How to improve your qualifications?

Additional professional training today,during the progressive technology, it is very important. The need for training can arise for two reasons: on the initiative of the employer or at the request of the person himself.

Types of professional development

Further training in terms of the amount of knowledge, according to the term of study, is organized according to the following types:

Short-term thematic training, lastingless than 72 hours. This training is carried out at the place of the main work, the questions of concrete production are touched upon, and ends with the passing of the exam, the test.
Thematic or problematic seminars,duration of 72 - 100 hours. Training takes place on scientific, technical, technological, socio-economic issues at the sectoral, regional level, in the association and so on.
Long-term training, over 100 hours, in educational institutions with in-depth study of problems in the field of professional activity.

Additional professional programs requireself-organization, desire to increase professionalism. Educational programs are designed to improve the qualification, how to combine special wishes and needs of the customer.

Forms of professional development

Professional development of employees is conducted in the following forms:

with a separation from work, production,
without a break from work, production,
with a partial separation from production, work,
individual form of training.

Regardless of the types of advanced training,according to art. 187 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the employee retains his workplace and average earnings for the duration of his studies. An employee who studies in another locality receives business trips in amounts that are reserved for official business trips. In addition, according to art. 187 of the LC RF, an average salary is paid on a business trip.

If continuing education takes place without breaking awayor with a partial separation from production, then wages are accrued for actually worked time or for products produced. If there is a combination of work and study, then the duration should not exceed the daily norm of working time.

Refresher courses

If it is necessary to improve knowledge in its fieldactivity, work, then there is no need to enter universities. It's enough just to take courses on the required subjects. These courses can be at large institutes, universities.

The training program usually includes exclusive,authoring programs for these courses. The courses consist of lectures, workshops, individual consultations. The course takes 72 hours to complete. At the end of the course, students receive a certificate and an information kit on the specialty.

Distance education

Distance learning is very convenient for those whowants to learn, but not enough free time. This training allows you to improve your qualifications, regardless of your place of residence, at convenient hours, terms. In the learning process:

materials for this training are presented in electronic form,
The term of training is not limited as for full-time education,
individual training and supervision is provided,
a remote teacher can conduct video training, answer questions on the Internet, can answer questions via e-mail.

Where to upgrade

Further training, depending on the type of retraining, can take place:

in the organization itself,
in educational educational institutions: institutes of improvement of professional skill or improvements (regional, branch),
centers, courses, schools of advanced training,
specialists with qualifications (art. 21 p. 3 of the Law of the Russian Federation of 10.07.92 No. 3266-1 "On Education).

All educational institutions must have a license for educational activities. A license is not required in the following cases:

when holding one-off seminars, lectures, internships, where the document on upgrading of qualifications is not issued,
at individual training at the expert with corresponding qualification.

Inside the organization, the so-called"Informal training", when a new member of the team paired with an experienced employee performs the same work. Or when a newcomer spends some time in each department, in order to have an idea of the work of the collective, the organization. Also new members of the organization can raise their professional level by self-education, reading certain literature for this.