Professional interpersonal communicative competencies of railway technical school students as a basis for training construction team leaders

The paper considers the research methods as well as the results of expert studies to assess individual components of the set of professional interpersonal communicative competencies of railway technical school students trained to work as team leaders in building and repairing railway tracks. The authors stress the significance and high social value of the set of professional interpersonal communicative competencies, which are vitally important to successfully perform team leaders’ technical and managerial duties. Statistical analysis of expert data allowed the authors to select three scientifically based components of the set of professional interpersonal communicative competencies necessary in the work of railway construction team leaders: their ability to work in a group, effectively and efficiently managing production activities; their ability to maintain business and empathic relationships with partners and subordinates; proficiency in the use of different types of speech communication (monologues, dialogues, discussions, debates, etc.). The article scientifically substantiates the set of professional interpersonal communicative competencies used as a goal-setting in the competence-modular technology aimed at forming professional interpersonal communicative competencies of railway technical school students.