In 2013, a professional teacher standard was developed, which, according to federal law No. 122, adopted in May 2015, is mandatory for use from January 1, 2017. Let's understand what it is and why it is needed.
Raising and educating children- a real art, which in one way or another must master every teacher. However, at the present stage of life, a teacher is, first of all, a profession that, according to recent trends, must meet certain standards designed to replace obsolete job descriptions and other documents regulating the professional activities of teachers.
That is why, back in 2013, a specially created working group chaired by Evgeny Aleksandrovich Yamburg developed a professional standard for teachers, covering, among other things, such issues as the reform of the system for advanced training of teachers, the modernization of the system of teacher education and changes in the system of certification of teachers.
According to Federal Law No. 122, adopted in May 2015, this standard is mandatory for use from January 1, 2017. Let's understand what it is and why it is needed.
The professional standard of a teacher - what is the point?
professional standard teacher is a document that takes into account all the requirements for the personality and professional competence of teachers. Now the qualification level of a teacher will be assigned in accordance with this normative act. It should also be taken into account when hiring a teacher and when compiling his job description.
The document for teachers specifies in detail all the knowledge and skills that they must possess, and also specifies labor activities depending on the direction of work (educator in a preschool institution, teacher primary school, subject teacher, etc.).
It is expected that due to the introduction of a professional standard, the basis of the Russian education system will be made up of real professionals who can work with a wide variety of categories of children (gifted, disabled, orphans, migrants, etc.) and effectively interact with other specialists (defectologists, psychologists, social pedagogues, etc.). etc.).
Reasons for introducing a professional standard
Qualification directories, together with job descriptions, are no longer effective in today's realities - this is what the Ministry of Labor considered and set about developing a modern professional standard of a teacher. Why did they pay attention to it? The fact is that such concepts as "qualification" and "professional standard" appeared in the Labor Code, which gradually began to be applied to different professions, and pedagogical could not stand aside.
Preparation for the introduction of a professional standard
As mentioned above, the development of the document began back in 2013, and it was planned that everything would be finalized and tested (tested for suitability) before January 1, 2015. However, its introduction had to be postponed for 2 years due to the great difficulties in development.
During this period, the document was brought to mind, and the standards themselves were tested on the basis of several dozen educational institutions. The results were generally positive:
- the level of training of students has increased;
- improved working conditions for teachers;
- parents appreciated the changes.
And in the end, in 2017, it was decided to start the widespread introduction of a new professional standard for teachers.
The structure and content of the professional standard
The document is structured according to the principle of separation labor functions of a teacher ranging from preschool teachers to mid-level teachers. The focus is on the three most important areas in which all educators should be competent:
- education;
- upbringing;
- development.
The description of each function includes three blocks: "Labor activities", "Required skills" and " Required knowledge". Further, the functions of teachers are divided depending on the direction of their work:
- Activities of preschool teachers.
- Activities of primary education teachers.
- Activities of teachers of basic and secondary education.
- Module "Subject education. Mathematics".
- Module "Subject education. Russian language".
Exactly the same in every way pedagogical activity labor actions, knowledge and skills of the teacher are concretized.
Having studied all the requirements, it can be concluded that modern teacher must be universally educated, erudite and progressive. Emphasis is also placed on the ability to find an approach to each child, respect his personality and correctly assess his abilities.
How will the transition to the new standards take place?
On the this moment there is no single plan for the transition to the new standard for all institutions. Obviously, the leadership of each educational organization will, at its own discretion, include certain measures to implement pedagogical professional standard in an educational institution. However, in any case, the commission will have to be responsible for the introduction of professional standards, which is roughly obliged to do the following:
- Compare the positions held in a particular institution with the names that are prescribed in the standard.
- Review employment contracts and, if necessary, make adjustments in accordance with the professional standard.
- Perform employee screening educational institution for compliance with the professional standard, according to the positions held.
- Provide management with a final audit report.
True, it is not yet entirely clear what to do with teachers who do not meet the professional standard. If such an employee was initially hired in accordance with labor legislation, successfully passed the certification and, on the whole, does a good job, then it is not advisable to dismiss him, even taking into account the partial non-compliance with the standards that have appeared.
Will the professional standard affect teachers' salaries?
