| 1. Work Organization and Management |
The individual needs to know and understand: • Principles and applications of safe working generally and in relation to drone operations; • UAV laws of the target country • Approved manuals, data from government and manufacturers; • Environmental and safety principles and their application to good housekeeping in the work environment; • The purposes, uses, care and maintenance of all equipment and materials, together with their safety implications; • Sustainability measures applying to the use of ‘green’ materials and recycling; • The principles of work flow and measurement; • The significance of ‘signing off’ a completed task to an international standard; • The parameters within which activities need to be scheduled. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Consistently and diligently follow health and safety standards, rules and regulations; • Consistently and diligently follow regulated processes and procedures according to international standards; • Select and use all equipment and materials safely and in compliance with manufacturers’ instructions; • Perform regular checks and accurate measurements; • Understand and use the technical language associated with the skill; • Schedule work according to time restrictions and deadlines; • Apply knowledge of instructional skills (e.g. preparation, delivery, summary, assess progress, remediation, motivation, engagement, etc.) • Prepare and maintain a safe, tidy and efficient work area; |
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| 2. Communication and Interpersonal Skills |
The individual needs to know and understand: • The roles and requirements of related occupations; • The importance of having/developing an Industry accepted attitude, aptitude and ability: “Triple A” success; • Techniques of effective team work; • The importance of swiftly resolving misunderstandings and conflicting demands. • The boundaries of one’s authority; |
| The individual shall be able to: • Interpret customer requirements and manage customer expectations positively; • Make recommendations which meet/exceed the customers’ requirements; • Produce a cost and time estimate for customers; • Contribute positively to a team e.g. in order to maintain safety; • Be stress resilient; • Undertake investigative discussions e.g. to resolve technical problems; • Keep colleagues regularly informed/up-dated on planned maintenance procedures and negotiate timings to minimize negative impact on work/productivity levels; • Recognize the role of the Expert as the signing authority to release for service; • Reflect positively and constructively to feedback on own performance. |
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| 3. Problem Solution, Innovation, Creativity | The individual needs to know and understand: • The common types of problem which can occur within the work process; • Diagnostic approaches to problem solving; • Trends and developments in the industry including new materials, methods and technology. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Check work regularly to minimize problems at a later stage; • Challenge incorrect information to prevent problems; • Recognize and understand problems swiftly and follow a self managed process for resolving them using manufacturer’s manual, latest‘Amended Issue’; • Exploit the potential of new technologies; • Interpret and apply maintenance procedures. • Undertake fault diagnosis discussions with pilots to determine the underlying causes of technical problems; • Persist in resolving complex problems; • Recognize opportunities to contribute ideas to improve the product and overall level of customer satisfaction; • To take ideas forward to management; • Demonstrate a willingness to try new methods and embrace change; • Apply precautionary measures and procedures in emergency situations. |
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| 4. UAV Operating regulations | The individual needs to know and understand: • Prior authorization required for operation in certain airspace; • Restrictions and regulations for airport operations; • Weather flight restrictions; • Fight restrictions over human beings; • The operating limitations of UAV: maximum groundspeed, altitude limitations, minimum visibility; • Flight restrictions in the proximity of designated restricted areas; • Regulatory deviation and reporting requirements for in-flight emergencies; • UAV insurance and liability coverage. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Apply the regulations in different scenarios; • Act within regulations in emergencies; • Apply for authorization for operation in certain airspace; • Identify and avoid designated restricted areas; • Maintain appropriate record keeping. |
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| 5. UAV Modelling and Fabrication |
The individual needs to know and understand: • UAV Design principles; • Importance of accuracy in detail and dimension; • Techniques of UAV model production; • The proposed function of the final production model of the prototype; • Types and characteristics of materials used in prototype model making. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Interpret complex technical drawings and convert them into designs; • Engage with product designers and engineers to support design and test parts; • Prepare accurate 2D technical drawings providing clear and unambiguous information to future users; • Manufacture UAV models according to design criteria, specified materials and specifications; • Create and assemble parts; • Use the toolbox and equipment to produce the UAV models; • Modify the UAV based on feedback from Experts and potential users. |
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| 6. UAV Commissioning | The individual shall be able to: • The technical documentation; • The main types of UAVs; • Flight characteristics of a UAV; • Know and conduct pre-flight preparation procedures; • The effect of installing a system of functional equipment and alignment on flight performance and the behavior of the UAV in flight; • The effects of the human factor on flight safety. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Modernize the existing UAV designs and develop new ones; • Test each part of the UAV against agreed operating criteria; • Test UAV overall performance against agreed operating criteria; • Optimize the operation of each part of the system, and the system as a whole, through analysis, problem solving and refinement; • Undertake a final test run to commission the system; • Review each part of the process of design, fabrication and assembly, and operation, against established criteria, including accuracy, consistency, time and cost; • To fulfil the duties of providing pre-flight training. |
