ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCE IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS: CONTENT AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

Abstract

Relevance. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to overcome key contradictions in the professional training of renewable energy systems specialists; there is a dissonance between the growing demands of the energy market for the comprehensive competence of specialists and a certain fragmentation of entrepreneurial activity training; the dynamic development of the renewable energy sector enhances the topicality of the problem, requiring continuous improvement of vocational education to ensure the compliance of graduates' competencies with new technological and market realities; the need to expand methodological approaches to forming entrepreneurial thinking in technical specialists remains relevant, which will correspond to the innovative nature of renewable energy technologies; global challenges of energy security, decarbonization of the economy, and the need for accelerated implementation of renewable energy technologies actualize the formation of a fundamentally new type of professional – a specialist capable not only of performing certain technological processes but also of successfully commercializing innovative projects in a highly competitive environment; the transformative processes of the modern energy sector require an in-depth analysis of the content and structural components of entrepreneurial competence, which will allow for the creation of a theoretical and methodological basis for anticipatory professional training that will correspond to current trends in industry development, technological shifts, and dynamic changes in the energy market.

The purpose of the article is to highlight conceptual approaches to defining the essence of entrepreneurial competence and its structural components in the context of the professional development of renewable energy systems specialists, to reveal the substantive characteristics of entrepreneurial competence in the energy sector, and to substantiate the methodological foundations for integrating technical and entrepreneurial components in the professional training of renewable energy specialists, considering current trends in its development and transformative processes in the energy sector of the economy.

Methods: studying the scientific source base for systematizing conceptual approaches to studying the content and structure of entrepreneurial competence, identifying theoretical and methodological foundations for researching its structural components; theoretical analysis and synthesis, systematic review of the investigated problem – to define and substantiate the main components, content, and structure of the defined competence of renewable energy specialists, determining the interrelationships between its components; generalization and systematization – to substantiate the methodological foundations of its formation, determining promising directions of development.

Results: the theoretical and methodological foundations for the formation of entrepreneurial competence in renewable energy systems specialists have been substantiated, revealing its essential characteristics, substantive dominants, and functional structure in the context of systemic transformations of vocational education and sectoral features of alternative energy sources; the critical importance of developing entrepreneurial competence in future specialists for ensuring sustainable development in conditions of constant transformations of the energy sector has been proven; approaches to understanding the nature of entrepreneurial competence as one of the tools for professional self-realization have been defined.

Conclusions: entrepreneurial competence of renewable energy systems specialists is a dynamic formation that develops both during professional training and in the process of direct professional activity; it is characterized by a complex structure that integrates individual-personal and professional qualities into a holistic system of interconnected components; the results of the study confirm that this competence is one of the main components of professional development, which transforms a technical specialist into an active participant in economic processes in energy, as it involves the ability to analyze market opportunities, assess one's own potential, and develop business strategies and plans; the specificity of professional activity in the energy sector requires the simultaneous application of technical knowledge, economic literacy, legal awareness, readiness for risk, and innovation; two main approaches to understanding entrepreneurial competence have been identified: as a system of professional characteristics and as a complex of personal qualities, the combination of which provides a holistic understanding of its importance for the professional development of a specialist; a specialist with developed entrepreneurial competence contributes to the implementation of environmentally friendly technologies, ensuring both technological and socio-economic transformations of the energy sector.