About the raise wages for teachers that confirmed compliance with the professional standard, the authorities spoke back in 2013, but there were no official statements. So we just have to wait and hope...
Problems of implementing a professional standard
So far, many teachers find it difficult to fulfill all the requirements of the professional standard. In particular, they say that today it is problematic to do this because of:
- insufficient material and technical base of educational organizations,
- poorly developed accessible environment for all students (ramps, entrances to buildings, etc.),
- too much heavy load per teacher to count on an individual approach to each student.
Nevertheless, even if today not every teacher can boast of full compliance with all the criteria of the professional standard, he should be considered as a guideline in his pedagogical activity and gradually improve in order to better approach the training and education of the younger generation.
The implementation of professional standards in an organization is a multi-level process that begins with the study of the text of the standard in order to determine the scope of activity and, accordingly, the positions to which it is applicable. We will discuss how to implement professional standards and what the refusal to use their provisions may be fraught with in the article below.
How to implement a system of professional standards?
From 07/01/2016, a system of professional standards began to operate on the territory of the Russian Federation. After studying legislative framework on this topic (including articles 195.1-195.3 and 57 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation) for many employers for whom the provisions of the standards are mandatory, a natural question arises: how is the implementation of professional standards in the enterprise?
At the level of regulations, there is no answer to this question, since neither the law nor the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation with an explanation of the procedure for introducing a professional standard into the company's activities has yet to be adopted. At the time of this writing, there is only a draft order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation “On approval guidelines on the application of professional standards. This means that each head of the organization in this case needs to develop his own system for introducing the standard, taking into account the requirements of the law.
At the same time, only the provisions of the professional standard approved by the order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation and registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation can be used in activities. Draft orders that are posted on the Internet cannot be used, since they have no legal force (in such a situation, it is recommended to apply the provisions of the unified qualification reference books).
When should extra-budgetary funds and state enterprises switch to professional standards?
The legislator singles out non-budgetary funds and other organizations, the controlling stake of which is in the hands of the state, into a separate group in terms of introducing the provisions of professional standards into their activities. The authority to establish the fact that standards are mandatory for such companies has been transferred to the Government of the Russian Federation, while the opinion of the Tripartite Commission on Regulation must be taken into account. labor relations.
On June 27, 2016, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 584 was adopted, which establishes the specifics of the application of professional standards in terms of the requirements that are mandatory for the use of extra-budgetary funds and state-owned enterprises. In particular, he established a transitional period until 2020, during which enterprises must implement professional standards based on a pre-approved plan.
Measures to introduce professional standards
The set of measures for the introduction of professional standards includes the following:
- Issuance of an order on the creation of a commission for the introduction of professional standards in the company's activities.
- Conducting a meeting of the commission and drawing up a schedule for implementation.
- Determination of the labor functions of employees and the application of the necessary professional standards in accordance with them.
- Renaming positions in accordance with the texts of professional standards.
- Making changes to job descriptions.
- Changing the wage system.
- Carrying out activities for the retraining and training of employees.
- Carrying out appraisals of employees.
- Carrying out other organizational and staff activities related to the introduction of professional standards.
Step-by-step algorithm for the introduction of professional standards since 2016
Now let's talk about each of the stages of the implementation of professional standards in more detail.
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- By his order, the head of the enterprise appoints a commission from among the employees, which will be responsible for the implementation of professional standards in the organization. In the order, in addition to indicating the members of the commission, it is necessary to prescribe the powers of each of them and the deadlines for completing the work. It is advisable to include working group employees of the personnel department, economists, lawyers and persons responsible for labor protection at work, that is, those employees who, one way or another, will continue to use professional standards in their activities.
- The first meeting of the commission is held, at which the scope of work is determined and a step by step plan on the introduction of professional standards in the enterprise. The legislator does not approve the form of the plan, so it can include any provisions that the commission deems necessary. This document reflects the intermediate tasks for the introduction of professional standards, indicates specific deadlines for the completion of work and appoints persons responsible for the implementation of the points of the plan (all of them must be familiar with the document under signature). After drawing up the plan, it is approved by the head of the organization.
