11th – 15th November 2024
Spraying drone industry is developing very fast and constantly needs the supply of young operators. To become a professional and certified crop pilot you will have to pass over 100 practical exercises and successfully pass overall assessment.
Our experienced instructors will make sure each student/pilot gets maximum hands-on experience and knowledge to safely operate most advanced spraying drones.
Overview
5 days training to aknowledge everything related to agricultural and spraying drones
📅 11th – 15th November 2024
⏰ 9am to 5pm CET
📍 Barcelona Drone Center
🇬🇧 Language: English
📃 Competency Certificate
🛌🏼 Accommodation optional
👥 Capacity for 10 people
🏟 Singular venue
🔝 Top Speakers
🔅 Course powered 100% with solar energy
Syllabus
You will learn about:
Spraying Drone Practical Training
- Pre-flight actions
- In-flight procedures
- Post-flight actions
- Emergency/Contingency procedures (ERP)
- BVLOS operations
Spraying Drone application cases in Europe
- Farming
- Forestry
- Industrial
- Sanitary
Agricultural Mapping course
- Agricultural mapping theory
- Choosing optimum drone and mapping parameters
- DJI Mavic 3/Phantom 4 multispectral mapping workflow
- Pix4D data processing workflow
- Spraying mission planning in Pix4D upload to DJI
Basic Agronomy course
- Plant and soil types and structure
- Plant protection products and fertilizers
- Modern agriculture
- Use of spraying and mapping drones in agriculture
- Optimal drone spraying and spreading parameters
ROI calculation
- Total initial investment
- Job pricing
- ROI time calculation
- ROI time improvement
Cost price calculation
- How the cost price is formed
- One drone in a team vs Two drones in a team
- Hired personnel vs No hired personnel
Work day timeline
- Drone productivity comparison
- Spraying job time management
- Spraying efficiency improvement
Right equipment
- Drone performance comparison (DJI vs XAG)
- Optimum drone for the job – choosing best size and functionality
- Comparison of means of transport (trailer, minivan)
- Right accessories (mixer, generator, mapping drone)
- Comparison of source of clean water for spraying
Pricing Options
Course
- €1.600+ VAT
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- Access to all sessions
- Access to an intranet platform with all presentations
- Optional evening cultural activities
Preferred option
Course + Accommodation
- €1.875+ VAT
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- Access to all sessions
- Access to an intranet platform with all presentations
- Optional evening cultural activities
- 5 nights accommodation (Sunday to Friday)
- All meals for 5 days: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Instructors
His mission is to train future drone pilots and to promote the spraying drone application in European countries.
Aleksandrs Kurjans
Crop Pilot School founderTBC
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Crop Pilot school offers a variety of courses to support industry newcomers and guide them through the spraying drone operations start-up process.
The BCN Drone Center is a unique test site surrounded by the best environment and equipped with the best infrastructures to develop UAS operations, testing and training.
What you can do with spraying drones:
FARMING
- Spraying:
- Fertilizers
- Straw decomposition
- Pesticides
- Spreading:
- Cover crop seeds
- Catch crop seeds
- Fertilizers in granules
- Entomophagues
- Limacides
Forestry
- Spraying:
- Fertilizers
- Pesticides
- Animal repellents
- Planting new trees
Industrial
- Cleaning solar panels
- Spraying building roofs
- Transportation
- Painting greenhouses
Sanitary
- Street desinfection
- Anti-malaria treatment of endemic areas
Why Choose Us
Global reputation
300+ courses hosted, 5.000+ people trained from over 120 nationalities. Loads of networking!
Best in Class
We are the first and only Spanish LUC Certificate holders.
Experienced Instructors
Aerospace engineers, pilots and consultants with thousands of hours of experience
UAS Test Site
Incomparable venue and facilities. Practical and hands-on training guaranteed.
Establish Lifelong Connections
Classmates today, industry leaders tomorrow.
You will meet other participants from very diverse backgrounds, nationalities & sectors.
Continent
Europe
Americas
Asia Africa
Sector
Academia
Industry
Administration
Background
MSc
PhD
Other
Age
25 35
35 45
45 65
Participants’ Nationalities
People from +120 countries have already joined this course
Participants’ Reviews
The average rating score of the course quality by all-time participants is 9.1/10
LLuís Mª Tortras Armengol
ICT Technology Advisor
Barcelona
An interesting course that gives a detailed overview about the remote sensing technologies and devices that can be handeled and managed by a drones.
Fernando Jimenez
Programmatic Assistant at OMD
Colombia
Great course! Excellent instructors. Most of the course is practical which makes it more fun.
Máté Gajdos
Instructor at Hungarian University of Public Service
Hungary
Amazing courses, amazing instructors, definitely professional everything!!!!
Gibaek Shin
Police officer
South-Korea
It was a meaningful experience in a new city.I think I'd like to take another course next time.Thank you.
