Texas Public Safety Drone Training Courses
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THE RTC PARTNERS WITH REVEILLE PEAK RANCH TO OPEN A NEW TRAINING CENTER IN BURNET TEXAS
THE REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER (THE RTC) AND THE REVEILLE PEAK RANCH HAVE PARTNERED TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Los Angeles,
2023 Upcoming Texas Training Courses
UAS Crime & Accident Scene Mapping
RTC @ Reveille Peak Ranch
September 6-8, 2023
(Training Equipment Provided)
Start time for Day-2 will be adjusted to allow for nighttime scene lighting and mapping.
Our UAS Clients Include
LACRTC has trained over 195 different local, State and Federal public service agencies in UAS operations.
Courses for Starting Your Drone Program
UAS Operators Course
Are you starting a drone unit for your department/agency? If so, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operators Course is what you are looking for. This course consists of 48 hours of instruction designed to provide organizations with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and/or maintain an aviation program based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms.
Each student will receive a minimum of 12 hours of flight instruction and log at least 3 hours of actual flight time. Successful students will return to their respective organizations as a certified drone pilot with all the information required for a fully developed program ready for management review.
Course Length: 8 hours online and 5 days in class (48 hours total)
Prerequisites: None
Student Requirements: None
Recommended For: UAS Operators and Supervisors / Policy and Program Creation
UAS Basic Pilots Course
Does your agency already have an existing drone program and you only need to certify new pilots? If so, the UAS Basic Pilots Course was designed for you. This is a 32 -hour program of instruction designed specifically and ONLY for agencies that already have an established UAS program and are flying missions with protocols and a comprehensive policy in place.
Each student will receive a minimum of eight hours of flight instruction and log at least 2 ½ hours of actual flight time. Successful students will return to their respective organizations as a certified drone pilot.
Course Length: 8 hours online and 3 days in class (32 hours total)
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Recommended For: UAS Operators and Supervisors
UAS Managers Course
This life-saving technology provides tremendous opportunities to enhance public safety, however, operating in the dynamic realm of the National Air Space (NAS) can be challenging. Executives and decision-makers must carefully evaluate the implementation of UAS programs from a 360° perspective that analyzes priorities and constraints and considers all current and potential future stakeholders.
The course starts by guiding students to fully realize all of the potential applications of unmanned aircraft and specifically how that may fit at their respective agencies. This provides a clearer understanding of the UAS agency objectives so that all of the efforts that follow directly support the effective implementation of the identified mission sets. Attendees examine current laws and regulations and develop an understanding of preemption, as it pertains to federal regulations.
Course Length: 1-Day (8 hours)
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Technical Level: For managers, supervisors, future operators and policy writers
FAA 107 Ground School
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aeronautical Knowledge Test for the Remote Pilot Airman Certificate is required to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle commercially (including public service). This is particularly required for any mutual aid use of UAVs. This online course contains all of the material tested for the 107 pilot’s license.
The course is self-paced but follows a progression of information with due dates to aid in completing the material in a timely manner. Online instructors engage students to answer questions and help with test preparation. Common test questions and themes have been identified by former students and will be shared to increase focused study and student success rates. Students will learn, then demonstrate knowledge of the FAA Part 107 requirements
Course Length: 30 days online / 1 day in classroom (8 hours)
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Recommended For: For all personnel wanting to fly sUAS for their department, agency or commercially
Advanced Drone Training Courses
UAS Advanced Operators Course
The class consists of three days of intensive scenario-based, hands-on, and precision flight training designed to increase piloting skills and to provide students with the ability to operate in all sUAS environments. Students will be exposed to the equipment, tools, and techniques necessary to make their sUAS program fulfill the desired mission sets.
We begin by helping students fully realize all of the potential applications of unmanned aircraft and how they may fit their respective agencies. This provides a clear understanding of the UAS agency objectives so that all efforts directly support effectively implementing the identified mission sets. The remainder of the curriculum is precision flight and scenario-based exercises. Students fly inside and outside, on multiple aircraft types, using infrared, thermal, and self-illumination views.
Course Length: 3 days (24 hours)
Prerequisite: LACRTC 48-hour UAS Operators Course, or 32-hour Basic Pilots Course, or equivalent training
StudentRequirements: Twenty (20) hours of logged flight time as a public safety pilot
Technical Level: Advanced UAS Operators
Recommended For: UAS Operators and Supervisors / Tactical Teams
Notes: This training course is NOT for beginners
UAS Nighttime Operators Course
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (sUAV) are powerful tools for first responders. However, nighttime operations add complexity that requires specific training and equipment. The FAA maintains that an “applicant must assure all required persons participating in the small unmanned aircraft operation have the knowledge to recognize and overcome visual illusions caused by darkness and understand physiological conditions which may degrade night vision.”
In this course, students identify night visual illusions and the physiological degradation occurring in darkness, then develop mitigating strategies. Students use state-of-the-art equipment to perform nighttime UAS operations couched in reality-based public safety mission sets.
