Exhibit 5.1

                         KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP 1800
                           Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
                           Washington, D.C. 20036-1800
                                 (202) 778-9000



                                December 27, 1996


Industrial Training Corporation
13515 Dulles Technology Drive
Herndon, Virginia 22071

         Re:      Industrial Training Corporation
                  Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Ladies/Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to Industrial Training Corporation, a Maryland
corporation  ("Corporation"),  in connection  with the preparation and filing of
the   above-captioned   Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-8   ("Registration
Statement")  under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  covering  incentive
stock options ("Key Employee  Incentive  Options") to purchase 200,000 shares of
Common Stock,  $0.10 par value per share ("Common  Stock"),  of the  Corporation
pursuant to the Corporation's 1992 Key Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan.

         We have examined copies of the Registration  Statement,  the Prospectus
forming a part thereof,  the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and By-Laws of the
Corporation,  each as amended to date,  the  minutes  of  various  meetings  and
unanimous written consents of the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the
Corporation, and original, reproduced or certified copies of such records of the
Corporation and such agreements,  certificates of public officials, certificates
of officers and  representatives  of the Corporation and others,  and such other
documents,  papers,  statutes and  authorities  as we deem necessary to form the
basis  of the  opinions  hereinafter  expressed.  In such  examination,  we have
assumed  the  genuineness  of all  signatures  and the  conformity  to  original
documents of all documents  supplied to us as copies. As to various questions of
fact material to such opinions,  we have relied upon statements and certificates
of officers and representatives of the Corporation and others.







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December 27, 1996
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         Based on the  foregoing,  we are of the opinion  that the Key  Employee
Incentive  Options will be duly and validly issued by the  Corporation  and that
each of the 200,000  shares of Common Stock,  when issued upon the exercise of a
Key Employee  Incentive  Option and the payment of the exercise  price per share
specified  in  such  Key  Employee  Incentive  Option,  as  contemplated  in the
Registration  Statement,  will be duly and  validly  issued by the  Corporation,
fully paid and non-assessable.

         We hereby  consent to your filing a copy of this  Opinion as an exhibit
to said Registration Statement.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    /s/ Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
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                                    KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP