Stepanov A.N. 1
1 Chuvash State Pedagogical University n. a. I.Y. Yakovlev
This article defines the concept of «engineer» and «preparedness». The author explains these concepts as preparedness of a future engineer expert in the field of power supply for him to use information and communication technologies, the author also defines preparedness as a system of three related components – motivational, cognitive and active components. The article contains disclosure of these components for students of engineer specialities by the example of power supply engineers. According to the author’s opinion a considerable attention in the article is paid to the active component, as the most significant component for the future professional. While describing the activity component as the most significant one the author highlights that the future engineers have skills to use the special software. This article describes special methods of automatic design, commonly used by engineer specialists in the field of power supply.