5.5 Organization of practical training for students

The followings are considered as criterions of completing the bachelor’s degree education (based on full-time education): mastering the required academic course, doing the practical, production and pre-diploma trainings, passing the state proficiency test, writing and defensing the thesis work.

Practical training is one of the important and obligatory forms of educational process and is aimed to reinforce and deepen the theoretical learnings, acquisition of independent skills and allows the students to evaluate the degree of competence gained.

Bachelors, trained under specialty 5В050600 - Economics, shall do the types of practical trainings, shown in Table 5.4 below.

Table 5.4 – Types of practical training for specialty 5В050600 - Economics

#	Name	Course	Semester	Credits	Duration (weeks)
Based on secondary education – full-time
1	Practical	1	2	2	1
2	Production	3	6	2	5
3	Pre-diploma	4	8	2	5
Based on semiprofessional education – full-time
1	Production	2	4	2	5
2	Pre-diploma	3	6	2	5
Based on semiprofessional education – external
1	Pre-diploma	3	6	2	5
Based on higher education – external
1	Pre-diploma	2	4	2	5

Practical training is done with aim to gain practical skills for drawing up statistical and financial reports of the company, examining the initial documentation of company activity.

Production training is done with aim to review the company management structure, to study the structure and efficiency of using the company resources, to study the structure and dynamics of company costs and income and indices of company performance efficiency, to study the planning system for company performance rate. Also the production training is aimed to reinforce and deepen the learnings and skills while solving the specific problems of company organization and management, to deliver a creative approach to practical activity.

Pre-diploma training is done with aim to prepare the students for practical work, as well as to collect required materials and documents with regard to thesis work.

Premises for professional trainings can be companies and organizations of various type of ownership, research laboratories of appropriate profile.

Main educational materials, which determine the practical training and regulating the educational activity of the students at practical training, are P VKGU 702.02 «Regulations for practical training». In accordance to these documents a respective programs are developed for each type of practical training.

These documents assure a single complex approach to organize the professional training: training, consistency, continuity and succession for student education.

Responsibility for organization and conducting the practical training is born by respective department and university’s academic department. In order to form the training bases the respective department pays great attention to organization of department branches and concluding contracts with hosting companies. Main training bases for «Economics» are shown in Table 5.5 below.

Table 5.5 - Training bases for bachelors 5В050600 - Economics

#	Training base name	Address
1	SA "Antitrust Inspection for EKO"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 13 Myzy Str
2	SA "Administration of enterprise and industry for EKO"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 40 M.Gorkiy Str
3	SA "Dept of RK Agency for regulating the natural monopoly for EKO	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 20 Burov Str
4	SA "Ministry of economic development and trade of RK"	Astana, 8 Orynbor Str
5	SA "Department of economics and budget planning for Ust-Kamenogorsk"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 160 Kabanbai Batyr Str
6	JSC "Kazakh specialized repair-commissioning company"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 341/1 Nezavisimost Avn
7	JSC “MAI"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 4 Stepnaya Str
8	JSC “Adil"	Усть-Каменогорск, 122 Abay Avn
9	RF JSC "Enterprise development fund "DAMU" for EKO	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 2 Ordzhonikidze Str
10	JSC "KEGOC" branch "East-Kazakhstan MES"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 67 Bazhov Str
11	JSC "Vostokavtodor"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 50 Zheleznodorozhnaya Str
12	JSC " Ust-Kamenogorsk poultry factory "	EKO, Ulan district, K.Kaiseniv vil.
13	Branch of JSC "Lokomotiv" Zaschita ELD	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 Leninogorskaya Str
14	EKOB JSC "Kazakhstan Zhilstroysberbank"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 2 Michaelis Str
15	JSC "UKTMP"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, New Sogra vil.
16	EKO JSC "NC" "KRW"	Ust-Kamenogorsk
17	Ust-Kamenogorsk branch of JSC "Yugsantechmontazh"	Ust-Kamenogorsk
18	LLP "Leila"	EKO, Ridder, 3-microdistrict, b 33
19	LLP "SMU-Shygys"	EKO, Zaysan, 12 Spambetov Str
20	LLP «Karavai Bakery»	Ust-Kamenogorsk 2 Elevatornaya Str
21	LLP "BIPEK STROY"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 92/1 Nezavisimost Avn
22	LLP "Ust-Kamenogorsk butter factory "	Ust-Kamenogorsk
23	LLP "AVIZOKOM"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 76 Aktobe Str
24	LLP "Kazzinc"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 Promyshlennaya Str
25	ZMPP LLP "Kazzinc"	EKO, Zyryanovsk
26	Branch of "NC KPMS RK" "VNIICvetMet"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 Promyshlennaya Str
27	LLP "NAYMAN"	EKO, Zyryanovsk
28	LLP "Kseda"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 106 Zheleznodorozhnaya
29	LLP "Gergiev pump factory "	EKO, Kalbatau vil.
30	LLP «RNTP «Altay»	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 3 Serikbayev Str
31	LLP "LIK 5 ballov"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 5/1 Voroshilov Str
32	Branch of LLP "Kazakhmys Corp. "Vostokcvetmet"	EKO, Altaiskiy vil.
33	Branch of LLP "Kamkor Lokomotiv"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 Leninogorsk Str
34	LLP "EK SANAT-DENT"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 20 Amurskaya Str
35	LLP "Altay Polimetally"	Almaty
36	LLP "Stomatology "Zhuldyz""	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 15 Potanin Str
37	LLP "SMU - Shygys"	EKO, Zaysan, 12 Spambetov Str
38	LLP "Construction Company "Zaysan"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 54 Burov Str, office 205
39	LLP "UKMebeldrev”	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 99 Bazhov Str
40	LLP " Ust-Kamenogorsk Administration "Promtechmontazh"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 68 Sholohov Str
41	PC "Zhastar-Press"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 194 Voroshilov Str
42	TPO "AS"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 K.Satpayeva Avn
43	LLP "Aksay Nan"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 108 Bazhov Str
44	LLP "Service Stattion on Gruzinskaya Str "	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 3 Gruzinskaya Str
45	LLP "АК-Elit"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 197 Abay Avn
46	LLP "VostokAgroProduct"	Ust-Kamenogorsk
47	LLP "Irtysh-Vostok-Service"	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 1 Krasin Str
48	LLP "Kolizei"	EKO, Zyryanovsk
49	EKSTU	Ust-Kamenogorsk, 19 Serikbayev Str
50	Farm household "Ekimbayev Т.К."	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Menovnoe vil.

Some companies listed in training base table take part in SPFIID project. Thus, in 2010-2011 academic year 46 students have done the pre-diploma training in companies, which take part in SPFIID project. Biggest share was taken by LLP «Kazzinc» (26%), LLP «Kazakhmys Corp» (26%), JSC «UKTMP» (11%). Most of practical training hours are spent in JSC «AsiaAuto», LLP «Vostok Moloko», JSC «KEGOC». Production trainings are done almost in all companies, which take part in the project (11 companies).

Successful partnership with companies during the production trainings allow to expand the possibilities for joint development of integrated education and production programs, to concentrate the high-qualified professionals in taking part in educational process; to join the efforts of the parties in researches and increase the qualification of university employees. Cooperation with companies during professional trainings allows the students to resolve research tasks as an example of activity of specific hosting companies and locally implement their developments.