The Role of Technical and Technological Provision in Changing the Professional-Qualification Structure of Labour in the Agrarian Sector of the Country’s Economy

Abstract

During development conditions of technical progress and the modernization of agricultural production, there are processes, that lead to fluctuations of demand and supply level in the labor market, triggering the emergence of a number of social and economic problems: rising unemployment, underemployment, chronic deficits or redundancy in certain professions, low wages, leading to a high turnover of personnel in agriculture, a decrease in the competitiveness of the labor force and the growth of social tension in society. The resulting structural transformation of this kind requires, as a rule, continuous monitoring of agricultural professions and the level of professional training of agricultural workers, which allows to develop timely effective measures to eliminate accumulated problematic issues. In this regard, the purpose of the publication is to study changes in the qualitative and quantitative composition of workers in agricultural enterprises, the evaluation of their professional and qualification structure. The influence of the ongoing changes in technical and technological support on the deepening of its vocational-skill division of labor is considered, which should ultimately be taken into account in the development of conceptual provisions for forecasting labor resources. Based on the results of the analysis, the causes of the identified problems were identified and measures for their solution were proposed.