RePL Upgrade Practical Competency Requirements

Verified from official sources
2.25(5)Version 1Effective -Verified 25 August 2026

In plain language

To upgrade your medium or large drone license to a different category, you must complete practical training and be assessed as competent in the specific flight skills for that new category.

Requirement as structured

A RePL training course for upgrading a medium or large RPA license to another category must require the applicant to complete training and be assessed as competent in all non-common practical competency units required under Schedule 5.

Original regulatory text

The practical competency component of the RePL training course must require the applicant to complete training, and be assessed as competent, in all of the units of practical competency that are required for the relevant RPA under Schedule 5 (including in the manual mode of operation if the case so requires), except the Common units.

Applies when

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