PART 107 TRAINING
- Self-paced, all-online training with no live instructor interaction
- On-line, scheduled live webinar with live instructor for interactive discussion and in-depth learning
- In-person (your location or ours) with a live instructor.
Any of the above may be combined for individual requirements. It is very common for organizations to combine a live webinar over two days, and a live instructor on-location for a third day, combined with practical flight training on-location. Although our success is (currently 100% pass), new pilots that have experienced a hybrid program (online plus in-person training), express a solid confidence prior to taking the FAA Knowledge Test/Exam that has our attendees demonstrating an average of 88% score! Whatever your preference, just ask for more information
PRACTICAL FLIGHT TRAINING
Beginning at 8 a.m. on a Monday, by mid-day Wednesday of the same week, students will feel confident and proficient in most basic UA operations, ideal to step into Automated Flight for accident scene reconstruction, construction site capture, inspections, and other automated processes. Many organizations will train for basic flight over three days, adding post processing such as Pix4D as a Day Four and Five training, allowing pilots to be capable of manual flight, automated capture, and post-processing, all within a five-day time frame. Practical training is often combined with a Part 107 Course for a robust, five day “Zero to Hero” training program that ensures organizational safety, best practices, and pilot competency.
ADVANCED PRACTICAL TRAINING
Each class comes with a book on flight applications and common flight techniques.
This course is particularly applicable to Real Estate pilots, land developers looking for the best presentation images in their pitch deck, inspectors flying high and tight on obstacles in moderate/high winds, or those flying near volatile surfaces such as urban buildings, powerlines, dams, etc.
This program uses our proprietary post/bucket/lattice training system with timed responses, allowing certification of pilots once they're able to successfuly fly within the parameters of the course challenge, demonstrating competence, confidence, and focus.
Other Advanced Training programs include Night Flight, with theoretical and practical training to prepare pilots to apply for a 107.29 (Daylight Waiver) with the FAA.
Risk mitigation (ISO Standards) is a component of this training course, informing pilots of best practices and aircraft management in challenging environments.
POST-FLIGHT SOFTWARE TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
A few of the tools/processes we teach:
Pix4D: (mapping, modeling, RTK, GPS, outputs for GeoTiff, Contours, DSM, DTM, etc are all components in this one, two, or three-day course. We also train accident scene reconstruction, forensic capture, capture/processing for construction sites, inspection, and other common applications for the UA). Online or on-location training available.
Video editing: (processing codecs, color correction, broadcast data management are all included in this one or two day training program. Online or on-location training available.
Photo Processing: (Managing photos, re-composition of images, best practices for photo journalism, storage, watermarking, and more are part of this half or full-day program) Online or on-location training available.
Data-Management: (Storing, archiving, accessing data standards is important, particularly in a corporate or enterprise environment. Standardized methods of file nomenclature, storage, backup, and in some instances, logged access to data files is very important, particularly when dealing with large amounts of large-format data such as those video and image files captured from UAS).
Stood up in 1994, the team of SMG instructors have been providing training and growing our knowledge base to be shared with our clients. In our ranks we have Emmy, Grammy, DuPont recipients, nationally acclaimed Search and Rescue Instructors, Law Enforcement officers, Construction Supervisors, ground instructors, military UAS pilots, certified ISO auditors, all who are deeply experienced UAV pilots. We sit on FAA panels, CompTIA panels, advisory councils, and community boards.
The diversity of our nation-wide team ensures training programs that are standardized for specific vertical applications, and we offer books, guides, videos, and best-in-class instructors for practical and theoretical workshops. If we do not have a standardized program to fit a specific need, we’ll create one.
We offer instructor/examiner services that follow national standards, where instructors are trained to teach at a standard of excellence, ensuring all members of any organization are trained to, evaluated, and executing the best practices possible.
