RESULTS OF THE STUDY ON THE STATUS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FORMATION OF FUTURE PENITENTIARY OFFICERS OF UKRAINE IN TRADITIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM

Abstract

The main indicator of the readiness for future activity of penitentiary officers of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine is the professional competence. The problem of its formation study is urgent especially at present, when the whole penitentiary system of our country is being reformed.The purpose of the article is to determine the results of experimental verification of professional competence level of future penitentiary officers of the traditional training system. In order to achieve the purpose, there were used the study methods as questioning, testing, cadets and students' practical tasks in solving juridical situations, writing essays, interviews and others.The article presents the results of the study of professional competence level of future penitentiary officers of Ukraine, who obtain higher education at the first (bachelor’s) and second (master’s) levels of education. The professional competence level of future officers of the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine was determined by cognitive, activity, motivational, motivational and volitional, axiological and professional and personal criteria.The provided study results of the status of professional competence formation of future penitentiary officers in the traditional training system indicate the need for methodological improvement of the training system which in the future will become the basis for the author's concept development for the graduate officers` training of the State Criminal ans Executive Service of Ukraine.Keywords: penitentiary officer, professional competence, service quasi-professional activity, criteria of the level of professional competence formation, professional development.