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| 7. UAV Diagnostics and Repairs | The individual needs to know and understand: • Techniques used to discover, diagnose and address faults in UAVs; • Software techniques used in troubleshooting embedded systems • The process of assembly and configuration of a given UAV • Understand technical schematics and electronic circuits; • The importance of following the assembly manual |
| The individual shall be able to: • Read the technical diagrams; electrical circuits • Read the UAV assembly schematics; • Employ the knowledge of design and working principles of UAVs during repairs; • Find and document faults using appropriate analytical techniques; • Troubleshoot any defects found in repair and accurately report them either in written form or to a licensed engineer; • Techniques and options for making adjustments and repairs • Follow the dismantling, examination and installation procedures; • Repair or change components efficiently; • Determine the purpose and consequences of removal or installation of specific parts for the system as a whole; • Apply the theory of the subject and relationships with other objects; • To apply during repair knowledge on the composition and principle of UAV functioning; • Calculate the impact and consequences of dismantling certain elements for the general UAV system; • To observe the order of dismantling, inspection and installation of elements. |
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| 8. UAV Piloting |
The individual needs to know and understand: • Basic Aeronautical Knowledge; • UAV piloting theory; • Laws of aerodynamics and flight dynamics of a UAV; • Flight safety regulations; • Potential flight hazards: bird and wildlife hazards, heavy air traffic, wire environment, precipitation static, vicinity of thermal plumes; • The effects of payload changes; • The concepts of balance, stability, and center of gravity. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Apply security measures and procedures in emergencies; • Remotely pilot the UAV; • Configure the UAV in accordance with task given; • To carry out visual piloting of the UAV; • Pilot UAVs through complex trajectories; • Pilot UAVs in confined spaces • Quickly react to changing flight conditions; • Perform take-off and landing maneuvers with directional wind; • Avoid obstacles during flight; • Work with different types of payload; • Conduct cargo pick-up and handling; • Perform line-of-site piloting of the UAV; • Perform First-Person-View piloting; • Consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances. |
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| 9. UAV Programming and Autonomous flight | The individual needs to know and understand: • Apply the competency theory in relation to other occupations; • Demonstrate basic IT knowledge; • Possess basic knowledge of UNIX systems and programming • Manufacturers’ control software and UAV Ground Stations; • Encoding methods using standard software for industry; • Value of software to the actions of machines and systems; • UAV navigation by orientation and mapping. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Use control software to assert effective autonomous control over the manufacturer provided object management systems; • Implement programming methodologies to the control systems. |
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| 10. UAV Mission Performance |
The individual needs to know and understand: • Basic principles of mechanical, electrical and electronics technician/engineering; • Sensor integration. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Use complex sensors like vision systems and color sensors and parametrize them; • Integrate the structural parts of a drone; • Integrate the electronic control circuits; • Install, set up and make all necessary physical and software related adjustments required for effective use; • Install, set up and make all necessary adjustments to the mechanical, electrical and sensor systems; • Install, set up and make all necessary adjustments required for effective remote operation of the drone; • Visualize the process and operation using software; • Assert UAV movement by implementing orientation and mapping capabilities; • Implement a navigation strategy; • Install and make physical settings adjustments to sensors; • Install cameras on the UAV and make appropriate adjustments; • Test run individual applications and full functionality; • Write code which allows the UAV to safely take-off, navigate and land in according to the task given; • Write code which always allows to perform an RC interception and further manual control. |
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| 11. UAV Performance Review |
The individual needs to know and understand: • The theory of aerial photography; • The theory of performing photogrammetric imaging; • The ratio of software to the creation of 3D-models and orthomosaic photos; • Methods for creating 3D models and orthophotography using software. |
| The individual shall be able to: • Operate according to safety measures; • Produce aerial photography of an object or terrain to collect the necessary data, consistent with the plan and the given time; • Obtain photos of the acceptable quality during flight; • Analyze and use data collected from the UAV; • Use the industry standard software to build orthomosaic photos and 3D models of the object given in maximum possible quality, while understanding hardware limitations of the workstations provided and time limits for such task; • Create high-definition textures; • Be able to edit the model during the process of building it, leaving only Object of Interest on the final model; • Execute the report about the model after finalizing the result. |
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