Formation of special skills at the initial stages of professional training of designers

design education is currently in the focus of attention of domestic specialists, due to the demand and development of this area in many industrial sectors. A design specialist should be able to flexibly respond to the needs and demands of society. In this regard, it is necessary to form basic professional artistic and design knowledge that make up professional thinking in design and creative activities. In addition, it is necessary to study some of the personal qualities of a designer as a specialist who is able to compete in the labor market. In this regard, it is important to consider some aspects of the designer's training. The ability to think in images and the ability to compose and perform them is a training competence that is of paramount importance in this study. A designer who is only able to operate with images prepared by someone will not be able to compete adequately with designers whose images will fully claim uniqueness and authorship. A number of important qualities of a designer cannot be formed in a short period of time, so the goal is to track the development of the necessary skills as early as possible. For high-quality design design of objects of the subject environment, serious training is required, primarily in a number of special subjects: drawing, painting, sculpture, decorative and applied arts and architecture. With this in mind, a number of exercises and tasks have been developed for secondary school students, contributing to the formation of the mobility of thinking necessary in design activities. The students learned the specifics of working with graphic materials. Systematically, the learning process included tasks in which it was necessary to demonstrate both graphic skills and the ability to create a variety of images. The conducted research experimentally confirmed the assumption that the identification of abilities for certain activities at an earlier stage contributes to the more successful formation of basic professional skills of future designers. Further, studying by profession, having already formed a mobile mindset based on graphic skills, makes him more promising and competitive in his future profession.

design-designing, disciplines of the art cycle, vocational training, secondary school