PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPETENCE OF FUTURE FOOD INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS

The article addresses the pressing issue of developing intellectual property competence among future food industry specialists within the modern educational space. It is noted that the rapid development of the food industry requires qualified specialists who not only possess professional knowledge and skills but are also capable of protecting the results of their professional activities, implementing new technological solutions, and ensuring their legal protection. The authors substantiate the necessity of introducing pedagogical conditions into the professional training system to facilitate the formation of this competence. Within the framework of the study, a set of pedagogical conditions that ensure the effective development of intellectual property competence among future food industry specialists has been identified. These include: value-motivational conditions that promote the formation of students’ conscious attitude toward the importance of intellectual property; improvement of the content and structural components of the educational process by integrating intellectual property topics into the content of professional disciplines; development of interdisciplinary courses combining knowledge of food technologies, law, economics, and marketing; application of practice-oriented teaching methods that ensure knowledge acquisition through real case studies, project activities, and professional situation modeling; creation of a modern information and educational environment providing access to up-to-date legal resources, patent databases, electronic platforms, and online communities. The authors emphasize that the implementation of the proposed pedagogical conditions significantly improves the quality of future specialists’ training, fosters their legal culture, develops skills for working with intellectual property objects, and creates conditions for professional growth in a competitive market environment. Prospects for further research include developing methodologies for integrating intellectual property topics into professional disciplines, creating interdisciplinary electronic courses, and testing practice-oriented educational projects in partnership with food industry enterprises.