TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

sRPAS Advanced Flight Review

The final stage to acquire your advanced sRPAS license is to pass an in person flight review. With approval from Transport Canada, Sky Lens Studios can conduct these advanced sRPAS flight reviews and ensure all requirements are met.

Steps:

  • Pass your small advanced exam - TC Small Advanced Exam

  • Ensure you have a drone that is registered with Transport Canada - TC Drone Registration

  • Contact our Chief Pilot at scott@skylensstudios.com to coordinate a date and time for your sRPAS advanced flight review. We are affiliated with several flight schools in Canada to ensure Transport Canada compliance.

  • Complete payment of $250

  • We will send you a complete flight review preparation package outlining everything you will need to bring, prepare for and know to pass the advanced flight review (see details of what is included below)

  • Plus we will send you BONUS MATERIALS designed to help you prepare and come ready for the exam (see below for details).

Every effort will be made to ensure you are ready to successfully pass the Transport Canada sRPAS advanced flight review.

ROC-A Exam - For an additional $50 complete your official exam to qualify for a Restricted Operator Certificate with Aeronautical Qualification - ISED Canada, see details below.

Why Choose Sky Lens Studios for your Flight Review?

Mission planning in controlled airspace by Sky Lens Studios

The advanced sRPAS exam by Transport Canada is hard, and many students require several attempts to pass. This builds a level of stress and discomfort which many carry over into the advanced flight review. This is not the case at all, the advanced flight review is intended to ensure you are comfortable with several key requirements of operating a drone in Canada. Sky Lens Studios recognizes this and makes every effort to ensure the process is as stress-free and productive as possible. Ensuring all requirements set out by Transport Canada are followed means you will leave knowing you can confidently operate a drone safely and comply with all Canadian regulations. We offer:

  • Piece of mind - We recognize this is a stressful situation and reinforce that you have the skills and knowledge to succeed.

  • Competitive price $250 - Book your sRPAS advanced flight review directly with Sky Lens Studios by contacting our Chief Pilot at scott@skylensstudios.com

  • Before the advanced flight review, but after payment is received, a complete flight review preparation package will be sent to you ensuring you know exactly what is expected:

    • Location - A brief on the location the flight review will be conducted, used to prepare your detailed site plan

    • Candidate Checklist - A complete list of everything you need to bring with you (ID, Certificates, SOP's, etc.)

    • Site Plan Template - Outline of elements required to formulate a compliant site plan

    • Standard Operating Procedures Template - Outline of the operating procedures, steps you follow when launching, flying and landing your drone

    • Emergency Procedures Checklist - Including the six situations you need to have procedures for

    • Accident/Occurrence reporting forms

    • BONUS MATERIALS - Provide you with completed standard operating procedures, best way to complete a site plan, find weather forecasts and emergency procedures checklist. You can use this as a head start and tailor the documents to your specific equipment, but at least you are not starting from scratch.

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Preparation & Study - sRPAS Advanced Exam

The Transport Canada sRPAS advanced exam is no joke, it is hard! It requires you to have knowledge in several key sections and therefore requires allot of studying. Everyone is different but expect 10 to 20 hours of preparation. The good news is you can take the exam as many times as required to pass.

The following online schools offer great training materials and programs to help you out:

For students who wish to complete their Advanced Flight Review with us, we have prepared a study guide you can use to pass the exam. Please contact us for more details

The Transport Canada advanced drone pilot online exam will draw from questions in eight key sections:

Exam Topics:

  1. Air law, air traffic rules and procedures

  2. RPAS airframes, power plants and systems

  3. Human factors

  4. Meteorology

  5. Navigation

  6. Flight operations

  7. Theory of flight

  8. Radiotelephony

ROC-A (Aeronautical)

The ROC-A Radiotelephony Certificate (in theory but not yet in practice) allows you to communicate with air traffic control and manned aircraft using an aeronautical VHF radiotelephone. This capability is generally expected for professional drone operators operating in controlled airspace. This exam can be scheduled at any time and includes the ROC-A operators license.

  • ROC-A Exam - For $50 complete your official exam to qualify for a Restricted Operator Certificate with Aeronautical Qualification

  • Issued by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

General Details

  • The ROC-A exams are conducted in-person.

  • Multiple-choice questions and oral assessments are included in the exam.

  • Exams will be conducted in a closed-book format.

  • The candidate must be in Canada to take the exam.

Exam Booking Process

  • For the exam to take place, a time, date and location must be agreed upon.

  • The student must present the Aviation Examiner with identification at the beginning of the exam. (The following photo identifications are preferred - Driver's License, Passport, or PR card)

  • The exam duration is up to 60 minutes.

Issuance of Licence

  • ROC-A licenses usually arrive in the mail within four weeks.