Here is additional information on our “Train the Trainer” course (Instructor Certification)
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- 107 Online Training with Live Instructor
- 107+Basic
- Basic Flight Maneuvering and Technique
- Advanced Flight Training
- Advanced Flight Maneuvering and Techniques
- Night UAV Flight (Planning/Executing)
- Flight Planning: Automated/Mapping Flight
- Flight Planning for Automated Inspection
- Risk Mitigation& sUAS Decision-Making
- Integrating UAS for Enterprise/Business
- Intro – Drones at work in Municipalities
- Drones for City Planning (Corridors/Roads/Water Runoff/Drainage)
- UAS for Journalism/Reporting
- UAS for Broadcast/Small Production
- Introduction to Aerial Cinematography
- Post-Production for Aerial Photo/Video
Public Safety Focused
- Traffic/Accident Scene Capture/Workflow
- Night Forensic Scene Capture DEMONSTRATION
- Night Forensic Scene Capture*
- Tactical Flight Ops (Outdoor) Theory & Practical
- Tactical Flight Ops (Indoor) Theory & Practical
- Flight Planning for Security Operations
Post-Flight Training
- Introduction to Aerial Mapping Techniques
- Practical/INTRO Pix4D
- Advanced Pix4D
- Planning & Flying Techniques for Pix4D
- 3-Day Pix4D Course (INTRO/ADV+Risk Mitigation)
- Breaking down CODECs
- Post-Production on your Aerial Photos & Video
Other Services from SMG
Our roots grew from production-focused instruction, working with some of the most recognizable names in television and film production. As our offerings have expanded, we have grown and refined our production training to reflect technology changes and broader distribution of media in today’s world of social media, short form informational broadcast, and compressed information.
With a combinant time of over 100 years in the aviation industry , our instructors are passionate about aviation-focused instruction. With classes based in theory and practical instruction, Sundance Media Group offers vertical-specific educational programs ranging from basic cinema-oriented flight skills to detailed mapping-focused flights for pre-construction surveys, to accident scene reconstruction techniques, our programs may be achieved as either instructional enhancements or full-certification programs.
Risk-management is a fundamental of our programs, and we are able to assist in bringing any corporate policy/procedure/operational program to an ISO-level, and we provide ISO-grade training programs.
From standing up a program from zero to augmented instruction for recertification/currency, to instructor/examiner programs to train individuals in any organization, training is where we began nearly a quarter-century ago, and we continue to set the standard of excellence in this field.
For the web, broadcast, corporate distribution, or documentary, we offer training programs that will take virtually anyone from zero to hero in no time. From the basics of camera composition to guaranteed lighting recipes/techniques, to shooting for the edit and creating the edited form, our workshops span a single day to a four-day workshop with a fifth-day testing/certification challenge. With Grammy, Emmy, DuPont trophies on the shelves from our instructors, we offer full-day audio workshops that will entirely shift how attendees “hear” a room, capture intimate to thick audio, and leave every shoot with all components needed not only for great audio, but also how to prep a room, how to capture “repair” audio, and how to coach interviewees for confident, editable soundbites, providing impact and confidence in any interview or talking head scene.
Whether it’s a film set, corporate shoot, sUAS film set, sporting event, or any other event where humans, cables, electrical sources, and even sUAS may congregate, risk follows suit. Many organizations require ISO certifications, and SMG can help assess policies, procedures, and operational standards prior to bringing in an ISO auditor. We also offer a single full-day course in risk assessment/risk management for small-scale film crews and UAS operations.
Why Choose SMG?
- Fully responsive training team available via phone, email and text post-class
- Standardized training for ISO compliance
- The most experienced training team that exists in the USA, with over 26 years of training operation
- Multiple instructors across the nation
- We offer free support because we care about your program as much as you do.
What Clients Say About SMG
Amazing team and top class support, as I’m a beginner, Douglas helped me above and beyond and was more than patient, his responses were quick and he has a genuine care for you to enjoy and move forward with drones and processing! Highly recommended!
Douglas, Jennifer, Joanne, and John are an incredible team. We brought them in for a five-day training with our team, including Risk Mitigation, 107, Basic Flight, and Advanced Flight training. Our Training Sargeant sat in on some of their classes, and afterwards commented it was the best CE training he’d ever seen from an outside team. He immediately approved funding for us to bring SMG back to the East Coast for Night Flight and Forensics training.
Let me say something. You have an amazing team and amazing/awesome support. They helped me on a weekend. This is what I call an “extra mile” in customer relationship. So I gave 5 stars for the training and if I could, I’d give 10 stars for post-training support.
We first met SMG at NAB in 1998. Douglas was the instructor of a production class. We’ve hired them for various training programs over the years and our public services messaging has drastically improved due to their tutelage.
We attended our first UAS classes in 2012 with Douglas and his team, and we’ve since begun a great program that has now involved our Zoning department being trained by SMG. Our city is expanding use of drones thanks to SMG helping us become comfortable with the technology.