Career as a Drone Flyer



A drone, in a technological context, is an unmanned aircraft. Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. 
The aircrafts may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems working in conjunction with onboard sensors and GPS.

Drones are used for everything from shooting ads and photographing weddings to tracking poachers, mapping railway tracks, surveying solar plants and for military and police surveillance.

Although flying of drones without permission is illegal in India, selling is not. Drones are easily available at online platforms at a very low price. An impressive figure tells India is the highest seller of drones in the world. There is no settled law which regulates the selling of drones at an online platform in spite of the fact that flying one is prohibited!

That being said, purchasing a drone somewhere abroad and bringing it to India as import of drones is prohibited in India.

Industries already being transformed by drone piloting skills:
Ø  Utilities: Using drones to inspect powerlines, telephone towers and wind turbines without needing to employ several people, cranes and cherry pickers
Ø  Mining: Drones are already commonplace and are used to measure stock piles of minerals in hours, rather than days. Also used for surveying work and environmental impact research
Ø  Fast Food Delivery: Big companies such as Domino's Pizza will be looking to invest in drones for pizza delivery in the future
Ø  Package Delivery: Australia Post and Amazon are already investing in drone technology as a way of delivering packages
Ø  Trades: Being able to inspect things from a height, such as a solar panel output, leaking roofs and guttering.
Ø  Real Estate: Panoramic aerial footage of properties to show investors new opportunities or create marketing videos
Ø  Wedding photography: Aerial videography of weddings is set to become the next big thing and will allow couples to capture diverse and creative footage of their special day.
Ø  Photography:  A drone enables you to capture the landscape from a fresh perspective – one that you may not have ever seen before.

Job Profiles
Ø  Aerial Cinematographer
Ø  Aerial Photographer
Ø  Commercial Operator
Ø  Construction
Ø  Consultant
Ø  Instructor/Trainer

Eligibility / Admission Criteria
Drones are generally objects which can be flown by anyone, even children. But according to law, you need to be at least 18 to fly a drone. Apart from that, you need to take special ground training, equivalent to that undertaken by aircrew of manned aircraft or a private pilot’s license holder.

Courses
Ø  Diploma in Drone Industrial Aerial Inspection
Ø  Diploma in Drone Piloting Training
Ø  Diploma in Drone Surveying and Mapping
Ø  Diploma in Multirotor Pilot Course
Ø  Master Diploma in UAV Engineering
Ø  Master Diploma in Aerial Mapping
Ø  Certificate course in Drone Pilot Training & Maintenance

Subject/Syllabus
Ø  Introduction of Drones
Ø  Building the frame
Ø  Mounting Motors and Speed Controllers
Ø  Propeller Configuration
Ø  Introduction of Remote Control
Ø  Introduction of Control Board
Ø  Introduction of Mission Planner
Ø  Programming of the control board
Ø  Flight Testing

Some Institutes
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Noida
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Andhra Pradesh
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Kolkata
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Coimbatore
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Bengaluru
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Gujarat
Ø  Indian Institute of Drones, Nagpur
Ø  Ekatvam Institute, Mumbai
Ø  Tech Eagle, Hyderabad

Cost of the Course
The fees charged for these courses starts from ₹ 5,000 for basic course and ranges to ₹ 60,000 for complete course.

Careers Prospects
Globally, the market for piloted drones is forecasted to be more than double by 2022, according to a European Commission impact assessment report released in December 2015. The report estimates some 150,000 jobs by 2050 in Europe alone. According to an estimate last year by the non-profit body, Consortium of Unmanned Vehicle Systems India (CUVSI), there are 40,000 drones in the Indian sky and Indians have spent more than ₹ 40 crore buying civil drones, even though their civilian use is illegal.

The demand for drone use, in a wide variety of businesses, is absolutely skyrocketing. Drones are transforming industries such as plumbing, mining, trades and even transport and delivery.

Graduates will enter the unmanned career field in the areas of R&D, vehicle design, sensor development, vehicle communications and data links, sense and avoid systems, human machine interfaces, autonomous control, vehicle navigation, guidance and control.

Graduates of the program are expected to enter industry ready to contribute to the development of new systems and advance the state-of-the-art in unmanned and autonomous systems.

Employment Sector
Ø  Mapping/GIS
Ø  Military
Ø  Precision Agriculture
Ø  Racing Pilot
Ø  Real Estate
Ø  Utilities

Income
Trained drone pilots earn anywhere between ₹ 25,000- ₹ 50,000 per month now, based on their experience.

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