Civil drone pilot training centre opens in Naples

A Centre of Excellence for the training of drone pilots will be located in Naples at the Città della Scienza. The project is the result of an agreement signed by the Campania Aerospace District (DAC) and Rina, a multinational certification group active in more than seventy countries. The Centre will provide advanced training with courses for operations dedicated to the use of drones in confined spaces (industrial plants, covered infrastructures), and in urban, rural or natural areas.

"This agreement is fundamental for the strengthening of skills in the drone sector," says Luigi Carrino, president of Dac. "With Rina's support, we can guarantee cutting-edge training, responding to a constantly evolving market and generating new economic and technological opportunities. This project,' Carrino adds, 'also takes on a special social significance thanks to the joint commitment of Dac and Rina to allocate to training activities a property confiscated from the Camorra, thanks to the agreement with Agrorinasce, transforming it into a space for innovation and legality. "Our mission is to promote innovation and set global standards in the aerospace sector," adds Antonio de Lorenzo, Drone Inspections Product Manager at RINA. This centre elevates the quality of training and contributes to creating a safer and more interconnected ecosystem for the use of drones".

The agreement also envisages joint activities for the development of advanced air mobility: from the design of air corridors for drone taxis to the certification of infrastructure such as 'Vertiporti'.

Courses offered include "Open A1-A3 certification: basic operations for UAS", "Open A2: complex operations in regulated environments", Course "European STS: predefined scenarios according to EU regulations", Introduction to "SORA: risk analysis for specific operations". And again: "AdvancedCRM: crew resource management for drones", "Aviation Communication: operational procedures and interfaces".

Instructors, qualified according to RINA requirements, will lead theoretical and practical activities, including training sessions for new instructors. Flight tests will take place in an approved field, under real operating conditions. The training course will prepare operators and technicians capable of operating in various strategic areas, from ienergy inspections, to minfrastructure monitoring (roads, railways, civil works); drone pilots who will be responsible for aprecision farming and agricultural sustainability, madvanced environmental monitoring, ofhydrogeological disruption, emergency relief. Or of digitalisation of cultural heritage (Digital Twin, BIM), sadvanced surveillance and urban security.