Formation of professional competences of future maritime professionals in the conditions of information and technological environment

Abstract

The article discusses the experience of usage of the immersion method while the training of students of maritime specialties by the use of various training simulators. The immersion method allows training in conditions that are close to the real conditions of future professional activity. Therefore, its use in the training of future maritime professionals is well founded. After all, their professional competences must be formed at a high level and well-developed professional skills, which can be achieved only in the process of training close to the conditions of activity in the field of marine industry. Nowadays use of simulators in the training of future maritime professionals was described. The modeling the real situations of future professional activities of maritime professionals in the educational process is of particular importance. Such training is possible through the use of special simulators with appropriate software that greatly expand the training area, including the development of those professional skills that are related to the management of the ship, in particular and in difficult conditions, providing for troubleshooting, crashes, corrections mistakes and their prevention. The need to use simulators is also due to the fact that emergencies occur relatively infrequently, and therefore appropriate skills and competences are not automated in daily professional practice. As the conclusion it was summed up that during the implementation of the developed model of distance learning technologies application in the professional training of KSMA (Kherson State Maritime Academy) cadets, the educational potential of the educational institution was revealed. It has been found that interactive information and communication tools of the Internet provide flexibility in the use of time and place of training of cadets and the reality of unlimited educational discourse. In practice, KSMA has proven that it is best to use a combination of synchronous («face-to-face») and asynchronous (Internet) training for the purpose of optimizing the training of future maritime specialists.