Solomon Musa
Nigeria
The course was quite interesting and i learnt a lot about process of flying drone in the EU
Andrés Flores
Professor at Universidad de Perú
Perú
If you want to learn about drone technology theory and practical aspects BCN has all you need. Segregated air space and classroom facilities are great, well selected speakers that transmit ideas about how to setup your drone on all aspects needed, aeronautical as well as payload requirements for various applications. The food is so good...
Felipe Balazs
Chile
Excellent training and learning. You can see passion in what they do.
Raimon Calabuig
Road exploitation at Government of Catalonia Territorial Services
Barcelona
The course has been very wide, where a lot of technic themes has been reached in deep. Great knowledge acquired thanks a great speakers. High level of technology shared in a site of reference. Hope comming soon the opportunity to participate on more advanced level course. Congratulations for your training courses!
Eduard Gómez
Aeronautical Engineering- Venturi
Barcelona
Very good job from the instructors involved . You can easily see that they like their job and make the students enjoy it! Hope to come back soon!
Sergio Fernández Roza
Spain
Although the times we are living it has been an amazing experience, an unbeatable professional environment, and an impeccable training that without any doubt I recommend it to anyone interested in this sector.
Safiyani Garba Yauri
Nigeria
Yes, with strong anticipation and believe that Remote sensing/UAV courses will be a sustainable technology in diversifying information/Agricultural activities especially in our third world nation.
Dave Kerrigan
Ireland
Very informative and knowledgeable presenters. Great to get an insight into an area I knew nothing about before.
Dr. David Strohschein
Harvard Professor
United States of America
The course was well worth my time. It provided a great opportunity to learn about modern UAV system design and operation; UAVs are much more than R/C aircraft and deserve special consideration. Considerable time was allocated each day to flying aircraft on the simulator and flying a small UAV on site.
Ian Asige Mweresa
Senior Remote Sensing Technician at RCMRD
Kenya
This course helped me appreciate drone technology much more. I interacted with users of drones from all around the world and was fascinated by the amount of work people have put in using drones for aerial mapping, cargo delivery and many robotic applications for the benefit of humanity.
Milton Nodier García Juliao
Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst.
Panama
It is an excellent course, where instructors offer valuable information to be able to operate drones safely and efficiently.
Miquel Contel
Analyst
Barcelona
I just finished the RPA pilot course and I’m sure I couldn’t have gone to a better place, a team of great professionals and enthusiastic communicators who have a passion for their work, excellent facilities located just one hour from Barcelona in a unique environment and full of material in perfect condition. 100% Recommended Thank you so much !
Gregor Calderwood
Lead GIS Analyst at Tullow Oil
United Kingdom
Extremely informative and enjoyable course. The facilities are excellent and the staff are all very friendly and helpful.
Solomon Musa
Nigeria
The course was quite interesting and i learnt a lot about process of flying drone in the EU
Suparna Jain
Agri and Water Specialist at IFC,World Bank
India
The course helped me progress into the application of drones in agri by having an overview of various technical aspects, having up to date information in the industry, being able to understand the real terms with very well balanced demonstration sessions.
Greg Darras
So smart and intense the UAV Remote Sensing Application 1-week session, exploring the whole innovative UAV channel from the flight and imagery acquisition to various applications. The BCN team (and speakers) is very professional and enthusiastic, and their Catalunya green site is really inspiring.
Sanket P Inamdar
Assistant Manager,R&D, Bharat Forge
India
The course is the best. Traiers are giving their 200% to teach you and the location and other things are fantastic.
Ramon Vilar
Barcelona
Jordi Santacana, in addition to being the best pilot in the world, is a simple and warm person. Professors Albert and Marc are great professionals who have helped me learn all the concepts of the course in an excellent way. And the instructor-student relationship has been unbeatable. It is noticeable that they are experts. I completely recommend BCN Drone Center, it is the best center to learn to fly.
Gabriel Sanya
Lead GIS Analyst at Tullow Oil
Kenya
It is a place where knowledge and skills are fused to model one to a competent pilot and an operator of drones. With highly endowed instructors, and lots of training hours both on the simulator and practically flying one is all that is required to transform any enthusiastic drone pilot to an excellent one. A true pioneer of UAS and champion for its future
Experience
It’s not all about working. Every evening, you will have optional activities such as wine tasting in a fine winery, visiting a cave, jogging through the woods, discovering old towns, or just relaxing at the hotel’s swimming pool…
Sponsors
Take the opportunity to network with decision makers and meet representatives from leading companies in the sector sponsoring the course.
FAQs
Transportation from/to BCN Drone Center
BCN Drone Center can only be reached by private car or taxi. Trying to arrive to the center with public transportation is complex and long… not recommended.
Taxi from the airport: 120€, 1 hour.
Accommodation
For only 65€/night + VAT, you will be able to stay at a hotel 5’ away from the BCN Drone Center: Hotel El Toll
The cost includes all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Online Platform
Upon registration, you will have access to the online platform. There you will find all the presentations of the speakers and a fòrum to chat with your fellow participants.
Work Opportunities
- The sector is booming, the drone industry is expanding and new job opportunities are constantly being created.
Request more information
courses@bcndronecenter.com
(+34) 648 042 847