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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9modules27lessons82pages7hours

What's inside

9 modules · 27 lessons · 82 pages

Welcome to UAS Operations and Safety

  • About This Course and Who It Is For
  • How This Course Fits the Wider UAS Programme
  • Learning Outcomes and How You Will Be Assessed

Why Safety Comes First in UAS Operations

  • UAS as Aviation: Shared Responsibility for Safe Flight
  • The Operator's Duty of Care to People, Property and Airspace
  • Professional vs Hobby Use: Setting the Standard

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
Coming soon — registration for this course is not yet open.
  • Self-paced learning
  • Progress tracking
  • Certificate on completion