INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
INTERNATIONALE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR PHOTOGRAMMETRIE UND FERNERKUNDUNG 
SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE PHOTOGRAMMETRIE ET DE TELEDETECTION 
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Working Group VI - 10 (tentative) : 
Standards of Competence (SoC) = Befähigungsanforderungen - Normes de Competence 
Qo, um T ji i: N E 01.82 
Addendum for consideration to authors of Position Papers 
  
1. It may be worth to repeat that we don not attempt to establish Standards 
of Competence for other disciplines (categories), such as geographers or 
architects. We can just develop standards for the photogrammetric and 
remote sensing part of these categories, and we can recommend to the pro- 
fessional Societies concerned to approve and to adopt the standard. 
2. Further to definitions : 
Anything feasible to be taught is comprised within a curriculum. This is 
split into courses (eg.America), or chapters (some countries in Europe, a 
sample is vrinted in PhotEng 1976/80h-806). The term " course" is neither 
known nor used in several countries. 
Different '' levels 'can be distinguished according to the portion of the 
curriculum being actually taught. 
3, A rough and preliminary idea for different levels could be 
(abbreviating p = photogrammetry, and rs = remote sensing) : 
level 7 = full cuuriculum photogrammetry 
as full curriculum remote sensing 
level Do = essential parts of curriculum photogrammetry 
bes = essential parts of curriculum remote sensing 
level c - minimum requirement photogrammetry 
UNE. minimum requirement remote sensing. 
Now, different levels can be defined for specific categories. Just some 
samples are indicated: 
  
Remote Senser, level A =a + So (optimum level) 
level B = + C 
rs p 
level C = c à € (minimum level) 
rs p 
Active Photogrammetric Engineer, level A = a_ + S s 
level B=Db + © 
p rs 
level C 6 + © 
rs 
Geographer, level À = b + C Civil Engineer, level À = € +C 
level B z c + C level B= € 
rs rs 
level C = € level C = C 
rs p 
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