ITC TRAINING PACKAGE FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRIC OPERATORS (TPPO) 
C. Paresi 
International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) 
P.0. Box 6 
7500 AA Enschede 
The Netherlands 
Abstract 
The ITC presents an individualized "training package" developed to assist 
Mapping Organizations and Educational Institutes to set up local 
photogrammetric training programmes. 
This training programme, which will be available in early 1991, is composed 
of a trainee and a training supervisor's guide, a series of instructional 
booklets, a set of training material and a specially designed PC-based Stereo 
Plotting Simulator. 
1. Objectives 
Efficient mapping necessary for sustained industrial, rural and human 
settlement development is not possible without Photogrammetry. 
The training of photogrammetric operators is mostly carried out in the form 
of in-service training in the Mapping Organisations themselves. However, poor 
and sometimes non-existent training programmes, materials, instruments and 
exercises have a negative effect on the employment of photogrammetric 
operators. To assist Mapping Organisations to set up local photogrammetric 
training programmes the ITC has developed an individualized Training Package 
for Photogrammetric Operators (TPPO). 
The TPPO has been designed to be: 
- flexible, and through its modular presentation able to meet the individual 
needs of trainees and employers. 
- self-contained, by making the necessary learning/training materials and 
equipment to support local instructors. 
- learner-oriented, using self-study and self-assessment methods, but also 
providing special preparation for qualified instructors. 
The TPPO is primarily intended for in-service training of photogrammetric 
operators but can also be used as a basic element of photogrammetry courses 
at educational institutions. 
?.. Target group 
The training package emphasizes skills, but also includes the required basic 
theory and information to complement those skills. Therefore some few years 
of secondary education are required. It is also necessary that the trainee 
can understand English text and instructions. Besides this, he or she should 
possess good stereoscopic vision and preferably have some field surveying 
experience.