Abstract
Insufficient attention of scientists to substantiation of theoretical bases of occupational safety serious games is noted. It is also important to improve the practice of using the serious game as an active occupational safety training method. The structure of serious games is proposed, which relates to the detection of occupational safety violations at the enterprise and other issues, which allows to model the elements of future professional activity. Methodological approaches to the use of occupational safety serious games are described, which are aimed at intensifying independent creative activity during the training of officials of the agro-industrial complex and training of students. The application of the formulated principles allows to acquire the ability to make optimal decisions on occupational safety in production conditions and in case of non-standard situations. On the example of the use of serious games in the educational process on certain topics of the discipline “Occupational Safety” shows their effectiveness, assessed by the results of the following test control.