a system of abilities for professional activities that have not yet been performed, the assessment of which is carried out by studying actual abilities. The transformation of potential abilities into actual ones occurs in the course of the activity itself, vocational training due to special educational, training, and correctional measures. Determination of professional opportunities is one of the main tasks of medical and social expertise, based on the assessment of the functional state of the body, the study of the psychological status, the determination of a system of medical indications and contraindications to various conditions of professional activity and various professional loads.