ESSENCE AND CONTENTS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF LABOR PROTECTION SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the problem of professional competence formation in educational practice. The author emphasizes the relevance and necessity of training labor protection specialists, who should have such qualities as: professionalism, responsibility, communication skills, moral stamina, self-organization and impartiality in the modern labor market. The purpose of the paper is to substantiate the essence of the concept “professional competence of the specialist in the field of labor protection”, the definition of the main types of professional competence of the specialist in the field of labor protection and their contents. The following types of scientific research are used in the work: analysis of scientific and pedagogical, psychological literature on the research problem, classification and systematization of scientific works, practical experience, questionnaire, statistical method of ranking, expert assessment. The paper presents the theoretical analysis of scientists’ views on the problem of competence-based approach in education. The results of studies on the definitions of “competence”, “competency”, “professional competence” are presented. The concept “professional competence of the specialist in the field of labor protection” has had further development. The types of professional competence of the specialist in the field of labor protection are determined empirically: legal, organizational and managerial, information-analytical, monitoring, expert, labor protection, communication, pedagogical. The substantial characteristic of the specified types of competences is presented.