Peculiarities of developing professional competencies: (commodity trading experts in construction)

The paper considers modern approaches and possibilities of using a competency-based approach for training commodity specialists for construction area. A brief description of the pedagogical research in Ukraine which is devoted to the implementation of a competency-based approach during study has been given. The key professional competencies required for commodity trading experts in construction have been formulated and substantiated. The main directions for expanding and deepening of professional competencies of the commodity specialists who are trained by higher educational establishments of Ukraine have been outlined.