- To correlate the texts of professional standards and labor functions specified in them with the positions that are available at the enterprise, the staffing table approved by the organization and sections of the corresponding 3 professional standards are compared. We remind you that not always the name of the profession in the standard may coincide with the name of the position in the schedule. For example, in the staff list of many enterprises there is a position of an employee of the personnel department, and the professional standard indicates that a personnel management specialist is engaged in this type of activity.
- To bring the job titles into line with the texts of professional standards, if work in them is associated with the provision of benefits or the imposition of restrictions, the manager must exclude the old position from the staff list and introduce a new one. At the same time, an additional agreement is concluded with the employee to the labor contract on changing the name of the position. If for some reason the employee refuses to sign the document and insists on maintaining the previous title of the position, the employer has the right to take organizational and staffing measures to reduce this employee due to the fact that the position he held is excluded from the staff list.
- Making changes, if necessary, to the employee's job description in connection with a change in his labor function, is made only with the consent of the employee to this. The legislator prohibits changing the duties of an employee unilaterally.
- A change in the wage system is necessary because the legislator establishes a rule according to which employees performing the same labor functions should receive equal pay for this. Thus, if the employer decides to make changes to the employee's job responsibilities or increase the level qualification requirements(for example, send him to take advanced training courses), then as the complexity of the work changes, the salary should also change accordingly.
- If the professional standard for a certain type of activity, with the obligatory application of it, establishes an employee's qualification higher than that which he has, the employer has the right to send him to advanced training courses or raise the issue of obtaining additional education. The question of at whose expense the training will be carried out is decided within the framework of negotiations between the parties to the labor relations or on the basis of the provisions of the local acts of the enterprise. As a rule, when it comes to paying for training by the employer, a student agreement is concluded with the employee, under the terms of which he is obliged to work for a certain time in the company after receiving education; otherwise, he will be charged tuition fees.
- Certification of employees is not necessary when introducing professional standards into the activities of the organization, but it is necessary for the employer to be able to determine the qualifications of employees and understand whether their knowledge and skills correspond to their positions. Based on the results of certification, an employee who has not passed her can be transferred to another position or fired.
- The issue of holding other organizational events is raised when they arise. For example, if an employee works in a certain position and his duties, according to the provisions of the professional standard, cover two groups of positions, the employer must increase the amount of work or expand the service area. If an employee in working time along with the main official duties performs additional according to the generalized labor function of another professional standard, then the latter are formalized as a combination of positions.
Professional standards implementation plan
Since there are no legislative requirements for the form and content of the plan, we can bring to your attention an approximate list of tasks reflected in the document:
- Clarification of the list of professional standards that need to be applied at the enterprise (this is done by correlating the labor functions specified in the standards with the types of activities that the company is engaged in). The list must be agreed with the head of the organization.
- Reconciliation of the positions of employees indicated in the staff list with the names accepted standards. The result of these actions of the commission should be reflected in the minutes containing the decision to rename positions (if necessary).
- Examination labor agreements employees and local acts of the enterprise.
- Making changes to labor contracts and local documents and their subsequent submission for approval to the head of the company.
- Drawing up lists of questions for certification in accordance with the provisions of the professional standard for each specific type of activity.
- Checking the compliance of employees with the requirements of standards.
- Drawing up a report on the implementation of the plan and submitting it for review to the head of the organization.
This is just an approximate version of the plan for the introduction of a professional standard. It may well be supplemented with other items at the discretion of the head of the organization and members of the commission.
Some questions from the practice of introducing professional standards at the enterprise
As practice has shown, when introducing professional standards at enterprises, there are often contentious issues. Let's consider some of them.
What to do if the name of the position in the professional standard differs from its name in the qualification reference books?
Only the Government of the Russian Federation can give clarifications on this issue, but so far there is no such document. You can solve the issue in 2 ways:
- Request information from the territorial division of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation.
- Use the provisions of the professional standard in the event that this does not contradict the law. For example, if we are talking about the issue of early retirement, then the competent authority will take into account reference books that establish qualifications. That is why the employer in such positions should study regulatory framework for early retirement. The main thing is not to forget at the same time that if occupying a certain position implies the presence of benefits or the introduction of restrictions, then its name should sound exactly as indicated in the professional standard.
Can an employer dismiss an employee if his qualifications do not meet the level specified in the professional standard?
