Formation of Personal Readiness of Students of a Technical University to Master Professional Actions

This article substantiates the problem of the formation of the personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions. The author proves the need to detail the structural components of personal readiness for the formation of professional competencies of students in a technical university. The concept of personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions is presented. The ability of a future specialist to competently solve technical problems related to the high-quality operation of railway transport, ensuring the safety of goods and passengers is understood as the ability to self-regulate their own emotional state. The article presents a structural model of the personal readiness of future railway engineers. The structural elements of a student’s personal readiness include cognitive-personal, motivational, emotional and volitional components. The purpose of the study is to comprehend the phenomenon of personal readiness of students of a technical university to master professional actions with the definition of a dominant link in each structural element, which in the future will be the basic factor in the effective implementation of engineering and technical tasks. To conduct a deeper analysis of the phenomenon of personal readiness and establish functional relationships between its elements, the study is turned to the provisions of the competency-based approach. The author concluded that the formation of production competencies of future railway specialists directly depends on the successful formation of the elements of personal readiness among students of a technical university. Keywords: student of a technical university, personal readiness, professional activity, mental self-regulation, professional competencies