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GEOINT Professional Certification 

Fundamentals (GPC-F) Proficiency Level I 

Essential Body Knowledge (EBK)

 14 April 2021

 Core Competency 1 - Processes and Techniques (13%)

 Demonstrate understanding of processes and techniques used in GEOINT problem solving.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 1: Understand the fundamental GEOINT concepts and principles used in processes and techniques to solve GEOINT problems.

 ECO 1.1: Discuss the principles of geospatial analysis.

 ECO 1.2: Discuss the principles of imagery analysis.

 ECO 1.3: Discuss the principles of cartography.

 ECO 1.4: Discuss the principles of human geography.

 ECO 1.5: Discuss the principles of imagery science.

 ECO 1.6: Discuss safety of navigation principles. 

 ECO 1.7: Discuss the principles of geodesy.

 ECO 1.8: Discuss the principles of orbit sciences and the Department of Defense (DoD) reference frame (e.g., WGS84).

 ECO 1.9: Discuss the principles of bathymetry and hydrography.

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 TCO 2: Understand processes and techniques used to solve GEOINT problems.

 ECO 2.1: Describe GEOINT analytic problem solving techniques and processes.

 ECO 2.2: Discuss imagery processing and techniques.

 ECO 2.3: Discuss geospatial data processing (e.g., unstructured data, data conflation, and data validation).

 TCO 3: Understand analytic tradecrafts used to solve GEOINT problems.

 ECO 3.1: Describe GEOINT tradecraft missions.

 Core Competency 2 - Collection and Tasking Principles (8%)

 Understand source evaluation principles, tasking procedures, and collection requirements.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 4: Understand GEOINT sensors and tasking principles.

 ECO 4.1: Describe the types, capabilities, and limitations of GEOINT sensors.

 ECO 4.2: Discuss the tasking principles associated with GEOINT collection systems.

 Core Competency 3 - Customer Requirements and Service (8%)

 Understand GEOINT collection and production requirements.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 5: Understand GEOINT products, services, and customers.

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 ECO 5.1: Discuss how various customers use GEOINT products and services.

 Core Competency 4 - Data Evaluation Principles (9%)

 Understand basic principles and techniques used to evaluate the utility and quality of geospatial data. 

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 6: Understand standards and criteria used to process and exploit geospatial data.

 ECO 6.1: Discuss the role and function of geospatial data standards (e.g., metadata, exploitation, projection, and accuracy).

 ECO 6.2: Discuss the role and function of geospatial data selection criteria.

 ECO 6.3: Define accuracy as it relates to geospatial source analysis, preparation, and evaluation.

 ECO 6.4: Discuss the importance of metadata in the processing and exploitation of geospatial data.

 Core Competency 5 - Geographic Information (8%)

 Understand the principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to display and analyze geospatial data. 

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 7: Understand Geographic Information System (GIS) principles.

 ECO 7.1: Describe functions of a Geographic Information System (GIS).

 ECO 7.2: Identify components of a Geographic Information System (GIS).

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 TCO 8: Understand how Geographic Information System (GIS) tools are used to conduct GEOINT Analysis.

 ECO 8.1: Discuss concepts of geospatial data science.

 Core Competency 6 - GEOINT Doctrine (8%)

 Understand standards, policies, practices, and authorities governing GEOINT.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 9: Understand GEOINT concepts and terms.

 ECO 9.1: Describe GEOINT.

 TCO 10: Understand the concepts and principles associated with regulations, guidelines, laws, and directives governing the GEOINT 

community.

 ECO 10.1: Identify regulations and laws that govern GEOINT operations.

 ECO 10.2: Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the GEOINT Functional Manager.

 ECO 10.3: Describe Component Command GEOINT roles and responsibilities.

 Core Competency 7 - Information Dissemination (7%)

 Understand the distribution of intelligence and data to mission partners, organizations, and individuals to support 

the GEOINT mission.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 11: Understand GEOINT processing and exploitation concepts.

 ECO 11.1: Compare and contrast raw data and finished intelligence products.

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 TCO 12: Understand information dissemination tools and methods.

 ECO 12.1: Describe the functions of GEOINT Software Applications.

 ECO 12.2: Describe GEOINT dissemination methods.

 Core Competency 8 - Intelligence Issues (9%)

 Understand how intelligence issues impact national and defense GEOINT mission priorities.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 13: Understand GEOINT priorities.

 ECO 13.1: Describe National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF) and Defense Intelligence Priorities Framework (DIPF) and how they 

shape GEOINT priorities.

 TCO 14: Understand customer operations and requirements that influence GEOINT priorities.

 ECO 14.1: Define the GEOINT Program of Analysis (GPoA).

 ECO 14.2: Describe the purpose of Key Intelligence Questions (KIQ), Essential Elements of Information (EEI), Commanders Critical 

Information Requirements (CCIR), Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR), and Analytic Initiatives.

 ECO 14.3: Discuss how the GEOINT operations process supports national and defense missions.

 ECO 14.4: Describe how GEOINT supports intelligence and operations planning.

 Core Competency 9 - NSG and ASG (6%)

 Understand the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) and Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence 

(ASG).

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

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 TCO 15: Understand the membership, responsibilities, and mission of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) and Allied 

System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG).

 ECO 15.1: Recognize members of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) and Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG) 

communities in terms of their respective missions.

 ECO 15.2: Explain the responsibilities of the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) and Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence 

(ASG).

 ECO 15.3: Describe the GEOINT capabilities of National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) members and partners.

 Core Competency 10 - Quality Assurance (7%)

 Understand quality assurance in processing and exploiting GEOINT.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 16: Understand the role of quality assurance in processing and exploiting GEOINT.

 ECO 16.1: Discuss the Intelligence Community analytic standards (e.g. ICD 203).

 ECO 16.2: Describe how quality assurance of GEOINT is critical to analysis, planning, and operations.

 Core Competency 11 - Research and Information Gathering (7%)

 Understand strategies, techniques, and technologies used to identify, acquire, and filter sources of information.

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 17: Understand tools and methods for identifying, acquiring, and filtering sources of information.

 ECO 17.1: Identify resources for discovering, querying, and retrieving GEOINT data (e.g., Map of the World(MoW), GEOINT Services 

Retrieval (GSR).

 ECO 17.2: Discuss the methods of documenting GEOINT processes and techniques.

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 Core Competency 12 - Security Classification Control and Disclosure/Release (10%)

 Understand the policies and procedures involved with classification, control, and disclosure/release of information, 

intelligence, and data. 

 Terminal and Enabling Certification Objectives (TCOs & ECOs)

 TCO 18: Understand policies and procedures for classifying, marking, handling, and safeguarding protected concepts and terminologies.

 ECO 18.1: Discuss the purpose, requirements, and use of GEOINT classification markings.

 ECO 18.2: Discuss the purpose, requirements, and use of GEOINT security classification guidelines.

 ECO 18.3: Discuss the purpose, requirements, and use of GEOINT disclosure/release policies and guidelines.

 ECO 18.4: Discuss the purpose, requirements, and use of GEOINT destruction and disposal guidelines.

 ECO 18.5: Discuss the purpose, requirements, and use of GEOINT sanitization guidelines.

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