The primary task of personnel training is to increase the competitiveness of university graduates in the labor market. The joint work of university teachers and practitioners represents an integrated approach to solving this issue, therefore, at present, in order to increase the level of practical preparedness, teachers of the Department of Technical Physics and Thermal Power Engineering are undergoing advanced training at the State Enterprise Teplokommunenergo. The university has been cooperating with this enterprise for many years, there are certain results, dual training is being actively introduced, and production practice is supervised by leading specialists of the enterprise.