UAS Operations and Safety

The safety foundation for professional drone operations. Learn how a UAS works, the rules that govern it, and the disciplines of safe flight: hazard identification and risk assessment, site and weather assessment, pre-flight procedures, emergency handling, lithium-battery safety, and professional record-keeping. Designed for anyone who operates, supervises, procures or works around drones, and the recommended starting point before the specialist UAS courses.

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What's inside

9 modules

1

Course Orientation and the UAS Safety Mindset

2

UAS Fundamentals

3

Regulatory Awareness

4

Operational Safety: Hazards and Risk

5

Pre-Flight Procedures

6

Flight Safety

7

Emergency Procedures

8

Lithium Battery Safety

9

Professional Operations and Continuing Competency

How this course works

  • Work through lessons in order. Each page is tracked so you can pick up where you left off.
  • Complete all pages in a module to unlock the next one.
  • Pass the final exam to earn your certificate of completion.
USD 550
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  • Self-paced learning
  • Progress tracking
  • Certificate on completion