Live Weekend Online Webinar-Advanced and Basic RPAS/Drone Exam Prep Jan 3 to 5, 2025

Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare for the Transport Canada Advanced RPAS/Drone written Exam. This course will cover all relevant topics with a live instructor who can answer your questions. This course meets the 20 hour ground school requirement and is cover online over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Drones are becoming increasingly important across various industries due to their ability to capture data, perform inspections, and complete tasks in difficult-to-reach areas. Here are some jobs that involve drones:

1. Aerial Photography and Videography

• Industry: Film, Real Estate, Weddings, Tourism
• Role: Capturing high-quality aerial images and videos for commercial use. Drone operators are hired for movies, real estate property tours, or events such as weddings and festivals.

2. Surveying and Mapping

• Industry: Construction, Agriculture, Geospatial
• Role: Drone pilots use drones equipped with LIDAR or cameras to create 3D maps, conduct land surveys, or monitor construction sites. This work helps engineers and surveyors gather precise data for planning and monitoring.

3. Agriculture

• Industry: Farming, Agriculture Tech
• Role: Drones equipped with sensors can monitor crop health, assess irrigation systems, and even spray pesticides or fertilizers, providing valuable insights for increasing yield and efficiency.

4. Infrastructure Inspection

• Industry: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation
• Role: Drones inspect critical infrastructure like bridges, pipelines, power lines, and cell towers. This reduces the risk of human inspections in dangerous areas and speeds up the process.

5. Delivery Services

• Industry: Logistics, Retail, Healthcare
• Role: Companies like Amazon and UPS are experimenting with drone delivery systems to transport goods more quickly. In healthcare, drones have been used to deliver medical supplies in remote areas.

6. Search and Rescue

• Industry: Emergency Services, NGOs
• Role: Drones are used in disaster response, locating missing persons, delivering aid, or providing live feed footage of hard-to-reach areas during emergencies like earthquakes or floods.

7. Wildlife Conservation

• Industry: Environmental Protection, NGOs
• Role: Drones can monitor wildlife populations, track poaching, and help in anti-poaching efforts. They provide a less intrusive way of observing animals in their natural habitats.

8. Environmental Monitoring

• Industry: Environmental Agencies, Research
• Role: Drones can monitor air quality, water contamination, deforestation, and other environmental changes, helping scientists and organizations track climate change and human impact.

9. Law Enforcement and Security

• Industry: Police, Private Security, Defense
• Role: Drones can assist with crowd monitoring, traffic management, surveillance, and even pursuing suspects or assessing crime scenes from the air.

10. Drone Pilot Trainer

• Industry: Education, Drone Services
• Role: As the demand for drone operators grows, training programs and certifications are needed. Skilled drone pilots can teach others how to use drones professionally and safely.

11. Drone Software Development

• Industry: Tech, Artificial Intelligence
• Role: This involves creating software for drone navigation, data processing, and automation. AI and machine learning advancements are also integrated to help drones operate autonomously.

12. Military and Defense

• Industry: Defense
• Role: Drones are used extensively in the military for surveillance, reconnaissance, and sometimes for carrying out strikes, especially in areas that are too risky for human pilots.

13. Disaster Relief and Management

• Industry: Humanitarian Aid, Government Agencies
• Role: Drones help assess damage after natural disasters, map affected areas, and deliver supplies to people in need when ground access is limited.

14. Real Estate and Property Management

• Industry: Real Estate
• Role: Drones provide aerial views of properties for marketing, giving potential buyers a better perspective of the layout, surrounding areas, and landscaping.

Drones are becoming increasingly important across various industries due to their ability to capture data, perform inspections, and complete tasks in difficult-to-reach areas. Here are some jobs that involve drones:

Many of these roles require proper certification and training, depending on the country’s aviation laws (like Transport Canada or FAA regulations in the U.S.). The drone industry is rapidly expanding, and new roles are emerging as the technology evolves.

Upon competition of the Exam, Transport Canada will issue the candidate a Basic Certificate pending completion of the flight training ands Flight Review.
To learn more about the full course outline, click on this link to review Transport Canada TP15263. The syllabus includes topics with additional details listed under each section. Overall it is a very comprehensive course with lots of practice material to help successfully complete the online exam.

RPAS Knowledge areas

• Knowledge Areas
• Section 1: air law, air traffic rules and procedures
• Section 2: RPAS airframes, power plants, propulsion and systems
• Section 3: Human factors
• Section 4: Meteorology
• Section 5: Navigation
• Section 6: Flight operations
• Section 7: Theory of flight
• Section 8: Radiotelephony

Note: Students must complete the Transport Canada Advanced RPAS Exam. The fee is not included in the course and thus must be paid by the student directly to Transport Canada.

We structure our course so that you can follow highly technical content and terms that are used are explained. As your embarking on a new path and industry therefore you will be expected to understand the terms used and the aviation industry.

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