This publication compiles training material prepared in the framework of the project ‘Learning tools for advanced three-dimensional surveying in risk awareness project (3DRiskMapping)’, from October 2006 to September 2008, which has been co-financed by the Flemish Agency of the European Leonardo Da Vinci programme. This tutorial is the result of an international cooperation of a multidisciplinary group of experts from universities and industries in Europe, including: •    Mario Santana Quintero and Bjorn Van Genechten, University of Applied Sciences St. Lieven (Belgium) •    Marc De Bruyne,  BnS (Belgium) •    Ronald Poelman, Delfttech (The Netherlands). •    Martin Hankar, GlobeZenit (Belgium). •    Simon Barnes and Huseyin Caner, Plowman Craven (United Kingdom) •    Luminita Budei, Technical University of Iasi (Romania). •    Erwin Heine and Hansjörg Reiner: University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Austria). •    José Luis Lerma García and Josep Miquel Biosca Taronger, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). The content is based on substantial scientific research and hands-on experience in the application of terrestrial laser scanning for capturing our built environment. The theoretical part of the tutorial has been compiled by Bjorn Van Genechten with contributions from Huseyin Caner, Erwin Heine, José Luis Lerma García, Ronald Poelman, and Mario Santana Quintero; as well as support from all participants. The Heritage case study on recording the St. James church for the purpose of disaster recovery was compiled by Bjorn Van Genechten with contributions from Huseyin Caner, Erwin Heine, José Luis Lerma García, Ronald Poelman, and Mario Santana Quintero as well as with support from all participants. The scanning of the church was possible with the permission of the City of Leuven, University of Leuven, and the support of Plowman Craven. The scanning project was carried out by Huseyin Caner, Tomasz Skiba, Tim MacDonald, Leive Spincemaille, Stuart McLeod, Bjorn Van Genechten, and Mario Santana. The Civil Infrastructure case study on monitoring the deformation of a hydroelectric dam was prepared by Hansjörg Reiner, Josep Miquel Biosca Taronger, Erwin Heine, José Luis Lerma García and support from all participants. The data acquisition in the field has been made possible by the Illwerke AG, Vorarlberg and by Thomas Weinold from the University of Innsbruck. The Industrial case study on scanning hazardous environments (petrochemical platform) was prepared by Marc De Bruyne of BnS (Belgium) and Martin Hankar of GlobeZenit (Belgium) with contributions from Ronald Poelman and Bjorn Van Genechten; as well as support from all participants.