Standard Guide for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Maintenance Technician Qualification

Importancia y uso:

4.1 This guide is intended to be used to assess competencies of qualified individuals who wish to become certified as a UAS Technician through a certification program.

4.2 This guide is intended to be used in concert with a certification provider’s structure and materials for management, exam delivery, and candidate preparation.

4.3 This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with any civil aviation authority’s (CAA’s) guidance or regulations.

4.4 In this guide, a classification system is used based on the equipage of the entire UAS. The purpose of this classification system is to train technicians on the knowledge necessary to maintain the UAS based on the equipage of the entire system. UAS Technicians are commonly responsible for maintaining not just the unmanned aircraft itself, but the control station, data links, and peripheral equipment (off-aircraft equipment) as well. As the level of complexity increases, so must the UAS Technician’s scope of knowledge. This classification system is presented in Table 1.

4.5 Full system classification relies on the highest classification of the individual components of the system.

4.6 This classification model is used as a guide for typical systems of a UAS, not a definitive list.

4.7 For technicians who maintain more than a single model of UAS, a class qualification is recommended (Tables 2-4).

Subcomité:

F46.06

Volúmen:

15.09

Número ICS:

03.100.30 (Management of human resources), 49.020 (Aircraft and space vehicles in general)

Palabras clave:

advanced aviation; certification; drone; personnel; remotely piloted aircraft system; repairman’s certificate; RPAS; UAS; UAS technician; uncrewed aircraft; unmanned aircraft system; unmanned aircraft system technician;