GEOINT Professional Certification

 

 

The GEOINT Professional Certification (GPC) program is part of a broader Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (USD(I&S)) initiative to further professionalize the Department of Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) workforce.  The program applies to all cleared Department of Defense civilian, military, and contractor practitioners in GEOINT-related work roles throughout the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG).  GPC may also extend to non-DoD members of the NSG with GEOINT equities.

The current list of professional certifications includes:

  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Aeronautical Analysis (AA-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Applied Science (AS-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Cartography (CA-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Fundamentals (GPC-F)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – GEOINT Collection (GC-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Geospatial Analysis (GA-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Geospatial Data Management (GDM-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Human Geography (HG-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Imagery Analysis (IA-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Imagery Science (IS-II)
  • GEOINT Professional Certification – Maritime Analysis (MA-II)

All GEOINT Professional Certifications are nationally accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

 

Handbook/Essential Body of Knowledge/Resources: 

The GPC Handbook and the EBKs can be downloaded from the GPC webpage located on the World Wide Web at https://www.nga.mil/resources/1598960871826_GEOINT_Professional_Certification.html.

 

NGA's Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) network: https://geointcertification.nga.mil/ (Common Access Card/Certificate required)