The modern requirements of society, industry and government to technical university graduates define the direction of new studies at technical education. The task for modern university is seen at preparation of innovative specialists of technical education, that are able to work in conditions of unknown future, technical risks, and dangers; to construct technologies of high order with consideration of humanly accepted values and ethical norms. The success to achieve this task is provided by the preparation of teachers of technical education to organize innovational educational program, that faces requirements of society of new innovational tenor; to form professional-oriented education environment for future engineers and to organize different forms of interaction (remote, mixed, tutor-based and etc.); to master competencies of new type (scientifical-research based, managerial, entrepreneurial).

The aim of the article is to find the degree of readiness of teachers to organize own activity and activity for students in conditions of innovative changes. The scientific novelty of research is based on enriching ideas of activity-based approach with knowledge on specific features of higher technical education teacher activity, that work with students of engineering majors; professional psychological-pedagogical, methodical, didactical tasks that they solve in organizing the educational process. The practical importance is seen at the opportunity to  use the resource for conducting further research, studying difficulties of higher technical education teachers, development of scientific materials for listeners of increasing qualification courses.