News on the topic. The natural complication and the impermanence of the modern world determine the demand of society for persons with cognitive characteristics. Demand does not come only from society it is also a natural realization to anyone who aspires to a full life. Thus, the constant interest for cognitive values is justified, so much so that their personal aspirations and specifics are dependent on the field of defense defined profession, and thus life. The purpose of the study -- theoretical support of cognition in students in the context of dual training and experimentally test their effectiveness. Facility - education and training. Subject -- obtaining and strengthening the cognition of students in the context of the dual study. A methodology based on a systematic approach, activity-competence approach and self-analysis for professional competencies. Methods: theoretical-methodological analysis of literature, the study of regulatory and program documents from education and production, generalization of business experience, business modelling; comparative analysis Germany and Macedonia by defining the specific organizational-legal conditions and self-analysis of students for professional competencies. Results -- aimed at enriching the theory and methodology in correlation with the training. Students to be able, to practice personal deep thinking skills while studying, because the exercise period is too short for them to achieve the concrete advancement of skills.