Class B Rating Refresher Training

In plain language

If you hold a Class B drone rating, you must complete refresher training conducted by an approved training organization or your employer at least once a year.

Requirement as structured

In addition to the Class A proficiency check, a UA pilot licence holder with a Class B rating must complete Class B refresher training for each Class B rating at least once a year, conducted by a UATO or by a UA operator permit holder that employs or engages the licence holder; otherwise the licence expires for that rating at the end of one year after the later of the date the rating was specified or the date the pilot last completed Class B refresher training for it.

Original regulatory text

(4) In addition to the proficiency check mentioned in paragraph (3), a holder of a UA pilot licence with a rating in Class B must complete appropriate refresher training (called in this Part Class B refresher training) in respect of each rating in Class B, at least once a year, conducted by a UATO or a UA operator permit holder by whom the holder of the UA pilot licence is employed or engaged, failing which the UA pilot licence expires in respect of the rating at the end of one year after the later of — (a) the date on which that rating was specified on the UA pilot licence; or (b) the date on which the UA pilot last completed Class B refresher training in respect of that rating.