In this case, it is possible to dismiss an employee only on the basis of the results of certification. Without this, only the following options are possible:
- Transfer to another position (for example, if there is not enough experience to occupy a position in accordance with the provisions of the standard).
- Referral of an employee for training or advanced training. In some cases, specified by regulatory enactments, the employer is obliged to conduct retraining or provide advanced training for certain categories of employees at his own expense. For example, as is the case with medical workers who must renew their qualifications every 5 years.
Note: an employee who does not have the necessary vocational education or who has not completed training in the profession (position, specialty), when required by the terms of the professional standard, may be assigned a higher level of qualification if the certification results confirm that he has the required level of knowledge and practical work experience .
If the employer does not introduce the provisions of the professional standard into the activities of the organization with the obligatory indication of this by the legislator, what responsibility will he bear?
The provisions of Art. 5.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for this violation of the norms labor law provide for a penalty:
- for officials- from 1 to 5 thousand rubles;
- for individual entrepreneurs - from 1 to 5 thousand rubles;
- for organizations - from 30 to 50 thousand rubles.
True, in the case of a primary violation, it is possible simply to issue a warning.
A professional standard is a special document containing descriptions and characteristics of all positions in any one work area. This article will consider the professional standard of personnel management specialists.
General information
The very concept of a professional standard is relatively new. It was put into circulation in July 2016. Do not confuse the submitted document with the job description. So, if the latter is useful, rather, for employees, then professional standards are for management and employers. It is also worth noting that it will be much more convenient for the authorities to navigate with the help of a professional standard. This is because the document itself includes a list of positions in the enterprise and a description functional duties every worker.
Finally, it is worth noting the main topic of the article - the professional standard of a specialist in the field of personnel management. This document also includes the names of the main job positions and the assignment of labor functions to each person. It is worth talking a little more about the structure of the professional standard. So let's get started.
The structure of the professional standard
What structure the Human Resources Specialist in question has, as it is already clear, is the key person in the document. However, the professional standard itself reveals general information about the ranks qualification levels and positions of the represented sphere.
The first section of the document gives the most general information about the specialty. The characteristic of labor, social, economic, cultural or even political activity workers.
The second section is what the entire professional standard is based on. The personnel management specialist, manager, deputy director and many other workers are considered from the standpoint of their duties and functions in this section.
The third section helps to determine the basic requirements for workers. This also includes labor functions, but they are given in a broader sense.
The last section, according to order No. 691n of the Ministry of Labor, is necessary to record data on the compilers of the professional standard.
Labor functions
As mentioned above, several categories and subcategories of workers at once are fixed by the presented professional standard.
The Human Resources Specialist, however, has some generalized roles and responsibilities that are worth highlighting. So the worker says:
- for the high-quality circulation of documents in the personnel department;
- effective provision of the organization with personnel (for this, the specialist must competently analyze the state of jobs);
- evaluation and certification of workers;
- timely pay;
- development of certain activities within its competence.
Thus, the employee has a fairly large number of duties that the professional standard assigns to him. The Human Resources Specialist has many other functions. All of them can be viewed in the professional standard.
First block of qualification levels
It should be noted right away that the presented professional standard captures information about eight different specialists.
The first thing to highlight is group A. This includes the record keeping specialist in the personnel department. Requirements to this employee slightly weakened: from now on, a specialist must have at least a vocational secondary education or a diploma of the relevant courses. The total number of functions has also been slightly reduced.
Group B includes a recruiter. The requirements for it have been preserved - it remains necessary higher education, and experience is still not needed.
Group C includes, in fact, all past standards professional activity in the field of personnel management, however, in relation to a specialist evaluating and attesting personnel. All that has changed in this case is the functions of the worker themselves. They have become clearer and narrower.
The second block of qualification levels
Here it is necessary to distinguish groups D, E and F. Group D includes a specialist involved in the development and training of personnel. As in previous cases, the conditions for training in the profession have changed slightly, and responsibilities have also been somewhat detailed.
The pay and work rationing worker belongs to group E. this specialist work experience is no longer considered, but additional training has become necessary. The number of tasks has been slightly streamlined depending on the degree of specificity.
Specialists in social programs belonging to group F have gained extended, but detailed functionality. It is worth noting the removal of some parameters, which fixes the considered professional standard. The Human Resources Specialist is thus approved more clearly.
