Explore safety, compliance, and aviation requirements for piloting and working with drones in Australia.
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Drone Safety for Managers (Australia)
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Learn about using drones safely and legally in Australia.
Integrating drones with your operations provides amazing benefits in productivity and enhanced offerings. BUT you’ve got to do it right.
Safety, compliance with legal obligations, and aviation requirements all need to be managed. This course provides knowledge about how to address the questions and challenges to maximise the opportunity, demonstrate duty of care and importantly execute the correct use of Drone technology safely.
If you are a recreational pilot or have recently purchased a drone this course will introduce you to the safe operation of drones and the legal requirements you will need to adhere to within certain geographic locations.
Gain new career opportunities in emerging and traditional industries
The global commercial market for drone technology is forecast to increase from $US6.5bn to $US34.5bn by 2026 [1].
By understanding the safe and legal use of drones you will be gaining a valuable and highly employable skill that will help you to build a skillset for today and into the future.
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What topics will you cover?
- What is a ‘Drone’?
- The legal use of drones
- Accreditation and licensing (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operator’s Certificates/ Remote Pilot’s Licenses).
- Standard Operating Conditions
- Operational models
- Technical capabilities and limitations of drone technology.
- Flight Logs/Pilot & Drone Management
- Operational / Organisational implications of bringing aviation into the workplace, including privacy and data considerations.
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On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Apply relevant local laws in the use of drones
- Demonstrate understanding of different types of drones and their uses
- Apply and understand relevant terminology and regulatory bodies
- Understand the human factors involved in the use of drones
- Develop a workplace safety plan for drone use
Who is the course for?
You do not need to be a pilot to do this course. This course is designed for people who will come into contact with or manage a workplace that includes drones, rather than necessarily for the pilots who operate the drones.
Who will you learn with?
Dr. Joel Spencer is CEO and co-founder of The Institute for Drone Technology.
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$244.99 for one year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$99/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 17 Oct 2023
Find out more about certificates, Unlimited or buying a course (Upgrades) Sale price available until 31 October 2023 at 23:59 (UTC). T&Cs apply. |
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