activities (Gugunsky A.N., 2008). This statement is
still valid today.
In this work, we would like to refer to the specifics
of professional activity and the peculiarities of the
formation and achievement of professionalism
among operational employees of correctional
institutions of the penal system of the Russian
Federation (hereinafter - UIS). The operational-
search activities carried out in the penal system are
aimed at ensuring the safety of convicts, staff of the
correctional institution and other persons. This is
expressed in the prevention and suppression of
criminal intentions and actions, as well as in the
identification and prosecution of persons who have
committed criminal acts in places of deprivation of
liberty (Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Those. operational-search activity in the penal system
is a part of the general state system of law
enforcement, which also affects the effectiveness of
the influence of this single mechanism (Skuratov
Yu.I., 2019). Achievement of these goals is currently
difficult due to the changing conditions of the
surrounding reality, in particular, due to technical
progress. In addition to improving living conditions,
technical innovations, unfortunately, are actively
used to carry out illegal actions. So, for example, for
UIS, an urgent problem is the active use of
quadrocopters and drones for the transfer of
prohibited items (cell phones, SIM cards, chargers,
etc.) (Antipov A.N., 2018). You should also take into
account the objective need for the implementation of
digitalization processes in the UIS (Kaluzhina M.A.,
Makarenko T.D., Spasennikova M.G., Vedernikova
T.I., 2019). In order to adequately respond to modern
criminal challenges, employees need to achieve and
maintain an appropriate professional level, to become
professionals. But before proceeding to consider the
problem of professionalism of operational
employees, one should consider this phenomenon in
general terms, study the existing scientific ideas about
it.
Recently, many works have been completed that
have been devoted to the study of professionalism.
The problem of the formation of professionalism in
activity has found its reflection in a number of studies
of Russian psychologists (V.A. Bodrov, A.N. Rean,
E.A. Klimov, V.G. Zazykin, N.V. Kuzmina, A.A.
Derkach, A.K. Markova, V.D.Shadrikov). As it
becomes clear from the available works, in the
scientific space, discussions about what should be
understood by professionalism, how to objectively
assess the presence or absence of a specialist's
achievement of a similar level, as well as what
qualities a person must have in order to achieve
professionalism in the chosen activity, are still
underway. since. Various studies allow us to conclude
that, firstly, a person has general abilities that allow
him to be productive and successful in professional
activity, and secondly, each professional activity has
its own specific abilities and qualities, the presence
and development of which will allow a person to
achieve a level of professionalism in the chosen field
(Volkova T.I., 2019; Petrova E.A., Sokolovskaya
I.E., Akimova N.N., Romanova A.V., 2020).
Creativity is noted as one of the qualities of a
personality that contributes to the formation of a
professional (Ivanchenko G.V., 2005).
Also, many researchers note that professionalism
is not limited exclusively to a set of special
knowledge, skills and abilities. And that
professionalism is, first of all, a complex internal
system that includes a formed professional
consciousness, which in turn also consists of a
number of components. For example, professional
consciousness includes the knowledge of a
professional specialist about the goals, means, plans
of professional activity, parameters and norms for
assessing its results as a whole. Researchers point to
the conditionality of professional consciousness, and,
consequently, of the profession itself, by its content
(Tsvyk V.A., 2009).
Separately, I would like to draw attention to the
opinions of some authors dealing with the problems
of professionalism, claim that it lies at the basis of
civilizational development, i.e. they attach
fundamental importance to professionalism on a
human scale. The development of the state, the
effectiveness of the functioning of its main structures
directly depends on the level of professional
competence of their employees (Lebedev N.Yu.,
Lebedeva Yu.V., 2019). They also believe that a
professional person is an effective, self-organizing
system (Belov V., 2002). He is able to independently
set himself a task, the solution of which is necessary
in the context of the development of all professional
activities. For him, the actions performed are
inseparable from the result obtained, and the result
obtained is marked by an understanding of the social
importance of the work performed (Ivanova N.L.,
Petko B.B., 2020).
At the same time, it should be understood that the
development of professionalism is in a complex
ambiguous relationship with the general vector of the
orientation of the individual, and, in addition to
achieving high results in professional activity, the
reverse side of this process is the development of
various destructive consequences for the individual
(Sadovnikova N.O., Mirzaakhmedov A.M., 2019).