Educación forestal transformadora: Modelo por competencias para el diseño del perfil de egreso en la UNACIFOR

The article presented is part of a doctoral research defended and validated in the career of Engineering in Forest Sciences, of the National University of Forestry Sciences (UNACIFOR). It provides a review of references that have studied competencies in Higher Education from theoretical, methodological and normative perspectives, with emphasis on their application to contexts of the training of professionals in the Honduran Forestry Sector, in order to support the design of the competency-based graduation profile of the Forestry Science Engineer of the UNACIFOR. Honduras. The method applied in this research was documentary review, through the systematic analysis of academic sources, curricular development regulations and the legal framework that regulates the Honduran Forestry Sector. The main findings show: a) the need for greater coherence between the competency approach, the graduation profile and the legal framework of the Honduran forestry sector, b) assuming conceptual, procedural and attitudinal competencies as the articulating axis of forestry training and the UNACIFOR; and c) the insufficient deepening of procedural competencies in the current exit profile, which required their strengthening in order to respond effectively to the challenges demanded by the forestry sector. As a result, a conceptual model of the graduate profile based on competencies is proposed, which integrates epistemological, pedagogical and legal components, in addition to aligning with the approaches proposed by UNESCO and the Tuning Latin America Project. In conclusion, an aligned, responsible, coherent, relevant and committed graduate profile is proposed with the State and society, responding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the current demanded by the Forestry Sector in line with current trends.