The article focuses on the training of future informatics specialists in higher education system of Kazakhstan. The prelude to the change in the educational program, analysis of Competence was described, Competence was analyzed and the competence-based model of the informatics specialist was built for Kazakhstan. An educational program has been developed on the basis of this model that includes requirements not only of normative documents, but also of other customers (employers, IT professionals). The development of industry in Kazakhstan gave rise to the inclusion of the industrial and engineering areas into the program, that will allow students in the future to access employment in the industrial sector of the economy of Kazakhstan.