PRACTICAL TRAINING OF SPECIFIC CATEGORY (STS-ES) FOR UAS PILOTS

The objective of this course is to acquire the practical skills necessary to pilot UAS in operational scenarios in a ‘specific’ Category that encompasses operations that carry medium risk.

Includes practical training and practical assessment in the two national standard scenarios (STS-ES) for UAS operations in the "specific" category:

• STS-ES-01: VLOS over a controlled land area in a populated environment.
• STS-ES-02: BVLOS with airspace observers over a controlled land area in a sparsely populated environment.

SENASA is an entity recognized by AESA for the training and evaluation of practical skills of remote pilots in standard scenarios (STS) according to the requirements indicated in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947.

• BOE-A-2020-16949, Resolution of the Directorate of the State Air Safety Agency approving national standard scenarios (STS-ES) for UAS operations in the «specific» category.
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 consolidated that includes changes to the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/639 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/746.
• Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 consolidated that includes the changes to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1058.

Specific practical training for each scenario.

Note: It is an essential requirement to be able to access this training to have passed the theoretical exam of the STS standard scenario before AESA.

Language: Spanish.

Duration: approximately 5 hours in groups of 3 people.

The practice will be given on a flying field.

Price: 325 € (includes practical training and practical official exam officer, and the aircraft is provided by the school).

Limited places: the place in the course will only be confirmed once the payment is done. It is not possible to make reservation for the place.

This course can be funded through reductions in employers' Seguridad Social contributions, through the Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo (formerly Fundación Tripartita). For more information see the website: https://www.fundae.es.

To cancel your attendance, please send an email at least 7 days before the beginning of the course. This will allow you to receive a reimbursement of 90% of the price of the course (the remaining 10% will be considered as management costs).

In the case that cancellation is not communicated, or if it is done within a less-than-6 days period before the beginning of the course, no reimbursement shall be made to the student.

If you are unable to attend the course, as an alternative to cancellation you have the option of having someone else replacing you in your course registration. To do this, you must communicate their data by email letting us know the change at least 24 hours prior to the start date of the course. In this case, no amount will be refunded.

In case of cancellation due to force majeure accredited (death, accident, serious illness or hospitalization, in all of these cases, in his own person or to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity), the student shall be entitled to reimbursement.

In case that the minimum number of students is not reached, SENASA holds the right to cancel the course, and will make full reimbursement of the price already paid by the students.