Personnel Competency and Manufacturer Instructions Familiarity

In plain language

You must be familiar with your drone's manual and hold the correct pilot competency certificate (A1/A3 or A2) for your flight.

Requirement as structured

The UAS operator must ensure that remote pilots and support personnel are familiar with the manufacturer's instructions and possess appropriate competency or have completed on-the-job training.

Original regulatory text

ensure that remote pilots and all other personnel performing a task in support of the operations are familiar with manufacturer’s instructions provided by the manufacturer of the UAS, and: have appropriate competency in the subcategory of the intended UAS operations in accordance with points UAS.OPEN.020, UAS.OPEN.030 or UAS.OPEN.040 to perform their tasks or, for personnel other than the remote pilot, have completed an on-the-job-training course developed by the operator;

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

category

Open

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Open