COMMUNICATION AS A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY OF THE FUTURE ECOLOGIST

The article reveals communicativeness as a professional quality of the future ecologist. It has been established that in teaching ecology, emphasis is placed on strengthening the communicative orientation of the educational process. The concept of “communicativeness”, “professional communication” is revealed. It has been proven that communication is an important component of a large group of professionally significant qualities of a young specialist, as a quality necessary for performing professional activities. The peculiarity of the applicantʼs communicativeness is established, which is his theoretical training in the field of interpersonal cognition, interpersonal relations; laws of logic and argumentation; professional, in particular language etiquette; communication technologies. The criteria of productive professional communication are disclosed: creation of a favorable psychological climate, formation of certain interpersonal relationships in the team. The organization of productive communication of future ecologists is highlighted, which implies the presence of a high level of development of communicative skills, which can be formed only in the presence of certain communicative abilities. Two groups of communication skills are distinguished: general communication skills and special professional communication skills. Blocks of laboratory and practical classes are proposed for the formation of communication skills of future ecologists. The main requirements for the formation of professional communication skills in future ecologists are revealed: the ability to form a system of theoretical knowledge on the problems of professional communication; availability of skills and abilities in theoretical development and conducting socio-psychological training; the ability to organize during production practice the inclusion of applicants in professional activity (in particular, in its communicative aspect) and to ensure its psychological analysis; willingness to organize and guide the independent work of applicants regarding the formation of professional communication skills and the ability to diagnose the level of their formation. The content indicators of the communicative core of the personality are highlighted. Keywords: communication; interaction; professional quality; future ecologist; favorable psychological climate; interpersonal relationships in the team; communicative training.