If you are looking for quality training that will help you specialize in one of the fields with the most professional prospects, this is your best option”

The emergence of drones has changed the world of aeronautics. Drone technology is advancing at great speed, evolving much faster even than mobile technology. This technology has advanced so much that, nowadays, there are drones with more than 20 hours of flight autonomy. 

Moreover, the advance of drones implies a growing need for pilots to specialize in their use. Flying a drone for entertainment purposes is not the same as flying a high value drone for specialized operations. That is why this intensive training is so vital, as it will provide professionals with the specialization that they need. 

This program is aimed at those interested in attaining a higher level of knowledge of Drones. The main objective of this postgraduate diploma is for students to specialize their knowledge in simulated work environments and conditions in a rigorous and realistic manner so that they can later apply it in the real world.   

Additionally, as it is a 100% online postgraduate diploma, students are not constrained by fixed timetables or the need to commute to another physical location, rather, can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their professional or personal life with their studies.  

Do not miss the opportunity to study this postgraduate diploma in Drones at TECH. It's the perfect opportunity to advance your career”

With this postgraduate diploma in Drones, students will be trained in the latest trends in the field related to maximum Energy Saving and Sustainability and will obtain an extensive body of knowledge of different applications and requirements at an international level:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Drones
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self assessment can be used to improve learning
• A special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Drones
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program to update your existing knowledge of Drones” 

The teaching staff includes professionals in the field of Drones, who bring their experience to this specialization program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this, the professional will have the help of an innovative, interactive video system made by recognized and experienced experts in Drones.    

This program comes with the best educational material, providing you with a contextual approach that will facilitate your learning” 

This 100% online postgraduate diploma will allow you to balance your professional life with your studies. You choose where and when to train” 

The postgraduate diploma in Drones is designed to facilitate professional performance in the field to acquire knowledge of the main developments in the sector.   

Our goal is to make you the best professional in your sector. And for this we have the best methodology and content"

General Objectives

• Specify and establish a joint vision of unmanned aviation in the world and, more specifically, in Europe and the USA
• Delimit the roles of different types of pilots: professional and sport pilots
• Characterize unmanned aerial platforms from a pragmatic point of view
• Apply inspection, checks, adjustments and substitution procedures in assemblies, elements, parts and indication systems to perform scheduled and corrective maintenance, both in an unmanned aerial platform and in the necessary accessory elements, such as ground stations, or accessories such as the payloads
• Select the procedures established in the maintenance manuals to store elements, parts and systems; including energy sources
• Apply the procedures established in maintenance manuals to perform weighing operations and aircraft payload calculations
• Analyze the management and organization models used in aeronautical maintenance
• Apply warehouse management techniques for stock control
• Perform the actions derived from the procedures established by the company to perform operations in manufacturing and assembly processes
• Evaluate situations of occupational risk prevention and environmental protection, proposing and applying prevention and protection measures, personal and collective, according to the applicable regulations in work processes, to ensure safe environments
• Identify and propose the professional actions necessary to respond to universal accessibility and "design for all"
• Detail the use and application of drones in technological engineering activities as specified in the RD 1036 (Royal Decree 1036/2017): 
• Identify and apply quality parameters in the work and activities performed during the learning process to assess the culture of assessment and quality and to monitor and improve quality management procedures
• Specify the operations aeronautical operators perform Detail the internal and management operations of this "small airline" in relation to the aeronautical authority
• Use procedures related to entrepreneurial culture, business and professional initiative to carry out basic small company management or start a new business
• Recognize the rights and duties of an active agent in society, taking into account the legal framework that regulates social and working conditions, in order to participate as a democratic citizen

Specific Objectives  

Module 1. Specific Drone Features

• Acquire a particular vision of the peculiarities and features of world legislation and, more specifically, that of Europe, the USA and Spain
• Present the different uses of drones in different modalities such as: training, model airplanes and sport
• Structure, organize and define the different institutions that regulate non professional use of drones
• Implement and taxonomize the different professional applications of drones in functional operations through engineering: from cartography to agriculture, photogrammetry, civil engineering, thermography, environment, mining, various inspections, photography, advertising and emergency situations

Module 2. Occupational Risk Prevention with Drones

• Detail the specific regulatory framework
• Delve into work hygiene and ergonomics 
• Adapt personal equipment to the specific needs of each use
• Detail the procedures to be followed in case of an accident
• Identify the possible dangers of outdoor and drone work to present prevention measures

Module 3. R&D&I: Aircraft Features

• Recognize the importance of unmanned aerial platform performance for aerial activity
• Develop basic skills and aptitudes in the knowledge of the origin of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) performance
• Recognize essential features in unmanned aircrafts to perform safe flights in different scenarios
• Identify required features in unmanned aircrafts to perform safe flights with different configurations; and other influencing factors
• Detail the forces and energies that act on aircrafts in the different phases of flight

Module 4. Design and Engineering I: Specific Knowledge of Drones

• Delve into the basic principles of flight from the laws of physics, specifically from aerodynamics
• Develop aptitude in the knowledge of basic unmanned aircrafts components, how they function and their potential
• Learn about the components and equipment requirements in unmanned aircrafts
• Delve into the importance of maintenance, as well as its obligatory nature and limitations

Study at the world's largest online university”