Thesis deals with the problem of improving the training of future border guard officers.
The problem of formation of abilities of the future experts has been the subject of attention of philosophers, culture experts, teachers and psychologists. The theoretical analysis of scientific literature revealed that modern research problems of formation of skills based on the methodology of systemic, cultural and axiological approaches. Today, scientists have adequately developed problems in relation to knowledge and skills in specific occupations, such as law enforcement, educational, as well as the state and the customs service. Scientists are unanimous that the formation of skills of the modern professional in any sphere is largely determined by the nature of its professional activities and social functions of the system.
Formation of abilities to apply special means and weapons is a complex professional and personal education, which is formed in the course of vocational training in high school; developing professional activity and professional development depends on the theoretical, practical and psychological preparedness, provides a high level of assimilation of specific knowledge, professional important and personal qualities of future specialist border agency, the development of general, professional, and corporate culture, motivation, and emotional and volitional spheres of the individual soldier, border guards, as well as its capacity for future professional activities. These skills are formed in the process of control and management of fire training of future border guard officers.
Fire training of future border guard officers is the system of knowledge and skills required while carrying out professional activities.
The characteristic feature of the fire training is the need to maintain its appropriate level for entire term of service, ensure the professional growth and an appropriate level of professional skills.
The use of a systematic approach to the analysis of philosophical, sociological, pedagogical and psychological theories and concepts, as well as taking into account the characteristics and content of the professional activity of the future border guard officers enabled to determine the ability to apply special means and weapons as an important component of their training.
On the basis of theoretical analysis and practical experience in fire training, it was revealed and enabled to define basic criteria for formation of skills to apply special means and weapons and content criteria of their performance:
the criterion of physical fitness, including the level of strength endurance, vestibular stability, the ability to relax and stretch certain muscle groups, the ability to freely control the breath;
psychological criteria include: the motivation of the vocational training, the emotional reaction to the actions of weapons and special means, to the assessment of the sustainability of the level of volitional qualities (perseverance, dedication, hard work, etc.);
cognitive criterion involves mastering the relevant knowledge on the use of special equipment and weapons by the future border guard officers; r
eflective criterion is that cadets should realize their activities, evaluate and self-assess the use of special means and weapons.
Given the nature of the professional activity of the future border guard officers and the data in scientific literature, three levels of formation of skills to apply special means and arms have been highlighted: high, medium, and low.
In order to form skills to apply special means and weapons such pedagogical conditions are important: to ensure the unity of fire, psychological and legal training; optimization of the opportunities of innovative teaching technologies; providing positive motivation training of future border guard officers as a personal-professional activity of application of a complex information technology support for fire training of future border guard officers.
The effectiveness of the proposed pedagogical conditions for formation of abilities to apply special means and weapons by the future border guard officers has been confirmed by the forming experiment. The results of the data analysis showed that the quantitative and qualitative changes that have occurred in the experimental group of cadets according to the selected criteria and indicators showed a positive trend. If at the beginning of the forming stage of the experiment, the experimental group had a high proportion of cadets with low level of skill formation as to using special tools and weapons (32,61 %), and in the end of the experiment, it was reduced to 15,22 % (the control group, respectively with 27,91 % to 25,58 %). In the experimental groups, the number of cadets with high level of skills as to using special means and weapons significantly increased up to 45,65 % (in the control group – 29,07 %). The mathematical processing of the results of experimental work confirmed the hypothes
