PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF LABOR PROTECTION SPECIALISTS

The paper gives the theoretical analysis of publications on the problem of occupational training of labor protection specialists. The author determined that the main cause of occupational accidents and occupational diseases is the imperfection of labor protection management system, the responsibility for the development, creation, and implementation of which is imposed on a labor protection specialist. It is substantiated that the issues of occupational training of labor protection specialists are of particular relevance. The paper aims at the analysis of the system of training of labor protection specialists in the Crimea region and the identification of current problems and the ways of their solution. The author used the following methods of scientific study: the analysis of educational research literature on the problem of the research, classification, and systematization of scientific works, and practical experience.

The paper presents the experience of Chair of Labor Protection in Engineering and Social Sphere of the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University in the sphere of occupational training of labor protection specialists. The author proves the necessity of training specialists in “Technosphere safety” study program for the Crimean region in the framework of adopting a professional standard. The existing problems of training of labor protection specialists are indicated, among which the following problems are highlighted: the reduction in the production of labor protection specialists; the disconnect of educational programs from the real needs of employers; the search for bases of work experience internship; low indicators of the profession prestige; the absence of Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education on the “Labor Protection” program.

The author found that the system of occupational training of labor protection specialists requires modernization of education system and concluded that the main aspect of improvement of training of labor protection specialists is the formation of the safety culture of their professional activities and the career guidance to improve the profession prestige.