где крестьяне владели большими стадами дойного скота. Важную роль играло создание Союзов маслоделов, которые организовывали артели, обеспечивали хранение и доставку товаров, устанавливали связи с международным рынком, на котором русское масло потеснило других экспортеров. 4. В советский период началось развитие маслоделия на государственном уровне. Организацию индустриального производства вели последовательно и многопланово: селекционная работа животноводов сочеталась с сохранением этнической специфики и укреплением традиционной базы молочного сырья, технические институты разрабатывали современное оборудование, соответственно улучшалось качество продукта, осуществлялось повсеместное поступление его в торговую сеть. Russian butter making developed in XIX–XX cc. as a public effort involving all strata of the society. This effort helped create industrial production of the highest international level. The article defines consequent periods of this process. 1. Russian butter-making was based on national traditions of obtaining butter from cow’s milk, which were ethnically specific. The specificity was determined by the climate with long winters, during which the lactation of cattle ceased, which required preparing food supplies. Women were responsible for this in the peasant economy. They practiced various methods of obtaining butter, including the final product – ghee, which was processed by the heat of a Russian stove and could be stored during unlimited period. 2. The pioneer of the development of commercial butter-making was N.V. Vereshchagin. He studied the technology of obtaining butter in rural artels of different states and set the goal to introduce this experience in Russia to improve the life of the peasantry. Overcoming the resistance of officials and involving like-minded people, he opened public schools and butter-making factories using local experience. 3. The work intensified in Siberia, where peasants owned large herds of dairy cattle. The Unions of Butter Makers played an important role organizing artels, providing the storage and delivery of goods, establishing connections with the international market, where Russian butter surpassed other exporters. 4. During the Soviet period, the development of butter-making at the state level began. The industrial production was organized in a consistent and multifaceted manner: the selection work of livestock breeders was combined with the preservation of ethnic specificity and the strengthening of the traditional base of dairy raw materials, while technical institutes developed modern equipment, so the quality of the product improved and it was abundantly supplied to the trade network.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13(62) (2) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
F.C. COLIBĂŞANU ◽  
G. BRANIȘTE

The university graduates’ professional insertion represents an important concern for the beneficiaries of the educational process in the contemporary society. The actuality of the problem increases once with the advantages that the university obtains them by applying mechanisms of evidence of the former students’ employability. We have proposed an experimental-practical research, which addresses the problem of the relationship between the educational offer of the university and the labour market, aiming to improve the quality of the educational process by connecting it to social requirements.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Zh. A. Ermakova ◽  
Yu. N. Nikulina

The article addresses the problems of the quality of education in general, including from the perspective of employers. The authors believe that the mechanism for assessing the quality of education should be implemented through the active participation of the University’s key partners and employers in the educational process.The article presents the results of a study of the level of satisfaction with the quality of education of graduates estimated by enterprises that are the key partners of Orenburg State University (2020). The first set of questions involved an analysis of the degree of participation of employer organizations in the educational process and assessment of the level of training of university graduates. The second block included an assessment of personnel needs and demands on graduates when applying for a job, as well as an analysis of the prospects for developing forms of cooperation between employers in the region and the University.In conclusion, we offer a list of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of internal independent assessment of the quality of education with the involvement of representatives of employers. The list includes recommendations aimed at enhancing their participation in improving the system of training for the region’s economy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Shamil Yusupov ◽  
Bulat Yakupov ◽  
Rinat Yusupov

Currently, the social well-being of Russian citizens, the quality of life of its residents, are the subject of numerous sociological studies. The results obtained provide the opportunity to make adjustments to the state policy in the social sphere. Studies that identify key social problems of the young generation of Russians are especially important. One of the most acute problems is the quality of education. Educational institutions realize the importance of this issue. They carry out numerous surveys, questionnaires and focus groups among students and educators, and seek the opinion of the expert community. Of course, such studies provide an overview of the key issues, but they are mainly based on traditional methods that are well known to both educators and students. As a result, participants are not always ready to provide objective information, which ultimately affects the quality of research. This situation requires the use of modern research methods both in the field of sociology and in the field of marketing. The purpose of the study: to identify determining factors for the lack of satisfaction of students with physical education at the university. This will increase motivation for attendance of physical education classes at the university. Methods and organization of research: We used the focus group [1] method with elements of the metamorphic method to obtain reliable information about the attitude of students to the "Physical culture" course. The study consisted of two stages. At the first stage, participants visually displayed their attitude to the "Physical culture" course. At the second stage, respondents were asked additional questions. Results. The main factors that contribute to willingness to attend the "Physical culture" course are: the ability to choose the type of activity during classes and characteristics of the educator. At the same time, we revealed the factors that repel from attending the "Physical culture" course. This is an infrastructure and not appropriate time for physical education according to students’ opinion. Conclusion. The research revealed the attitude of students to the "Physical culture" course. It helped to understand how to enhance willingness to attend these classes.


