Overview

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The VEdTS Instructor and Flight Reviewers Course is designed to take an experienced drone pilot with a Transport Canada Advanced RPAS Pilot Licence and train them to meet Transport Canada’s expectations and Standards for Drone Instruction and conducting Flight Reviews. The total duration of the course is six (6) days.

 

References

 

Transport Canada TP 15263E - Knowledge Requirements for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems 250 g up to and including 25 kg, Operating within Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS)

Transport Canada TP 15395 - Flight Reviewer’s Guide for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems 250 grams (g) up to and including 25 kilograms (kg), Operating within Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS)

 

Course prerequisites

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Candidates who wish to complete the Drone Instructor Pilot and Drone Flight Reviewer Training must meet the following prerequisites:

 

1. A valid Pilot certificate – small remotely piloted aircraft (VLOS) endorsed for advanced operations
2. Be a minimum of 18 years of age
3. Must have a minimum of 6 months experience as per CAR 901.83 (c)
4. Must have successfully completed the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System-Flight Reviewer (RPASFR) exam
5. Must be trained to TP 15263E
6. Must read, understand and comply with TP 15395E
7. Must be directly affiliated with a TP 15263E Self-Declared RPAS Training provider
8. The candidate must have no enforcement action against them, past or pending
9. Every 2 years, to maintain Reviewer role, must complete recency requirements as per CAR 901.65
10. A good record with respect to aviation Course duration – Two days

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Course content

 

• Review of the TP 15263E
• Overview of Classroom and flight training instructional technique.
• Review of Essential and Desirable equipment to have as an instructor.
• Field Flight Training Demonstration.
• At the end of the instructor course, you will receive a VEdTS Drone Instructor Pilot Certificate
• Review of the TP15395E Flight Reviewers Guide.
• Field Flight Review Demonstration.

• Once you have completed Flight Review Training you will be offered the opportunity to monitor a Flight Review by a qualified Flight Reviewer. Then you will conduct a Flight Review under supervision. Once completed, the Flight Reviewer will forward your information to Transport Canada so you can then apply for your Transport Canada Flight Reviewer Certificate!