drone pilot
Code 3153.4
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
Knowledge
- Error Humano en aeronáutica
- Principios del vuelo
- air transport law
- human factors regarding safety
- guidance, navigation and control
- aviation meteorology
- aviation standards and recommended practices
- common aviation safety regulations
- civil aviation regulations
- data protection
- digital camera sensors
- unmanned air systems
Skills and competences
- adapt to changing situations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- perform take off and landing
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure public safety and security
- read maps
- read engineering drawings
- read assembly drawings
- read standard blueprints
- undertake procedures to meet UAV flight requirements
- operate control systems
- operate a camera
- operate radio navigation instruments
- prepare production prototypes
- protect personal data and privacy
- perform flight manoeuvres
- record test data
- follow ethical code of conduct in transport services
- have spatial awareness
- wear appropriate protective gear
- use remote control equipment
- use meteorological information
- use wrenches
Transversal competences
- cope with stress
- test instrumentation equipment
- tolerate stress
- use power tools
Languages
- aviation English
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences