Transport Canada RPAS certification, A70 type ratings, and DJI Enterprise workflows — taught by the same engineers who build the aircraft. Two-month career programmes and short specialist tracks, in-person at our Alberta fields.
The Applied Drone Technology Program turns out commercial pilots qualified to be hired on Day 9: RPAS Basic + Advanced, a full agricultural type rating, mapping & LiDAR fundamentals, and 120 logged flight hours.
Four short tracks for working pilots adding a capability — spraying, mapping, thermal inspection, or the RPAS licence itself. Take one at a time, or sequence them as a custom programme over the season.
Transport Canada Basic and Advanced RPAS certification, plus annual flight reviews. The licence every commercial pilot in Canada starts with.
A70-focused: spray planning, swath calibration, drift mitigation, mission rescue. Five days in-field on a working canola section near Lethbridge.
RTK + PPK photogrammetry with Matrice 350 + L2, post-processing in TerraSolid, and accuracy validation against ground control. Mapping that survives a survey audit.
Powerline, solar farm, and tailings-pond inspection workflows with H30T thermal payloads. Radiometric calibration, anomaly reporting, and report writing.
Eight cohorts on the calendar across three sites. Seats are released eight weeks ahead — corporate group bookings open earlier through your advisor.
Graduate placement is the metric we run on. The numbers below are end-of-year 2025 — refreshed annually, audited by RDAR for the agricultural cohorts.
Nine in-house instructors — engineers, examiners, and former operators. No contracted floaters. The person who teaches you on Day 1 is the same one who hands you your certificate on Day 5.
Designed the A70's spray controller. Spent eight seasons in the field before he taught the first cohort how to fly it.
Transport Canada designated flight reviewer since 2019. Former search-and-rescue pilot · 8,000 manned hours.
ALSA geomatics engineer. Built the AUAVGC LiDAR pipeline and the GCP network used across our 18 reference sites.
Twelve years of utility thermography for Hydro-Québec. Wrote the powerline inspection module — and the report-writing one too.
Hangar classrooms beside our service centres — so the aircraft you train on is the one our techs service. No travel-grants required for in-province pilots.
Anything missing? The advisor team replies within a business day — and you can book a 20-minute call before you commit.
Applications close 14 days before the start date. Talk to an advisor first if you're unsure which track fits your operation.