DAY ONE

The morning is spent “in the classroom”, where Alan will start with a comprehensive overview of where the drone sector is now, and where it is going.  As an acknowledged thought leader in this field, he’s been invited to present his ideas to Airbus, Amazon, and to the biggest Construction and H&S conferences.  We guarantee his insights will add value to your business.

Then he’ll give you his honest opinion on the hardware and the software.  With no side.  We have experience of every type of drone.  We fly all of them every day.  We have several M210 and M300 drones on our fleet, because they are perfect, in very specific situations.  And utterly over-specced and a waste of money otherwise.  We don’t sell any of them.  We just want to help you succeed.

At the end of the morning, he’ll take a deep dive into every wrinkle in the drone laws and regulations.  Here and in Europe.  Open Category and Specific Category.  Light-weight drones and heavy drones.  In the countryside, over National Trust property, from Crown Estate Land, in City centres.

The afternoon will be spent out in the field, where Alan will demonstrate the power of the surveying tool, DroneDeploy, and advise on tips and tricks for successful drone inspection work.  This will be an opportunity for you to fly your drone, under Alan’s watchful gaze, as he asks you to execute instructions similar to the ones a client might give you.

At the end of the afternoon, Alan will go through your drone flying strengths and weaknesses with you, and give you advice on what to work on next to become a complete commercial drone pilot.

DAY TWO

The morning will be spent out in the field, where we will be focusing on taking eye-catching drone photos and video.  We’ll be looking at camera settings, flight planning, composition, and how to use the “Pause / Assess / Refine” technique to squeeze the last best drop out of every image and clip.

In the afternoon we’ll be back in the classroom, to: review the results of our DroneDeploy survey work from the previous day; review and critique the images and video captured in the morning; and have a look at photo and video editing tools and how to get started with both.  We’ll wrap up with an extended question & answer session, to make sure that everyone has got as much as possible from the weekend.