Why refresh your PfCO Theory knowledge?

Regulations in the UK are constantly changing and it is down to you as a responsible PfCO holder to keep up-to-date. You can easily refresher your knowledge with our E-Learning course.

  • Learn at your own pace over 365 days

  • Useful for Constant Professional Development (CPD)

  • Open to everyone, regardless of your original NQE

The Syllabus

Broken down into easily digestible short videos to learn at your own pace

    1. How to access your resources

    1. Aide Memoir for Theory Course

    2. Operations Manual Template

    3. Planning Guide

    4. Pre-site Survey Checklist

    5. On-site Survey Checklist

    6. Crew Briefing

    1. Scope

    2. Overview

    3. Names for Drones

    4. Definition of Commercial Operation

    5. Definition of Congested Area

    6. Controlled & Uncontrolled Airspace

    7. Aviation Governing Bodies

    8. Flight Information Regions

    9. CAP 393 Air Navigation Order - Articles 94 & 95

    10. CAP 722 Unmanned Aircraft System Operations in UK Airspace Guidance

    11. Collision Avoidance

    12. The PfCO

    13. Summary

    14. Air Law Quiz

    1. Scope

    2. Lift

    3. Control Surfaces

    4. Multi-rotor control

    5. Command and Control

    6. Flight Controller Modes

    7. Density Altitude

    8. Operational Limitations

    9. Vortex Ring

    10. Summary

    11. Principles of Flight Quiz

    1. Scope

    2. Overview

    3. Cloud Types - Cumulonimbus (CB)

    4. Cloud Types - Fog

    5. Wind

    6. Turbulence & Urban Effects

    7. Precipitation

    8. Temperature

    9. Weather Fronts

    10. METAR & TAF

    11. METAR Examples

    12. Long Term Forecast TAF Examples

    13. Space Weather

    14. Summary

    15. Meteorology Quiz

    1. Scope

    2. Overview

    3. Controlled Airspace

    4. Uncontrolled Airspace

    5. Specific Airspace

    6. NOTAMs

    7. Visual Line of Sight

    8. Small Unmanned Systems Operations

    9. Summary

    10. Airspace & Operating Principles Quiz

About this course

  • £399.00
  • 116 lessons
  • 5.5 hours of video content

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