With the development of low-altitude economy, drones are widely used in many fields such as agriculture, public security, surveying and mapping, transportation, etc., which has significantly increased the demand for drone controllers in various industries. A staff member of a drone training organization in Shenzhen said that since the beginning of this year, many companies have come to their doorsteps and asked the training organization to deliver drone-related talents to them.
Lin Tingting, head of enrollment at a drone training institution in Shenzhen, Guangdong:Currently, the fields of faculty, power patrol, urban intelligent systems and aerial surveys are relatively good, theSalary packages range from 8,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 dollars.The
The staff introduced that the number of people coming to learn has become more, on the one hand, due to the wide application of drones in all walks of life; on the other hand, it is also related to the Provisional Regulations on the Administration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flights, which came into effect on January 1 this year. According to the regulations, in addition to light and miniature drones, which can fly in the green airspace within 120 meters of the true height, that is, non-controlled airspace, without a flight license, other small, medium and large drones, the controller should obtain the appropriate level of the Civil Aviation Administration license before they can legally fly.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), as of June this year, the number of drones with real names registered nationwide had reached 1.875 million. In the first half of this year, there were nearly 608,000 newly registered drones, up 48% from the end of last year, while just over 225,000 people had drone controller licenses, up just over 30,000 compared to 194,400 at the end of 2023. According to calculations by the authorities, theThe current employment talent gap for drone operators in China is as high as 1 million peopleThe
At the same time, the massive talent gap has also brought fire to drone training organizations, and the demand for instructors has increased significantly.
Inside a drone training organization in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, training covers multi-rotor, fixed-wing, vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing, and unmanned helicopter types. In terms of UAV pilot ratings, in addition to instructor"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)Generally, there are two types of drivers: in-sight drivers and over-sight drivers.The number of students coming for the higher level of over-the-horizon pilots, or captains' licenses, is significantly higher. There were significantly more students who came to learn the higher level of over-the-horizon pilot, or captain's license.
The staff of the training organization said that the training business of the organization has expanded sharply this year, and many instructors have been sent to some units on a fixed-term basis for resident training. At the same time, the social end of the training business is also growing rapidly.
The spurt in the number of trainees has also led to a significant increase in the demand for instructors in training institutions. The head of the training organization said that100+ hours of captain experience and two years of experience required for instructor license. Currently, in order to alleviate the shortage of instructors, they are also continuing to identify and train excellent instructors from among the students.
The next move in the low-altitude economy
On October 12, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and other 15 cities and a number of central enterprises jointly announced that in the future, they will also build a national low-altitude integrated operation platform and create 100 industry benchmarking demonstration projects.
Industry experts have introduced that low-altitude application scenarios require upward coverage of ground-based network signals to a height of hundreds of meters, and more than 330 cities in China have already launched the latest 5G-A network deployment.It will create the world's largest low-altitude communications network.
How to ensure safe flying in a rapidly growing low-altitude economy?
The three-day Second CAA Aviation Conference officially kicked off on October 25th. At the meeting, the relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said that safety is the bottom line and red line of low-altitude economic development, and that the CAA will promote the integration of the flight service guarantee system by relying on new technological innovations to escort the development of low-altitude economy.
