Pedagogical conditions of formation of professional competence of future officers of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in the process of professional training

The article, taking into consideration the requirements to the officers of the penitentiary service, the specifics of their professional activities and results of the analysis of scientific literature presents basic conditions of professional competence formation, particularly with regard to professional training through competence-based approach allowing for the administrative officers' performance, the prison service; designing training content on the basis of professional, legal and humanistic value priorities; working out professional communicative abilities and skills of future penal service officers in everyday life and conflict situations, as well as enhancing students' independent work during scheduled classes and individual training. It has been determined that while organizing the work on formation of professional competence of future officers of the penitentiary service it is important to use structural and functional model that involves targeting, informative, organizational, evaluation and activity efficient units.