MASTERING BASIC COMPETENCES BY MILITARY SERVICEMEN IN THE PROCESS OF COURSE TRAINING FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY SUPPORT OPERATIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.28925/2412-0774.2025.4.4Keywords:
course training of military personnel, internal consistency of the questionnaire, international peace and security operations, key and professional competencies, level of competence acquisition, survey.Abstract
This study aimed to validate and test a methodology for assessing the level of mastery of key and professional competencies among military personnel during course training for participation in international peace and security operations. Based on a previously defined structure of competencies (five key and three professional), a questionnaire of 64 questions was formed, aimed at assessing 22 program learning outcomes. Twenty-two officers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had undergone course training participated in the study. To determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s α coefficients were calculated, which indicated a high level of internal consistency (α > 0.7 for seven of the eight competencies, and α = 0.69 for the eighth). The analysis of the survey results was carried out using descriptive statistics and the Mann–Whitney U-test. It was established that the highest mastery indicators are military competence and psychological resilience. The lowest indicators were communicative competence and leadership qualities, which are statistically significantly inferior to others. At the same time, the obtained estimates of information, legal, physical and technical competencies approached the average indicator according to the results of all measurements. The data obtained confirm the reliability of the methodology and indicate the need to strengthen educational and methodological support in the formation of communicative and leadership competencies, which, according to the results of the study, turned out to be the most difficult to master.
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