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Working Group VI - 10 (tentative) : 
Standards of Competence (SoC) - Befähigungsanforderungen - Normes de Competence 
Q U m L T 
1. The scope of this Outline is to prepare sessions 
on Standards of Competence at our Symposium 22 = 25 
September 1982 in Mainz, chaired by President ISP 
Dr.F.Doyle. The Symposium will pave the road towards 
the Congress Rio 1984. 
2, Reference is made to: 
+ Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors 
(can be considered as a model), published 1978 in 
English, German and French, 29 pages each, avail= 
able at International Hydrographic Bureau, 
B.P. 3^5, Monaco; 
+ First Circular Commission VI ISP, August 1981; 
Outline 06.81 on Standards of Competence; 
4 Call for papers and invitation for the Symposium 
Commission VI ISP (copies available). 
+ 
3, Background information 
Activities of ISP are supposed to be future minded. 
Education is an investment into the futurs. The well 
being of any scientific field depends on adequate 
quality of education. A standard is required to 
measure quality. 
Standards of Competence for different categories of 
photogrammetrists and remota sensers should be con- 
sidered with the objective that 
4 international recognition can be granted to indi- 
vidual educational institutes in any country, if 
they should so desire; 
4 well founded definitions on different levels in 
our field.can finally be established. 
4, Keynote Papers 
UNESCO, and the Council of Europe, and North America 
are being invited to open the session with three 
papers (20 - 30 minutes each) on " The Necessity of 
Standards of Competence " from their respective point 
of view. Following, the feasibility of Standards of 
Competence for different categories will be treated 
in detail. 
Sw Categories 
The following categories of photogrammetrists and 
remote sensers are envisaged : 
5.1 remote sensers, 
5.2 geographers, 
5.5 geologists, 
5.4 foresters, 
5.5 soil specialists, 
5.6 pollutionists, environment protectioners, 
5.7 active photogrammetric engineers (pro- 
fessional photogrammetrists), 
5.8 active  photogrammetric technicians, 
5.9 passive photogrammetric engineers, 
Secretary 1980-1984 
DIPL. ING. H. KANTELHARDT 
Landesvermessungsamt 
Wiesbaden 
Tel. 06121 535343 
President 1980-1984 
PROF. DR. J. HOTHMER 
Fachhochschule 
Mainz 
Tel. 06196 3581 
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5.10 civil engineers, 
5,11 industrial photogrametrists, 
5.12 architects. 
Reference: Photogrammetric Engineering 1976 p.805; 
Bildmessung und Luftbildwesen 1978 p.187 
6: Levels 
Within any category, different levels can be distin- 
guished. A distinction such as "Level A = Master, 
Level B = Bachelor, Level C = Technologist and 
Lebel D = Technician ” seems not to be very useful. 
For example, two masters being graduated from one 
single university can have different qualifications 
when having taken different courses, and bachelors 
from various schools in one single country are having 
quite different qualifications of photogrammetry and 
remote sensing. 
7. Present state and policies 
The subject is in the feasibility stage. We will 
have to decide at the Symposium whether Standards of 
Competence shall be developed, and whether one or 
more Working Groups shall be established. In the 
firmative, drafts for Standards of Competence are 
expected to be presented at the Congress Rio 1984. 
The views and statements of specialists of a particu- 
lar category shall be a decisive element for judging 
the feasibility of Standards of Competence in their 
field. As an example, foresters should decide them- 
selves on whether Standards of Competence shall be 
developed and implemented. 
8. Position Papers 
Tor any category, an author has been invited to 
prepare a Position Paper enabling participants to 
judge the feasibility of establishing Standards of 
Competence. 
9. Questions to any educator in photogrammetry and 
remote sensing 
Obviously, just a limited pumber of educators can 
attend the Symposium. Nonetheless, the problem is 
equally important to all of them. Therefore, we 
sincerely invite any reader of this Outline to 
answer the following questions. Your statement will 
be read by the session Chairman and, thus, de con- 
sidered at the Syuposiume 
  
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