A new methodology is proposed for designing professional retraining programs for aviation, rocket, and space industry employees, focused on the formation of the necessary competencies. The novelty of the proposed method is in the formalization of the design process and the use of digital technologies. The advantage is the use of a modular principle of program design, which provides the opportunity to implement individual training paths for workers in industrial enterprises. The methodology was successfully tested at the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) in the provision of educational services to enterprises in the aviation and aerospace industries.

The paper defines the methodology for designing professional retraining programs, taking into account the requirements of professional standards and applying the “one discipline—one competence” approach as its basis. The use of the described design methodology makes it possible to formalize the designing process itself and reduce it to coordinating the requirements of the professional standard with the customer’s requirements to the contents of the disciplines included in the professional retraining program.