Keyword: «third space»

The relevance of the study of mentoring is caused by the personnel hunger (especially in the technical sphere), the need to use complex automated systems that require certain competences. At the same time, improving the quality of life of the population should meet the challenges of the present day. People should feel involved in their professional activities, perform additional competences from the field of self skills, and reach their career potential. The development of corporate energy education has become an opportunity to work with representatives of the energy sector. The phenomenon of mentoring in corporate energy education is a bridge from theory to practice. It is here that the support of a professional in the labor function is given, which allows a person to build his/her individual career. However, the undeveloped model of mentor training, the isolation of professional activity from the principles of mentoring form a problem of methodological nature. Mentor training models have been developed for the pedagogical sphere. But these models cannot be realized in the conditions of corporate energy education. The purpose of the presented article is to determine the most optimal model of mentor training in the context of corporate energy education. Theoretical and methodological foundations of the research are based on the achievements of professional pedagogy using theoretical methods of cognition: retrospective analysis and content analysis of documents, literature, scientific works, as well as comparative analysis and generalization of results. The fundamental scientific approach is the system activity-oriented approach. As a result of the analysis of world and domestic practice of mentor training model development, a general model of training, threat factors related to the specifics of the energy sector were formed. Based on the results of the analysis, the competences necessary for effective mentor's activity were identified. Further scientific research will be conducted as an analysis of the best world practices of training and implementation of mentoring in the third space. Experimental research is necessary in the field of analyzing self skills of specialists from the non-pedagogical sphere who have received awards "For mentoring". Such a research work will provide the development of a relevant mentor training model for the corporate energy sector in partnership with energy employers. The results of the study are based on understudied sources of global mentoring practice in different spheres, which can contribute to the development of understanding of mentor training models in Russia.