Development of Managerial Competence in Future Professionals State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The dynamic operational context of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) demands specialists who combine technical proficiency with well-developed managerial competence. This article examines managerial competence as an integral component of SESU professional competence and clarifies its structure, levels, and conditions of formation during higher-education training. The aim is to substantiate the necessity of purposeful managerial-competence development for future SESU specialists and to outline a coherent framework for its cultivation in universities. Methodologically, the study employs general scientific methods - literature analysis, comparison, generalization, and explanation - supplemented by a conceptual synthesis of management principles, methods, and techniques applicable to SESU training. The analysis identifies three core components of managerial competence: an operational-technological component (mastery of management activity algorithms), a scientific-theoretical component (knowledge required to implement these algorithms), and a psychological component (intellectual, motivational, and volitional preconditions for effective performance). It further delineates levels of mastery - scientific-theoretical, content-personal, imitation-activity, and professional-activity - corresponding to progressive readiness for real managerial tasks. The results specify management principles for SESU professional training (scientific validity, planning, personnel selection and placement, competence and efficiency, optimality, material and moral incentives) and distinguish management methods (organizational-administrative, psychological-pedagogical, economic), linking them to the cultivation of managerial culture, positive value attitudes, teamwork, reflexivity, and early experience in solving managerial problems. The study concludes that systematic, principle-guided integration of these components and methods into SESU higher education can resolve the current contradiction between the objective need for managerial competence and uneven training practices, thereby enhancing graduates’ readiness for decision-making, responsibility, and effective leadership in emergency contexts.