Course Length: 2 days (16 hours total)
Prerequisite: LACRTC 48-hour UAS Operators Course, or 32-hour Basic Pilots Course, or have an FAA Part 107 license
Student Requirements: FAA 107 License
Technical Level: UAS Operators and Supervisors
Recommended For: UAS Operators and Supervisors / SWAT & Tactical Teams
UAS Crowd Management
Thoughtful event managers integrate intelligent, less provocative, and even passive strategies to keep people safe. Leveraging the power of Unmanned Aircraft to manage public safety more effectively during mass gathering events is rapidly becoming the industry standard.
Developed by crowd management experts and UAS managers, this one-day course equips attendees with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to effectively integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems into crowd management strategies.
Course Length: 1 day (8 hours)
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: Must be employed directly by a local, State, or Federal Government Agency
Recommended For: Agency Administrators, UAS Operators and Supervisors
UAS Visual Observer
This 8-hour Visual Observer course is designed to meet the needs of public safety agencies with existing Unmanned Aircraft System programs including law enforcement, Fire/EMS, and first-responder personnel. The curriculum will focus on the necessary skills required by a UAS Visual Observer (VO) in support of either Part 107 pilot operations or operating under a Certificate of Authorization (COA). The class will teach the student UAS safety, flying basics, team communication, and general program operations. This course is ideal for first responders working alongside a UAS team member to provide additional support during visual line of sight operations.
Course Length: 1-Day (8 hours)
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Technical Level: For UAS Operators and all field personnel
Notes: None
Specialty Drone Training Courses
Counter-Drone Measures
Drone attacks are occurring almost daily across the globe. It is only a matter of time until they occur here in the United States. These low-cost, high-tech, and easily weaponized aerial vehicles can cause terror just about anywhere. This 2-day course provides students with the latest technology and tactics to prevent and respond to a drone attack. Students will be able to:
Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)
Equipment: All training equipment is provided by the RTC
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Technical Level: Beginner or Intermediate UAS Operators
Recommended For: UAS Operators, Supervisors and Tactical/Security Operation Teams
Notes: None
Crime & Accident Scene Investigations
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and the 3D Mapping software applications are emerging as extremely accurate and efficient tools for crime and accident scene documentation and enhanced investigations. It is remarkable to consider that if it can be seen with the naked eye, enhanced magnification, thermal imagery, or with an infrared camera, it can be almost perfectly preserved forever. This new technology is changing how we can best serve the public.
Course Length: 3 days (24 hours)
Equipment: All training equipment is provided by the RTC
Prerequisite: RTC Operators, Basic, or equivalent training
Student Requirements: FAA 107 License
Technical Level: Intermediate UAS Operators
Recommended For: Criminalists, Accident Investigators, Detectives, UAS Operators
Notes: None
Drone as First Responder (DFR)
Created and taught by personnel from the most experienced DFR program in the United States, this course will equip students with the knowledge and skills to successfully implement and maintain a (UAV or drone as a first responder) DFR Program. Students are led through the entire process of standing up a DFR program.
Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)
Equipment: All training equipment is provided by the RTC
Prerequisite: None
Student Requirements: None
Technical Level: For managers, supervisors, and UAS operators
Recommended For: All first responders utilizing UAS
Notes: None
UAV Indoor Tactical Course
This hands-on course was created to provide public safety personnel with the knowledge and skills to operate UAVs and ground robots in direct support of tactical and technical operations indoors and confined spaces. Students will fly precision exercises and in reality-based scenario training using multiple aircraft types, infrared, thermal, and self-illumination views. Students leave operationally ready with a deep understanding of UAS applications and capabilities.
Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)
Equipment: All training equipment is provided by the RTC
Prerequisite: RTC Operators, Basic, or equivalent training
StudentRequirements: 20 hours logged flight time
Technical Level: Advanced UAS Operators
Recommended For: UAS Operators and Supervisors / Tactical Teams
Notes: This training course is only for public safety agencies and is NOT for beginners
Loki Tactical UAV Training
This two-day course was specifically designed for the operational use of the LOKI 2 Tactical UAV. The RTC with Sky-Hero developed this comprehensive scenario-based, hands-on training to increase aircraft effectiveness and maintain operational function during critical events. The curriculum consists of exercises and reality-based scenarios that integrate additional overwatch UAVs into the operations. Attendees are exposed to the equipment, tools, and techniques necessary to operate the LOKI 2 in support of a tactical team and leave operationally ready to fly on agency mission sets.
Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)
Equipment: All training equipment is provided by the RTC
Technical Level: Advanced UAS Operators and Supervisors
Recommended For: sUAS Operators and Supervisors / SWAT & Tactical Teams
Notes: This training course is only for public safety agencies and is NOT for beginners
Are you looking for drone training in your area?
Do you need training customized to your specific mission sets?
Do you have a specific set of needs or parameters?
Do you need your own “Train the Trainer” course for drone operations?
Do you need to create a drone program from the ground up?
Do you need help creating your agency’s policies?
The Regional Training Center can help. Complete the Custom Course Request form to get things started. Someone from our team will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Custom Course Request
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