U. of Arkansas and DroneUp offer course for drone sector careers

Students at the University of Arkansas will be able to take a course designed to help drone pilots prepare for careers in the quickly expanding UAV sector through a program it’s providing in partnership with aerial services and delivery company DroneUp.

The University of Arkansas’ Professional and Workforce Development division said it will soon launch the drone instruction program with DroneUp as an online course for students who have already earned their Federal Aviation Administration Part 107 license. The objective of the offer is to provide participants with skills beneficial to obtaining and performing the kinds of jobs that are steadily growing across the UAV sector.

Titled “Drone Flight Crew Fundamentals,” the course will focus on what the University of Arkansas says are the communication, teamwork, and leadership abilities that DroneUp has identified as essential to joining or leading enterprise UAV flight…