The Department of General Technical Sciences and Vocational Training was created in 1972 on the basis of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. The first head of the Department was Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor M. Kobozev. Later, the position of the head was occupied by Candidates of Technical Sciences, Associate Professors: M. Rodionov, Ya. Zverhovsky, M. Kyselov, O. Skornіakov, O. Kuchma. From 2004 to 2014 the Department was headed by Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor I. Antonenko. The Department was rebuilt in 2014. Since 2015, the Head of the Department of General Technical Sciences and Vocational Training is Lavrentieva О., Doctor of Pedagogic Sciences, Associate Professor.