Introduction. A modern approach to teaching physics should greatly contribute to the formation of future manufacturing engineers’ professional skills. In this regard, we offer the implementation of productive    teaching on the example of studying the section "Electricity and magnetism". Productive teaching consists in organizing of students’ practice-oriented step-by-step educational activity   aimed at obtaining an educational product that has great professional value. The   research objective is the further content development of productive physics teaching at a technical university. The scientific novelty of the research results is to determine the   technological features of productive  training for higher education and to develop the content  on the topic "Electricity and magnetism"  during the physics course in a technical university   illustrating the  mentioned features.

Materials and methods.  The theoretical part of the study comprises:  a scientific literature analysis on the problem of implementing the technology of productive teaching; a specialized physics literature analysis concerning electricity and magnetism; simulation of  teaching physics process at a technical university based on the  productive technology; designing the experimental teaching methods based on the developed model; analyzing and summarizing the research results. Empirical methods are presented in productive technology testing on the example of the section "Electricity and magnetism" and in processing of testing data by statistical methods.

Results. The content of the topic "Electricity and magnetism" in the physics course at a technical university is presented contributing to the implementation of the productive technology teaching. The activity of the teacher and students at all stages of productive technology is described. The testing results of the new content were received at the Trekhgorny Technological  Institute, a branch of the National Research Nuclear University "Moscow Physical Engineering   Institute ".

Discussion. The analysis of approbation data is carried out, and the efficiency of productive technology of teaching physics to technical university students is shown. It is emphasized that the implementation of productive technology contributes to the formation of skills which are necessary for project activity and for presenting   professionally significant results.

Based on the analysis of the testing results of the new training content and productive technology, conclusions are drawn about the reasonability of the presented content and the impact of technology on the overall students’ learning outcomes.

Conclusion. The article summarizes the implementation results of the productive teaching technology based on the section "Electricity and magnetism" of the physics course for students at a technical university.

Training of highly qualified manufacturing engineers requires students’ fundamental physics studying  at technical universities. At the same time, physics teaching   should be practice-oriented. The implementation of these requirements is facilitated by   productive technology of teaching physics. It allows students to form the conceptual framework of the studied section in the process of active learning and apply new knowledge and skills to solve real production   problems;

Mastering the fundamental knowledge   and its practical application takes  place   in stages  during students’ activity which becomes gradually complicated;

The final stage of productive technology implies the design of a technical device which is in demand for industry  and has some objective novelty. Design and creation of a technical device as well as a project presentation greatly contribute to the formation of future engineers’   main professional competencies.