drone pilot (EN)

ISCO 3153 · v1.2.1

Drone pilots remotely operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They navigate the drone as well as activate other equipment as cameras, sensors as LIDARS to calculate distances, or any other instrumentation.

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Source aliases (EN)

remote piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot
drone operator
civil drone operator
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pilot
unmanned aircraft systems operator
unmanned aircraft pilot

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Reference for manual reporting

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