Third block of qualification levels
The remaining two groups, G and H, include department heads. It is worth noting, however, that neither the leader structural divisions (former boss Human Resources), nor the Director of Human Resources did not receive any significant changes.
All functions of these employees remained the same, which were once fixed by a special directory (order "Human Resources Specialist"). The professional standard, however, introduces an obligation of additional training. In general, the two presented groups have not undergone serious modernization.
Advantages and disadvantages of the professional standard
The professional standard, as a document that appeared quite recently, has become an object of discussion for many companies and organizations. Some believe that the act put into circulation is completely irrelevant and meaningless. Others argue that this kind of standards should have been introduced a long time ago - they are so convenient and useful.
It is not so easy to figure out what the professional standard has more - advantages or disadvantages. Firstly, everything will depend on the company in which it is used. So, according to many leaders, the document in question is simply impossible to apply in the field of small business. But the work of large, especially state-owned enterprises, can be easily regulated with the help of the presented normative act. Secondly, according to the assurances of the leaders, the algorithm for introducing a professional standard is not so simple. A specialist in the field of personnel management, for example, is a very complex person from an organizational point of view. However, it is possible to link all emerging problems and difficulties, for example, with the relative novelty of the document.
Since the summer of 2016, we have entered into new era when the professional standard in education, as in other areas, became mandatory. The procedure for their implementation in an organization is certainly a difficult and time-consuming process.
If commercial companies may not always refer to standards, then for the education sector they are mandatory. What are the types of standards vocational education and what is the procedure for introducing professional standards of secondary vocational education, now we will figure it out.
Plan for the implementation of professional standards in education
The first step is to create a working commission for the implementation of standards. As a rule, the working group includes representatives of personnel services, lawyers, as well as those specialists who will directly work with the standards. The chairman of such a group is the head of the institution. An order is issued to create a working group. It is compiled in free form on the letterhead of the institution. It prescribes the composition of the group (commission), the goals and objectives of introducing the professional standard, the deadline for completing all procedures and the result that we want to get at the end. After signing by the head, it is necessary to familiarize the members of the commission with the order against signature and transfer the order for storage.
It will not be superfluous to develop a regulation on the work of the commission. It must describe the goals for which it was created, the tasks that will need to be solved, its rights and obligations. As well as the order of meetings and their frequency. It is also necessary to put the regulation into effect by order of the head of the organization. All meetings of the working group must be documented in minutes, and all decisions taken - in an act.
At the next stage, the commission approves an action plan for the implementation of standards, as well as a register of professional education standards that will be applied specifically in this institution. Even at the planning stage, it is worth deciding on an exhaustive list of standards required in the process of activity. You should not put into effect those that you do not need at the moment and will not be needed in the near future. So the list of standards for vocational education will differ significantly from such a list in a general education institution, or even more so in a kindergarten.
In the process of compiling the list, it is necessary to correlate the name of the professions in the staff list with the existing professional standards. The difference in names can be regarded as a violation of labor laws and entail the imposition of penalties. Moreover, a fine will be issued for each incorrectly drawn up contract separately. Thus, with a significant number of personnel, fines can reach astronomical amounts.
Compliance with the identity of the job titles will guarantee that the employee will not have any obstacles at the time of applying for a pension. If the labor code or other legislative acts provide for benefits (compensation) for certain professions, then this position must exactly comply with the professional standard. Otherwise, the benefits will not apply. Therefore, in the process of adopting a list of professional standards in education, it is very important to compare the names accepted in the institution and the one that the professional standard allows. And first of all, it is worth relying on the content of the standard, and then on the name.
If there are discrepancies, of course they need to be eliminated. The most accessible is the introduction of a position with the “correct” name into the staffing table and the transfer of the employee to the newly introduced position. And after that, the “old” position should be excluded from the staff position.
The basic requirements for professional standards are, of course, not requirements for the title of the position. The main point is the skill level of the worker. All employees whose activities fall under the professional standard will have to “pull up” their knowledge to the required established level.
After agreeing on the list, it is necessary to determine the categories of teaching staff for which it is necessary to conduct vocational training(retraining). These categories of employees are sent for training to institutions with a state license with which the organization has a contract for training.
