Drone pilot

About this career

Drone pilots remotely operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They navigate the drone as well as activate other equipment as cameras, sensors as LIDARS to calculate distances, or any other instrumentation.

Essential skills

adapt to changing situations comply with air traffic control operations ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations ensure public safety and security have spatial awareness operate a camera operate control systems operate radio navigation instruments perform flight manoeuvres perform take off and landing prepare production prototypes protect personal data and privacy read assembly drawings read engineering drawings read maps read standard blueprints record test data test instrumentation equipment undertake procedures to meet UAV flight requirements use meteorological information use power tools use remote control equipment use wrenches wear appropriate protective gear

Required knowledge

aviation meteorology aviation standards and recommended practices civil aviation regulations data protection digital camera sensors guidance, navigation and control unmanned air systems

Additional skills

address aircraft mechanical issues analyse weather forecast apply precision farming apply transportation management concepts carry out navigational calculations comply with checklists edit digital moving images ensure aircraft compliance with regulation extinguish fires inspect offshore constructions inspect pipelines maintain robotic equipment maintain sensor equipment manage forest fires perform routine flight operations checks perform search and rescue missions respond to changing navigation circumstances survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment use different communication channels agronomical production principles agronomy audio editing software automation technology crop production principles entrepreneurship international waterways offshore constructions and facilities pneumatics rail infrastructure robotic components roofing drones statistical analysis system software surveillance methods

Also known as

remote piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot drone operator civil drone operator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pilot unmanned aircraft systems operator unmanned aircraft pilot