THE ROLE OF TRAINING FIRMS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The article considers the conception of creation of various virtual learning and training firms within a single university that will allow to adapt future bachelors to work in real-life environment and to improve the quality of their training. Business theory is studied through praxis, and the students’ business skills are developed in the process of work in a training firm. Training is organized in specific circumstances simulating real firm activity using the involvement of students into the process of making business decisions. In the process of functioning of training firms the virtual things are only goods, services and money. Each firm goes through registration. The work of training firm includes: practice at work places in real time, establishment of partnership relations, work with other training firms, participation in training, arrangement and participation in fairs where the level of participants’ elementary business knowledge and the level of practical application of acquired professional skills are demonstrated. Consequently, professional skills are developed in training firm, and the work in training firm is the key element of practical work necessary for future professional activity. Certain advantage is that each student may try different roles: director, manager, accountant, lawyer, deputy director for construction, site supervisor, site engineer, project chief engineer, mechanical engineer, cost engineer, chief of production and technical department, engineer of construction technology laboratory and many other. The students study documentation processed when designing and constructing buildings and facilities, providing engineering and other types of services.