Abstract
<jats:p>The article substantiates the pedagogical principles of forming safety competencies of future specialists in the process of studying the discipline "Fundamentals of Occupational Safety". The production environment is considered not only as a set of physical, chemical, biological factors and factors of the labor process that affect the health of the employee, but primarily as a content basis for professional training aimed at developing a safety culture and risk-oriented thinking. The emphasis is on the need to update the content of educational programs in accordance with the current regulatory framework, in particular the provisions of the State Sanitary Norms and Rules "Hygienic Classification of Labor", which determine modern approaches to assessing working conditions. The role of educational mechanisms in forming students' ability to identify dangerous and harmful factors of the production environment, assess professional risks and make informed decisions on their minimization is analyzed. It is determined that the effectiveness of the formation of safety competencies largely depends on the use of active and interactive teaching methods, modeling of production situations, analysis of professional cases and development of self-regulation skills. It is proven that the integration of technical, sanitary-hygienic and pedagogical approaches in the process of professional training ensures the transition from formal assimilation of regulatory requirements to conscious safe behavior in modern production conditions. The feasibility of considering the discipline "Occupational and Life Safety" as an important tool for the formation of professional responsibility, safety culture and readiness of future specialists to work in conditions of increased technogenic and psycho-emotional stress is substantiated.</jats:p>