WORKING OUT OF MAIN EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR BACHELORS, MASTERS AND SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF CONSTRUCTION

Introduction. The system of higher education in Russia is in the state of permanent transformation. During the recent period the aim of transformations has been adapting professional educational programs to the demands of community of professionals. The result of these transformations is approval of updated federal state educational standards, which obtained abbreviation “FSES 3++”. The essence of the standards updating is in establishing rules of accounting professional standards at development of professional educational programs. Starting from 2019 the training of personnel for construction industry will be fulfilled in compliance with FSES 3++. The training content of graduates is determined by educational organizations in compliance with exemplary main educational programs (EMEP). The article describes the experience of Federal educational methodical association in the system of higher education in an enlarged group of specialties and areas of training 08.00.00 Engineering and construction technology for development of EMEP. Materials and methods. In order to ensure the uniformity of the requirements for education of graduates of different profiles and qualifications, it was decided to develop EMEP for each of the main directions (profiles) of educational programs. As part of the development of EMEP, a methodology for formulating professional competencies based on an analysis of the requirements of professional standards was proposed and applied. Formulation of indicators of achievements in competencies was carried out in the form of a description of labour actions. Results. To date several draft EMEPs have been worked out for different directions and levels of education. A proven methodology for development of EMEP is used to compile EMEP for other areas. Conclusions. The process of harmonizing the educational and professional standards will permit not only solving the problem of professional orientation of educational programs, but also in this regard the task of ensuring quality of graduates training required by employers. For this purpose, EMEP should be developed separately according to the directions of educational programs and establish mandatory professional competencies. Such an approach to the development of EMEP also ensures the achievement of unity of the educational system as one of the requirements of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”.