{"id":8914,"date":"2017-01-26T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wdi-to-host-information-session-on-drone-suas-technology-and-new-courses\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T01:42:09","slug":"wdi-to-host-information-session-on-drone-suas-technology-and-new-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wdi-to-host-information-session-on-drone-suas-technology-and-new-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"WDI to host information session on drone (sUAS) technology and new courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join the Workforce Development Institute (WDI) and\u00a0SkyOp for a free information session Feb. 2 on exciting new technology now available for commercial use. Drones, also known as small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, are in the spotlight after Federal Aviation Administration regulations were finally released last summer. Industries like agriculture,\u00a0construction, insurance, public safety as well as small and\u00a0entrepreneurial\u00a0businesses will realize tremendous economic benefit from using this new\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from SkyOp will be on hand to speak about how drone use is changing the economy and creating new jobs. A flight demonstration of various piloting skills will also take place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All are invited to attend the session on Thursday, Feb. 2 from 6 &#8211; 7 p.m. in BTC Meeting\u00a0Room 1. Registration is preferred, but drop-ins are also welcome. <\/strong><em>Please call 518-629-4111 or email <a href=\"mailto:workforce@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">workforce@hvcc.edu<\/a>\u00a0to register for the info session or to learn more about\u00a0the\u00a0two new non-credit courses!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two new drone courses\u00a0have been\u00a0scheduled. The courses may be taken sequentially or individually based on each student\u2019s flight skills and interest in employment-related opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/wdi\/courses-additional.html#drone\"><strong>Drones- Learn to Fly (sUAS)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFeb. 27 &#8211; Mar. 8, Monday\/Wednesday evenings, 6 &#8211; 9 p.m. (12 hours)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/wdi\/courses-additional.html#droneFAAtestprep\"><strong>Drone Remote Pilot FAA Test Prep<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMar. 13 &#8211; 15, Monday\/Wednesday evenings, 6 &#8211; 9 p.m. (6 hours)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:42:09 +0000 by\u00a0l.wheeler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Join the Workforce Development Institute (WDI) and\u00a0SkyOp for a free information session Feb. 2 on exciting new technology now&hellip;<\/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-8914","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\/8914","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=8914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}