UAS Part 107 Remote Pilot FAA Requirements Training Two-Day Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.
It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
You will receive an automated email letting you know when your On-Demand package is available approximately 3 business days after the date of the live event or the date of your order, whichever is later. This email will contain links to the video recording, materials, and program quiz.
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For AIA requirements only, the on-demand recording will have occasional question prompts that will not allow the video to progress unless they are answered, and you will not be able to skip forward while watching the video.
Please note, if you attempt to resume watching the video on a separate device, your progress will not be saved.
Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
You will have unlimited access to the on-demand video recording, and it will never expire.
**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
USB MP4/PDF
HalfMoon will mail these materials via USPS.
USB orders ship approximately 3 business days after the program takes place or after the order is placed, whichever date is later. Please allow an additional 7-10 business days for shipping.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.
Please contact HalfMoon Education if you have any questions during the process of taking this course. (715) 835-5900 or qchapman@halfmoonseminars.org
**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Day One – Thursday, June 27
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Part 107 Seminar Program Overview
FAA Regulations
• Regulation history
• 14 CFR Part 107 – UAS/drone regulations (2008)
• Section 333 exemption
• Section 336 – recreational/hobby
• A UAS pilot – is a pilot
UAS Licensing Requirements
• Part 107 requirements
• UAS registrations
• General licensees
• Proficiency and testing
• Recurrency testing
Airspace Designations
• NAS – National Airspace System
• Airspace class designations
• Special use designations and airways
• UAS airspace restrictions
UAS Flight Restrictions
• Airspace restrictions – rules of the road/air
• Part 107 rules for UAS flights
• TFRs – what and when
• Online planning tools
Sectional Charts and their Use
• General overview – what is a sectional chart?
• Aviation navigation – a UAS pilot primer
• Online sectional charts
Sectional Charts Workshops
• Hands-on workshops using sectional charts
Day One Overview and Discussions and Q&A
Day Two – Friday, June 28
Aviation Weather for UAS Operations
• A pilots weather briefing
• METARs and aviation weather
• Weather and UAS operations
• Weather restrictions
Airport Operations
• Basic airport knowledge
• Airspace and airports
• Communications needs
Aeronautical Decision Making
• UAS operations – common sense?
• Risk analysis for operations
• PAVE/IMSAFE procedures
UAS Crew Resource Management
• Single pilot operations
• Part 107 crew requirements
• Complex mission considerations
FAA Knowledge Test – General Overview
• Part 107 knowledge test overview
• Pilot knowledge components
• Exam preparation sources
• FAA website portal
FAA Authorization and Waivers
• Authorization vs waiver
• Part 107 regulation relief
• Waiver process
• Authorization process
• LAANC system
Practice FAA Commercial UAS Exam – Practice Part 107 Exam for UAS pilots
Exam Review and Discussion
• Practice exam walkthrough and discussion
• General discussion with Q&A
Credits
Professional Engineers
13.0 PDHs
Land Surveyors
13.0 PDHs
Geologists
13.0 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
12.0 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 13.0 PDHs to professional engineers, land surveyors, and geologists in most states, including Pennsylvania. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for professional engineers and land surveyors in Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is also an approved education provider for Florida and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
Course approval is applied for and pending for New Jersey land surveyors. Please confirm course approval prior to registering for this event.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 12.0 CECs.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal at Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLCMr. Jones, P.E. is president of Hartech Engineering which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the USAF and continues his Masters education locally through Penn State. Additionally, he is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona and Georgia.