The engineering and pedagogical workers’ professional development: lessons from training needs analysis

Abstract

The article reflects the results of the needs analysis for training of engineering and pedagogical workers of construction educational institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic, based on the methodology for assessing the professional competencies of engineering and pedagogical workers for the compliance of their knowledge and skills with the criteria for performing work laid down in professional standards in the Specialty and in Pedagogy. It was revealed that there is a certain gap between the necessary (by professional standards) and available professional competencies of engineering and teaching workers. The methodology under consideration will allow the management of educational institutions to constantly monitor the level of professional competencies of engineering and pedagogical workers, to identify the missing competencies of engineering and pedagogical workers, and to form an individual trajectory of professional development.