Rules, licences and staying current — transcript

00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.091 Rules, licences, and staying current.

00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:08.702 Drone rules start with the Civil Aviation Act.

00:00:08.702 --> 00:00:14.322 Under it sit the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, and Part 101 covers drones.

00:00:14.322 --> 00:00:17.834 The Part 101 Manual of Standards sets the detail.

00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:23.394 CASA guidance, like Advisory Circular 101-01, explains how to comply,

00:00:23.394 --> 00:00:28.744 but it isn't law. Your operator's procedures then set how your team flies.

00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:35.230 The course textbook dates from 2021. Rules, standards and guidance change,

00:00:35.230 --> 00:00:37.871 so a remembered rule can be out of date.

00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:45.171 So check the current version from the official source, and its compilation date,

00:00:45.171 --> 00:00:49.412 not just the title. If one layer changes, re-check the layers below it.

00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:57.397 Quick check. Two sources seem to disagree. What do you do?

00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:03.188 Pause, check the current official source, and escalate if you're unsure.

00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.452 A RePL is pilot authority, for set aircraft types and weight categories.

00:01:09.452 --> 00:01:13.050 A ReOC is operator authority, held by the business.

00:01:13.050 --> 00:01:16.233 Accreditation covers smaller business flying.

00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.697 Flying just for fun? No RePL needed.

00:01:19.697 --> 00:01:24.167 Business flying with a drone of two kilos or less is excluded category:

00:01:24.167 --> 00:01:27.457 register the drone, and hold operator accreditation.

00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:36.070 Paid to fly a drone over two kilos? A RePL, plus a ReOC: your own,

00:01:36.070 --> 00:01:41.571 or another holder's. A landholder flying their own land, unpaid,

00:01:41.571 --> 00:01:48.003 over twenty-five kilos and up to and including a hundred and fifty: a RePL,

00:01:48.003 --> 00:01:49.104 but no ReOC.

00:01:49.454 --> 00:01:53.712 Not sure the job fits? Stop, and ask your chief remote pilot.

00:01:55.954 --> 00:01:59.953 Then write it down. The job pack shows who's operating and who's flying,

00:01:59.953 --> 00:02:04.391 the framework, the sources and versions you checked, and the limits you briefed.

00:02:09.954 --> 00:02:15.259 Recap: know the chain. Check the current version. Match the licence to the job.

00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:15.988 Record it.

00:02:16.954 --> 00:02:22.247 Final check. A farmer, unpaid, flies a forty-kilo spray drone over their own land.

00:02:22.247 --> 00:02:23.458 What do they need?

00:02:24.954 --> 00:02:27.723 A RePL. No ReOC.