When employing a UAV Drone operator what questions should you ask.

All UAV Drone operators in Australia require to licensed by the CASA ( Cival Aviation Safety Authority ) and you can view the licensed companies by clicking here.

The certificates you should ask your potential UAV operator to supply before employing them is listed below;

UAV Operators Certificate (UOC) – This is a license issue by CASA for the company operations. All Australian UAV / Drone operators MUST have this licence. See attached SkyMedia’s UOC

Public Liability Insurance – With out a UOC and CC you can’t get public liability insurance

Controllers Certificate – This is a pilots licenses to operate the UAV / drone.

Using unlicensed drone operators puts a lot of people at risk, not mentioning the large fines imposed by CASA.

For the real estate industry, this means not only could the unlicensed operator be sued, but so could the real estate agency who purchases the footage on behalf of their vendor.
Don’t put your innocent clients at risk of receiving what could be a hefty fine or litigation.