Introduction. Secondary vocational education (SVE) plays the key role in training qualified personnel for the labour market demand. Teaching staff employed in SVE institutions perform important functions in knowledge transfer, development, and socialization of young professionals. The nomenclature of SVE teacher positions serves as a crucial tool for ensuring the stable and effective secondary vocational educational institutions operation, contributing to improving the quality of services provided and achieving their objectives.
Aim. To identify approaches to developing the nomenclature of teaching staff positions in SVE institutions and the reasons for potential changes in it.
Methods. Methods for generalizing the content of scientific and regulatory sources on approaches to developing the nomenclature of teaching staff positions in SVE institutions were used.
Results. Information on various approaches to solving problems in the current nomenclature of positions, ideas about necessary and possible changes, and their causes from the perspectives of government authorities in the field of SVE, researchers, and practitioners are systematized. Possible methodological approaches to the formation and development of the nomenclature for secondary vocational education staff positions are characterized.
Scientific novelty. The evolution of the nomenclature for secondary vocational education staff positions from the 1970s to the present is analyzed. Trends in contemporary scientific discourse on the relationship between secondary vocational education staff positions, functions, and qualifications are identified. The specifics, advantages, and disadvantages of traditional, functional, and qualification-based approaches to the formation and development of the nomenclature of teaching staff positions in SVE are characterized.
Practical significance. The data presented in the article constitute the interim results of the research, defining its future direction and methods, allowing for well-founded conclusions regarding possible and necessary changes to the nomenclature of teaching staff positions in SVE. The results can also be used to make management decisions regarding approaches and mechanisms for systematically updating the nomenclature.