Author(s):  
Michael Victorovich Dubkov ◽  
Evgeniy Rashitovich Muratov ◽  
Boris Vasilevich Kostrov ◽  
Alexander Anatolich Loginov ◽  
Michael Borisovich Nikiforov ◽  
...  

Long-term practice to employ the university graduates to work in industrial enterprises as well as the analysis of the “adaptation” process of a young specialist to the production process show that during the first two years he has to learn new areas of expertise. Teaching of these disciplines within the frames of main educational program is limited by student workload and is hardly advisable due to the narrow specifics. More detailed preparation is possible for the students enrolled in the university according to the enterprise targeting with the future specialty. The chapter considers in detail target preparation of specialists in technical vision systems for aircraft industrial enterprises. A number of original scientific results received by the authors being used in academic process are given.


Author(s):  
Konstantin M. Romanov

Introduction. The problem of improving the quality of training of psychologists at the university is discussed. It is emphasized that the initial condition for its solution is the analysis of the professional activity of a psychologist. Professional training of psychologists should be aimed at the formation of the most common and universal competencies and personal formations. Psychological culture can serve as such a universal tool that is necessary for solving any professional tasks. It includes scientific knowledges, psychological thinking, a system of practical skills and spiritual and moral qualities. The tasks of the professional training of psychologists are to form these structural components of the psychological culture. This article deals with the problem of the formation of psychological thinking and scientific concepts. The literature review presents a critical analysis of the traditional methods of professional training of psychologists, one of the shortcomings of which is the neglect of the students’ personal psychological experience. The features of psychological thinking (specificity of the object, increased complexity, deep connection with the personality, etc.) and its types: scientific and everyday are highlighted. Materials and Methods. The technique of forming psychological thinking and the system of scientific concepts is considered. It consists of a theoretical part and a practical work. The workshop is based on five types of educational tasks that go through all the topics of the course of psychology (either in full or in a somewhat limited composition): tasks for updating mental phenomena, tasks for recognizing mental phenomena, tasks for predicting the behavior and state of a person, tasks for developing psychological recommendations on how to deal with a person and tasks for the actualization of personal subjective picture of mental phenomena. Results. A detailed description of the methodology for the formation of mental actions and scientific concepts is presented. To solve this problem, educational tasks are used to develop specific life situations in which actualization of a certain mental phenomenon takes place. Subsequently, students come to a generalized understanding of the essence of such situations. This is a criterion for the assimilation of relevant psychological concepts. The research results show that the traditional teaching method does not give such an effect. Discussion and Conclusion. For the formation of scientific thinking in psychologists, the organization of a psychological workshop is necessary. However, the formation of the cognitive component of psychological culture is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for the quality of training of psychologists. No less important tasks are the formation of practical skills and the spiritual and moral component of psychological culture.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden ◽  
Pascale M. Le Blanc ◽  
Ana Hernandez ◽  
Vicente Gonzalez-Roma ◽  
Jesus Yeves ◽  
...  

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the antecedents of the quality of graduates’ jobs when they enter the job market after university graduation. Design/methodology/approach Survey data collected from 173 Spanish bachelor and master’s degree university graduates at two time points (two months before and six months after graduation, approximately) were analyzed by means of path analysis. Findings A moderated mediation model was tested, where the relationship between the horizontal fit (HF) between the university degree subject and the student’s job and the quality of the graduate’s job after graduation is mediated by self-perceived employability and moderated by the time devoted to a student job. Results showed that the relationship between HF and job quality was partially mediated by self-perceived employability. However, contrary to the proposed hypothesis, this relationship did not depend on the time devoted to a student job. Originality/value This study contributes to improving the understanding about how and why university students’ work experience is related to the quality of their jobs as fresh graduates.


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