Problems of personnel training for the digital transformation of the agricultural industry

Abstract

The article is focused on the problems of providing the agrarian industry with qualified personnel. The authors emphasise the relevance of these problems in the conditions of the country’s aspiration to digital transformation of the agrarian sector. The article analyses the results of a survey of 100 respondents, representatives of the agricultural industry. According to the respondents, today in Russia there are problems that hinder the successful digital transformation of the agricultural industry. One of the most acute problems is the shortage of qualified personnel due to the outflow of able-bodied population from rural areas and the high average age of the existing working population. In the framework of this article, proposals are made to improve the professional level of existing workers through additional professional education. The authors propose a methodology for the formation of additional professional programmes based on the modular principle, which allows to carry out professional retraining of workers in the agrarian sector with the use of minimal time and resources.