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Now available for commercial use, Drones, aka Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), have applications across many industries and are quickly becoming indispensable tools to many industries, including agriculture, architecture, construction, law enforcement, the media, photography, real estate, search and rescue, and many more!<\/p>\n
To legally operate a drone for any business purpose, FAA regulations now require remote pilot certification<\/strong>. The Workforce Development Institute\u2019s six-hour\u00a0Drone Remote Pilot FAA Test Prep\u00a0course prepares pilots interested in pursuing commercial opportunities to successfully pass the comprehensive knowledge test required for FAA certification.<\/strong><\/p>\n Participants will receive a training certificate of completion. Classes are offered in partnership with SkyOp LLC.<\/p>\n Prerequisites:<\/strong>\u00a0Students must be at least 16-years-old, be able to read, speak, write and understand English (exceptions may be made if the person is unable to meet one of these requirements for a medical reason, such as hearing impairment).<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday\/Thursday, July 23 & July 26, 2018 For more information or to register, visit\u00a0www.hvcc.edu\/wdi<\/a>, email\u00a0wdi@hvcc.edu<\/a>, or call or (518) 629-4111.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:42:41 +0000 by\u00a0c.comiskey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drones \u2014 Remote Pilot FAA Test Prep Now available for commercial use, Drones, aka Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS),…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTime:<\/strong>\u00a06 to 9 p.m.
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0Hudson Valley Community College Main Campus
\nTuition:<\/strong>\u00a0$495. Tuition includes workbook. Tuition does not include the FAA certification test fee.<\/p>\n