Compliance with Documented Practices and Procedures

In plain language

As a certified drone operator, you must strictly follow the operational procedures and manuals documented for your organization.

Requirement as structured

Certified RPA operators must comply with their own documented practices and procedures.

Original regulatory text

(1) It is a condition of the certification of a person as an RPA operator that the person: (a) maintains within its organisation a position of chief remote pilot having at least the functions and duties set out in regulation 101.342; and (b) employs as its chief remote pilot a person who holds a remote pilot licence under Division 101.F.3 and who is competent to carry out those duties and perform those functions; and (c) either: (i) maintains a position within its organisation of maintenance controller, with the functions and duties set out in an advisory circular issued by CASA from time to time; or (ii) has an arrangement with another qualified and competent person to carry out those functions and duties; and (d) if it maintains within its organisation a position of maintenance controller—employs as its maintenance controller a person who is competent to carry out the duties and perform the functions of a maintenance controller; and (e) complies with the operator’s documented practices and procedures. (4) Without limiting regulations 11.056 and 11.067, a condition may: (a) allow the person to operate RPA of only specified kinds; or (b) allow the person to operate RPA only for specified purposes; or (c) limit the areas where the person may operate RPA; or (d) allow the person to operate RPA only in VMC; or (e) limit the number of RPA that an RPA operator may operate.