Rapid technological development and globalization in all areas of society today create new challenges to the quality of specialists ' work, which, in turn, toughens the requirements for the professional education of workers in all economic sectors. In the context of strengthening integration processes, the issue of theoretical and methodological justification of the development directions of the specialists' professional training process acquires high priority. This article aims to analyze the

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... cientists' opinion concerning the status and existing tendencies in vocational training, as well as to reveal the main development factors, problems, and priority directions of vocational training development methodology optimization in modern conditions. According to the research results, we outlined the normative base regulating the sphere of vocational education; highlighted the importance of the theoretical and methodological basis of personnel training within the context of professional training. Furthermore, as the result of the online questionnaire survey, we determined the opinion of teachers of vocational education institutions concerning the most critical factors, problems, and perspective directions.