Working on slopes thick with red pine outside Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet on Tuesday, a crew armed with hatchets and chainsaws took some of the thinnest and youngest trees marked for harvest with orange ribbons.
FDLTCC is the first tribal college to offer remote pilot certification for drone flight operations. Photo by Tom Urbanski
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC), in partnership with Pine Technical College, is offering a simplified course that prepares individuals to earn the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Remote Pilot Certificate in commercial drone operations.
“This is a new course for us to offer at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and it is certainly an exciting topic to present,” says Tess Dandrea, customized training representative at the college. “Real-world applications for drone operators continue to expand at a rapid pace and operators need to complete approved training courses and pass the FAA test to legally pilot and fly a commercial, remote device.”
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