The article analyzes normative-legal, scientific-methodical and legislative documents, provisions of which regulate the activity of archival institutions in Ukraine. The peculiarities of the organization of labor and management in archival institutions, the content of the existing professions of their employees are investigated. The modern changes in archival technologies, conditions of organization of work and requirements to the professional qualification levels of employees are studied. According to the results, outdated types of work that are not defined in archives (film manifestation, light and color setting in process of film copies processing, preparation of original film materials). A list of new types of archival activity, dictated by changes in approaches to the organization of work and use of working time, more productive cooperation between archivists and archives users, effective protection of electronic archival documents are compiled (knowledge of the bases of using computer technology, one or several foreign languages, knowledge of the laws, economy, management, finance, use of the latest domestic and foreign experience). The features of the content of existing and new types of works (professions) of the archival sphere employees are determined. A list of the main qualification characteristics of workers professions employed in the archival case is formed and it is established that their application is obligatory for the assignment of qualifications (categories), defines the main works, which are specific to one or another position (profession), provides unity in determining the qualification requirements to certain occupations, allows to assess the completeness of the content and quality of performance of work by the employee in a certain position (a certain profession) of the relevant category during the qualification tests. Proposed own vision of tasks and responsibilities, qualification requirements and requirements to the level of knowledge for the positions (professions) of archival institution employees. On the basis of this, a new version of the normative document, which is obligatory for use in archival institutions is developed - the Handbook of qualification characteristics of employees professions. Issue 81 «Culture and Art». Section «The archives activity»

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