ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE ENGINEERS AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

The article considers the problem of the formation of socio-legal competence of future engineers. For this, the basic concepts of “competence”, “key competencies”, “professional competence”, “social competence” and “legal competence” are analyzed. Based on the analysis of various approaches to the definition of these concepts, a concept is proposed - social and legal competence. Social and legal competence is considered as an integrative personality trait of future engineers, which covers a system of social and legal knowledge and skills, constructive social attitudes, experience of legal socialization, professionally important qualities necessary for professional activities and social interaction.