The article identifies current issues of professional training of future qualified workers in professional (professional and technical) education institutions. Theoretical analysis of the essence of concepts “personality competitiveness”, “competitiveness of a professional education institution graduate”, as well as the features and characteristics of future qualified workers’ competitiveness is carried out. It was found that the training of future qualified workers should focus on the formation of their professional competence and in particular on the development of professionally and socially significant personality traits that will allow them to win the competition and ensure stable demand in the labor market. At the same time, the competitiveness of future qualified workers is a complex personal entity that integrates these professionally and socially significant personality traits. The main directions of improving the professional training of future competitive qualified workers in professional (professional and technical) institutions are identified: development and implementation of mechanisms for timely detection of changes in production technologies and labor organization, study of employers’ requirements for graduates’ qualification through constant monitoring of work environment to update the content of education (educational and professional program, curricula); practice-oriented training of the profession through constant contact with employers and their participation in the educational process and certification of graduates, involvement of students in various activities; motivation to carry out professional activities through the use of active and interactive methods and modern teaching aids; creating conditions for the actualization of students’ personal resources through the development of professionally and socially significant personality traits.

У статті визначено актуальні проблеми професійної підготовки майбутніх кваліфікованих робітників у закладах професійної (професійно-технічної) освіти. Здійснено теоретичний аналіз сутності понять “конкурентоспроможність особистості”, “конкурентоспроможність випускника закладу професійної освіти”, особливостей і характеристик конкурентоспроможності майбутніх кваліфікованих робітників. Визначено основні напрями удосконалення професійної підготовки майбутніх конкурентоспроможних кваліфікованих робітників у закладах професійної (професійно-технічної) освіти.