Educational institutions are places where character is created and strengthened, personality is socialized and knowledge about the past, present and future is acquired. The task of vocational schools is to provide the necessary knowledge to students, so that after finishing school, they can do the job for which they were educated. Industry 4.0 has contributed to the closure of many occupations, but also to the creation of new ones. Therefore, it is necessary to transform the teaching process, in terms of content and practice, so that schools retain their role in preparing young people for the labor market. The paper analyzes 50 papers, which closely dealt with this topic, thanks to which the bases of the most common research and their outcomes were formed.