PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SPECIALISTS-CINOLOGISTS AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS FORMATION

Abstract

The article discusses one of the urgent problems of professional and personal development – the psychological and pedagogical support for the development of professional competence of dog handlers at the stage of professionalization. Psychological approaches to the concepts of “competence” and “professional completeness” in the national psychological science are analyzed. The author reveals the qualification requirements for the activities of dog handlers and the specific features of their professional activities. With the help of content analysis of scientific and information sources dedicated to the peculiarities of the dog service, the main components of the professional competence of dog handlers have been determined. On the basis of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education of the Perm Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, in the context of the implementation of an additional educational program for advanced training of the heads of the departments of canine services of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the GUFSIN of Russia, an empirical study was conducted, in which 250 people participated. For each criterion of professional competence, a psychological toolkit was selected. As a result of psychological research, it is possible to determine the severity of each criterion. The motivational-target component was formed in 50% of respondents, affective – 61%, axiological – 51%, conative – 45% and reflexive 42%. The results obtained indicate the need to include a system of psychological and pedagogical support for the formation of professional competence of dog handlers in the educational program for advanced training of dog handlers. The publication considers the educational project “Development of the professional competence of dog handlers”, which enables to make changes in the substantive aspects of the professional competence of dog handlers.