The article considers the issues of organization of laboratory work in the Academy of the Federal penitentiary service of Russia of the students enrolled in the specialty 56.05.01 Logistics. The results of the pedagogical experiment to determine the eff ectiveness of various methods of laboratory work on the discipline “Electrical engineering and electronics” are given. The article considers the methods of organization of laboratory work in the traditional form using real equipment and measuring instruments, as well as in an alternative form in the form of virtual laboratory work using computer models of devices, equipment and measuring instruments. The sequence of stages of the pedagogical experiment is described. The advantages and disadvantages of these methods of organization of laboratory work are given. According to the results of statistical processing of the results, conclusions about the eff ectiveness of the methods of organization of laboratory work are made.

The article is devoted to the problems of implementation of practical training of specialists for the rear services of institutions of IP in the learning process. The article reveals the role of practice-oriented methods of training in the formation of the competence of specialists of logistics services. Particular importance is attached to the use of simulation programs with a practical orientation in the training of cadets of rear specialties. As a practical implementation of the task, the author proposes the creation of simulators of various technological processes using the Flash package as an example of creating a simulator of the KPU-250 boiler.