Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

901.219 (1) Every RPAS operator shall establish and maintain a training program that is designed to ensure that each person who receives training acquires the competence to perform their assigned duties.

(2) An RPAS operator’s training program shall include

• (a) indoctrination training;

• (b) initial and annual training, including training in respect of

  • (i) the models of remotely piloted aircraft operated by the RPAS operator,

  • (ii) remotely piloted aircraft servicing and ground handling, and

  • (iii) the procedures set out in the RPAS operations manual; and

• (c) a process for assessing the competency of each person who receives training and for evaluating the effectiveness of the training program.

(3) An RPAS operator shall ensure that any training provided to meet the requirements of this section is based on the content of the RPAS operator’s training program.

(4) No RPAS operator shall permit a person to act, and no person shall act, as an instructor unless

• (a) the person has demonstrated to the RPAS operator knowledge of the content of the RPAS operations manual; and

• (b) in the case of a flight training instructor, the person holds the pilot certificate required by this Part in respect of the operations to be conducted.

(5) No RPAS operator shall permit a person to act, and no person shall act, as an instructor unless the person has received, before the day on which the person begins to act as an instructor, training that includes the following elements:

• (a) the teaching and learning processes;

• (b) instructional techniques; and

• (c) the student-instructor relationship.