After the procedures carried out, there is often a need to make changes or additions to the personnel documents. Job descriptions are the most edited. These documents are not mandatory, but as a rule, any company has them. And if there is a document, then it must be brought into line with the new realities. Often this is the only document, which reflects the requirements for the candidate for the position, and also describes what specific tasks the employee must perform in the process of work. It should be noted that the professional standard is only the basis for the development of your internal acts and it indicates the required minimum by profession. From this we can conclude that the company has the right to establish more stringent requirements for the profession.
Changes to job descriptions (JDs) will have to be made in the manner in which they were issued. If CI is an independent act, then this is the easiest option. We release new edition and we approve it. The situation is more complicated if the CI is an annex to the employment contract. Then it will be necessary to publish additional agreements to employment contracts (for each employee separately). This method significantly increases the amount of work. In any case, it will be necessary to familiarize all employees affected by such changes with the modified CI against signature.
The lists of professional standards are supplemented with new professions over time, and the company needs to periodically check whether new standards have been released.
List of professional standards in education
The register of professional education standards in 2016 includes 4 positions:
- teacher;
- Educational psychologist;
- Teacher of additional education for children and adults;
- teacher vocational training, professional education and additional professional education.
If in 2016 in the field of education there was only an approbation of professional standards in a number of pilot regions, then from January 1, 2017 they will become mandatory for all educational institutions. The employer will have to be guided by them not only when developing CI and employment contracts, but also when choosing a remuneration system.
The most widely used will be the teacher's professional standard. It includes work not only the work of teachers general education schools but also kindergarten teachers. The professional standard of a teacher allows a citizen to work only if he has a higher or secondary specialized education in education or direction of teaching. If education does not meet these requirements, then you must pass additional education in the area in which the work is planned.
In addition, there are restrictions on the admission of teaching activities. Thus, a person previously deprived of the right to engage in such activities, persons previously convicted, suffering from certain diseases or incapacitated cannot work as a teacher or educator. But the professional standard of the teacher does not impose requirements on the length of service. Therefore, graduates, immediately after receiving a diploma, can immediately plunge into the teaching process.
The list of approved professional standards in education, of course, is not yet exhaustive. At the moment, there is an active procedure for its development and addition.
Federal Law No. 236-FZ of 03.12.2012 enshrined in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation the concepts of "employee qualification" and "professional standard":
- these are the requirements for the qualification of an employee in order to carry out his professional activities(TK).
Employee Qualification- this is the level of knowledge, skills, abilities and experience of the employee necessary for the implementation of his professional activities(Article 195 1 of the Labor Code).
As conceived by the legislator, professional standards:
are a more detailed system that defines minimum requirements to the qualifications of workers for specific positions. At the same time, the name of a specific position and professional standard may differ, because professional standards are developed not for any position or profession, but for the type of professional activity;
link the sphere of labor and the sphere of vocational education;
rely on real experience professional activities of specialists, and not on educational programs.
In practice, it turns out that they were too smart with them.
Professional standards can be used by the employer when:
formation personnel policy and in personnel management;
establishing pay systems;
determination of the labor function of employees, conclusion, amendment of employment contracts;
developing job descriptions;
establishment of wages in state (municipal) institutions;
billing of works and assignment tariff categories employees;
training, retraining, education and certification of employees.
When determining the labor function of an employee, concluding, changing an employment contract. According to Article 57 of the Labor Code prerequisite employment contract is an indication in it of the labor function (work according to the position in accordance with staffing, professions, specialties indicating qualifications; specific type of work assigned to the employee).
When installed in employment contract positions, the employer has the right to use the approximate names of positions contained in the corresponding block in section III of the professional standard.
The development, approval and application of professional standards is carried out in accordance with the Rules established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 22, 2013 No. 23.
Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated April 12, 2013 No. 148n approved the skill levels used in professional standards. There are nine in total.
Application of professional standards
The application of professional standards is mandatory:
When hiring an employee, the employer is obliged to be guided by professional standards only in cases expressly provided for Labor Code RF. Responsibility for non-application of professional standards in other cases is not provided for by law, but if the employer in the local normative act(for example, in the internal labor regulations) will undertake to be guided by qualification guides or professional standards, he must abide by them.