PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF FUTURE FORESTRY PROFESSIONALS

The article reveals the essence of professional competencies of future forestry specialists and requirements for training of the future specialists (including the forestry ones) in three groups: society, employer, state – depending on who nominates them and for what purpose, it is in the “area of immediate interest”. It establishes that the general competencies of future forestry specialists include general cultural and professional ones. It also reveals that general cultural competencies include: awareness of the social significance of their future profession, high motivation to perform professional activities; ability to analyze socially significant problems and processes; the ability to imagine the modern picture of the world, to be guided by the values of life, culture, etc. It is established that the professional competencies of the future forestry specialist, depending on the specifics of his professional activity include: professional communication, management, environmental, research field, information. It proves that the essential characteristics of the professional competence of the future forestry specialist are: integrated characterization of personal qualities (mastery of thinking culture, ability to generalize, analyze, perceive information, set goals and choose ways to achieve them); mastering the knowledge and skills necessary to work in the specialty; developed cooperation with colleagues (willingness to cooperate, teamwork); unity of combination of knowledge, abilities, and attitudes (ability to logically correct, reasoned and clearly build oral and written language); the ability to do something good, effectively with a high degree of self-regulation, self-reflection, self-esteem; quick, flexible and adaptive response to the dynamics of circumstances and the environment (the ability to find organizational and managerial solutions in unusual situations and the willingness to take responsibility for them). Keywords: forestry education; professional competencies; requirements; forestry industry; training; future specialists; professionally significant qualities; forestry; professional activity.