Part 102 Operational Competency Assessment (OCA)
Course details
About the course
The OCA is how a pilot with a Part 102-level qualification gets inducted onto an organisation's operator certificate (UAOC) and stays current on it. It's a required step on the agricultural pilot pathway. It's needed every 12 months while you're flying under a UAOC.
The course focuses on the skills that matter more as you get experienced: Threat and Error Management and hazard awareness. It finishes with a practical flight assessment. Passing it also resets your Part 102 Drone Pilot Certificate expiry to two years.
If you hold a Part 102 Drone Pilot Certificate but aren't flying under a UAOC, it works as a refresher too.
What you'll learn
- Applying Threat and Error Management to your own flying
- Identifying hazards specific to the operations you fly, and controlling them before take-off
- Managing the risks that come with growing experience
- Working within the exposition of the organisation you fly under
- Refreshing your Part 101 and Part 102 knowledge in an operating context
Fees: $629 excl GST, plus examiner travel costs if applicable.
Duration: 12 months from purchase to complete the theory and flight assessment.
Delivery: Theory refresher online, flight assessment in person.
Buy online: dronetrust.co.nz/products/part-102-oca-operational-competency-assessment
Entry requirements
A Part 102 Drone Pilot Certificate, from DroneTrust or an equivalent Part 102-level provider. You need to be at least 16.
*This course is not available to international students.
About the provider
DroneTrust is a CAA Part 141 certificated aviation training organisation (TR104722). We've been training drone pilots in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and the United States since 2018.
The theory for our certificate courses is online and self-paced, so you can start the day you enrol and study around work. This makes it a convenient, affordable exercise, and throughout that time, you can be confident we are here to support you and help you achieve your desired outcome. Each certificate then finishes with a practical flight assessment in person, with one of our 22 examiners from Northland to Southland. Before you meet, your examiner is told how your exam went and which areas you found harder.
Our courses run from the Part 101 and Part 102 Drone Pilot Certificates through to specialist ratings for agricultural spraying, chemical handling, night flying and building cleaning. We also help organisations write the exposition they need to apply to the CAA for their own operator certificate (UAOC).
You can buy any of our courses online at dronetrust.co.nz and start straight away. Not sure which one you need? Send us an enquiry and we'll help you work out your pathway.