Flying and Mapping with Drones

The Evergreen State College
This two-course certificate introduces you to the growing range of uses for drones and prepare you to pass the Federal Aviation Administration's drone pilot exam. You'll gain a thorough understanding of how to operate several common types of drones and identify your goals with the drone pilot certification. Drones are increasingly used for commercial, government, and recreational purposes, including Real estate, construction monitoring, videography, monitoring lands and infrastructure, urban planning, agriculture and forestry, hydrographic investigation, emergency response, accident investigation and more. These courses will prepare you for a wide range of drone applications and help you develop a breadth of skills for your portfolio, including working with state-of-the-art software for image processing and the creation of maps from imagery.

Financial information

Total tuition

$2,647.90

Total required fees

$0.00

Books and supplies

$0.00

Locations

Olympia

Instructional methods

In-person Primary Location

Program details

10 Weeks

Length of training

Certificate

Award type

12

Credits

N/A

Clock Hours

Additional details

Award name

Academic Certificate

Prerequisites

No Selection

Prerequisite courses

No

Other prerequisites

N/A

Program languages

English

Certification/license obtained as part of training program

N/A

Certification/license test preparation provided

N/A

Employment performance results

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

Top industries for graduates

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Student characteristics

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.