Level structure of professional competence in continuous education system

As a result of Russia’s transition to market economy, there is an urgent need in the economic training of specialists, successfully working in new social and economic conditions. The solution of this task becomes possible by organizing the continuous economic education which is an obligatory part of continuous professional education and, in the conditions of market-oriented economy, focused on forming a competitive and labour market relevant expert with necessary economic competences which are formed in the course of economic training and economic education. Research methodology. The efficiency of students’ economic education is considered on the basis of features of the vocational training process taking into account a complex of the factors allowing to consider economic education as a component of global education of an individual. Research results. Based on the known principles of continuous education (basic education, multilevel character, diversification, complementarity of basic and postgraduate education, manoeuvrability, succession, educational structures integration, organizational forms flexibility), a principle of economic competence based on the demands of market economy for competitive experts training is distinguished. Discussion. The economic competence principle establishes a correlation between knowledge as information and knowledge as activity; this correlation is necessary for forming a competitive individual with a definite level of economic competences in the vocational training process. Conclusion. Continuous economic education is an obligatory part of the continuous vocational training and, in the conditions of market-oriented economy, focused on forming a competitive and labour market relevant expert with necessary economic competences which are formed in the course of economic training and economic education