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Overview
The WBK Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) process offered by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences has been created to guarantee safety of manned aircraft a well-established process exists.
Key Facts:
- The topic of safety for unmanned aircraft has been under discussion for several years. The approach cannot be the same as for manned aircraft for many reasons.
- To complicate the situation, the availability of cheap components and the potential versatility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have led to the creation of many small manufacturers and operators of UAVs.
- It is not uncommon that the personnel of these companies do not have any experience of the safety process for manned aircraft.
- In this scenario, certification authorities, such as EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), want to establish clear rules that will guarantee the safety of UAV operations.
- Their intention is that these rules should not prevent the development of new UAV-based applications and that they should not be complex enough to require an extensive aviation background. This effort has led to the creation of the SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) process.
- This continuing education course includes various activities such as lectures supported by practical examples, and days where the concepts discussed are applied to real case studies.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
Day 1
- UAS operation
- Safety in aviation (manned vs. unmanned)
- Qualitative and quantitative approach to safety
- Bow-Tie model
Day 2
- SORA
- Concept of operation and robustness
- Ground risk class and mitigations
- DAL and SAIL
Day 3
- OSO and SAIL
- the air risk model
- Nominal collision risk and DAA
- Off-nominal risk, failures and Air SAIL
Day 4
- Case study 1
- Case study 2
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Zürich, Switzerland
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
The SORA course is organized in order to address quite a large audience:
- Manufacturers or operators that want to be familiar with or apply for the SORA regulation
- Professionals that wants to understand how the new SORA process works
- Professionals that are requested to control or to operate alongside UAV operations, such as air traffic controllers, police, pilots, etc.
- Representatives of safety agencies that are requested to enforce SORA
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Tuition Fees
Living costs
Zürich
Switzerland
1920 - 2572 CHF / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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