Significance and Use
4.1 This guide is intended to be used to assess competencies of qualified individuals who wish to become certified as a UAS Technician through a certification program.
4.2 This guide is intended to be used in concert with a certification provider’s structure and materials for management, exam delivery, and candidate preparation.
4.3 This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with any civil aviation authority’s (CAA’s) guidance or regulations.
4.4 In this guide, a classification system is used based on the equipage of the entire UAS. The purpose of this classification system is to train technicians on the knowledge necessary to maintain the UAS based on the equipage of the entire system. UAS Technicians are commonly responsible for maintaining not just the unmanned aircraft itself, but the control station, data links, and peripheral equipment (off-aircraft equipment) as well. As the level of complexity increases, so must the UAS Technician’s scope of knowledge. This classification system is presented in Table 1.
4.5 Full system classification relies on the highest classification of the individual components of the system.
4.6 This classification model is used as a guide for typical systems of a UAS, not a definitive list.
4.7 For technicians who maintain more than a single model of UAS, a class qualification is recommended (Tables 2-4).
Scope
1.1 The purpose of this guide is to address the fundamental subject knowledge, task performance, and task knowledge activities and functions for unmanned aircraft system professionals to be titled unmanned aircraft system technician.
1.2 Technician qualifications include:
1.2.1 Type ratings on specific systems or families of systems can draw appropriate technical content from this guide, as needed, to be applicable to specific models;
1.2.2 The minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform maintenance on Class 1 UAS;
1.2.3 The minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform maintenance on Class 2 UAS; and
1.2.4 The minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform maintenance on Class 3 UAS.
1.3 Units—The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
