The paper examines the digital competences of vocational technical instructor with a self-developed questionnaire, which is used as part of the new admission procedure for applicants to the vocational technical instructor (BSc) program, introduced from 2021. The sample consists of responses from applicants for admission in three academic years.  The questions of the research were: 1. What are their ideas about and future plans for learning?; 2. What is the level of deve-lopment of their digital competencies? The results of the research contribute to the continuous renewal of the educational strategies of technical instructor stu-dents and the development of the methodology of higher education. The results of their attitudes towards the use of IT tools contribute to the evaluation and, if necessary, the transformation of existing forms of learning organization. The results of each dimension of digital competencies determine the introduction of new digital methods.