Forecasting the region needs in professional human resources

The process of training technical personnel in a professional organization and organization of higher education must be built, primarily, in accordance with the region needs in engineering and technical staff. The task of forecasting the needs in professional human resources for the social and economic development of the Russian Federation has been set at the federal level, and regional governments have to devise measures to solve it. The article presents empirical data on the areas of technical training. Long-term forecast of the projected demand of the Chelyabinsk region in professional human resources for the basic, inertial and pessimistic scenarios of development, taking into account the potential of the vocational education system and higher education in technical areas, has been made. The results of forecasting were presented.