This course covers the syllabus set out by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Its primary objective is to ensure that you understand how to safely fly your Unmanned Aircraft close to uninvolved persons. The A2 CofC course will give you an understanding of the technical and operational mitigations for ground risk, i.e. the risk of a person being struck by the unmanned aircraft.
When you complete a topic you will be able to move on to the next one. At the end of each lesson, there is a quiz which will help prepare you for the formal examination. You will not be able to take the quiz until you have completed all the topics in the lesson. You are able to take each quiz up to three times. When you feel ready you will be able to take the A2 CofC examination online.
Please download and review the documents in the Materials Tab. These documents are important background reading and will help you better understand the content of this course. You will not be directly examined on the contents of these documents.
Aviation Publications - Documents Relevant to UAS Operations
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- CAA Web Page - Portal to all CAA Publications
- CAP 722 - Unmanned Aircraft System Operations in UK Airspace - Guidance
- ANO 2016 (as amended) - The Air Navigation Order 2016 (as amended) OR ‘Air Navigation Order 2016/765
- CAP 1789A - Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Consolidated version of Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2019/947.
- CAP 2013 - Air Navigation Order 2020 Amendment – Guidance for unmanned aircraft system users
- CAP 382 - Guidance and information on UK Mandatory Occurrence Reporting
