Training & Workshops

From Concept To Compliance

Training that helps UAS companies cut development cost, build more reliable products and operate more safely. Every module ends with a clinic on your own aircraft, documents or operation.

Why Train With Us

Training That Shows Up on the Bottom Line

Generic courses teach theory. Ours are taught by engineers with real certification, safety and flight test experience, and every module produces something your company keeps.

Cost Efficiency

Right-size assurance effort, find design problems early and choose suppliers on evidence, so you spend less on rework.

Product Reliability

Set reliability targets and use test and field data to cut failures, warranty claims and downtime.

Safer Operations

Structured safety assessment and risk planning that protect people, assets and your reputation.

Applied to Your Product

Each module ends with a clinic where your team applies the method to its own work.

What We Teach

18 Modules, Five Tracks

Open a track to see its modules. Take a single module, or combine several into a course built around your product.

A

Certification & Safety

Develop and certify systems, and show they are safe.

  • A1
    Development assurance for UAS & eVTOLRequirements, architecture, verification and assurance levels under ARP4754B.
    3 days
  • A2
    System safety assessmentFHA, fault trees, FMEA and common mode analysis under ARP4761A, with tool practice.
    3 days
  • A3
    Certification planning & the airworthiness officeCertification plan, compliance checklist and design organisation manual.
    2 days
  • A4
    Landing gear & hydro-mechanical designFor heavy-lift drones and eVTOL.
    2 days
B

Drone Operations

Plan and document safe, approvable operations.

  • B1
    SORA risk assessment in practiceConcept of operations, ground and air risk, assurance levels and building the application.
    2 days
  • B2
    Operations & pilot training manualsWrite the manuals an operation needs to start or grow.
    1 day
  • B3
    Flight test planning & field coordinationPlan and run test campaigns for new aircraft, with a field session.
    2 days

These modules cover planning and documentation only. They are not remote pilot licence training.

C

Engineering Analytics

Data and statistics for better, more reliable designs.

  • C1
    Machine learning for engineering designSurrogate models and design optimisation.
    2 days
  • C2
    Uncertainty & reliability statisticsStatistical tools for robust, reliable designs.
    2 days
D

Executive Briefings

Half-day sessions for managers, buyers and decision makers.

  • D1
    Buying & approving drones safelyWhat to ask suppliers, and what good safety evidence looks like.
    Half day
  • D2
    Advanced air mobility readinesseVTOL certification, safety and what it means for your business.
    Half day
E

Business Capability

Analyses that cut cost and win work, each with a deliverable you keep.

  • E1
    Assurance level (DAL) assessmentAvoid over-assigning high assurance levels, one of the biggest hidden costs in development. You keep a DAL allocation for your system.
    2 days
  • E2
    Reliability budgetTurn safety targets into failure-rate targets for each component. You keep a reliability budget and prediction sheet.
    2 days
  • E3
    Reliability from test & field dataWeibull analysis and maintenance intervals from your own failure data.
    2 days
  • E4
    Local content calculationLocal content evidence for stronger government tenders in Australia and Indonesia.
    1 day
  • E5
    Design-to-cost & trade-off studiesMake design decisions on cost and risk evidence. You keep a trade study for one decision.
    1 day
  • E6
    Specifications & supplier managementClear specifications that cut supplier disputes, rework and price.
    1 day
  • E7
    Quality & configuration managementFrom ISO 9001 to AS9100D, opening aerospace supply chains.
    1 day

Full module outlines are available on request.

Training Packages

Pick the Outcome You Need

Ready-made combinations for the most common goals of UAS makers and operators, each tailored to your product and team.

Package 01 · Safety

Safe Operations Foundation

The risk assessments, operations manuals and safety analysis behind a safe, approvable drone operation.

B1B2B3A2
Package 02 · Compliance

Certification Ready

A certification plan and the development and safety evidence authorities and customers expect.

A1A2A3
Package 03 · Reliability & Cost

Reliable by Design

Right-sized assurance levels, a reliability budget and design trade-offs made on cost and risk evidence.

E1E2E3E5
Package 04 · Growth

Supply-Chain Ready

Quality systems, clear supplier specifications and local content evidence that help you win larger contracts.

E4E6E7
Our Trainers

Engineers Who Do This Work

An international team with civil airliner, eVTOL and UAS experience across Australia, Europe and Asia.

AA

Arfie A.E

CEO · Program Lead · Australia

Systems engineering, ARP-based documentation and SORA risk assessment. Aviation lecturer and the lead contact for every client.

CL

Certification Lead

Europe

Over 30 years in aircraft systems, development assurance and FAA and EASA certification, including leading airworthiness on a VTOL cargo drone program.

SS

System Safety Specialist

Europe

System safety assessment and fault analysis on eVTOL and electric aircraft programs.

EA

Engineering Analytics Specialist

Asia

Machine learning, design optimisation and uncertainty analysis. University academic with an extensive international publication record.

FO

Flight Operations Specialist

Asia

Over 30 years of flight operations, including UAV test flying and writing operations and pilot training manuals.

How We Deliver

Formats That Fit Your Team

Online, in-house at your site, or recorded modules with live Q&A, to suit your schedule and time zone.

In-House Course

Up to 12 participants, tailored to your organisation and product.

Public Course

Scheduled sessions for individuals and small teams.

Executive Briefing

Half-day sessions for managers and decision makers.

Follow-Up Clinic

Expert review of your own risk assessment, safety analysis or manual.

Participants receive a certificate of completion. Courses are professional development and can also be delivered in Bahasa Indonesia.

Build a Course Around Your Program

Tell us about your aircraft or operation. We'll recommend the modules that cut cost, improve reliability and raise safety, with a quote.