{"id":19227,"date":"2021-08-22T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19227"},"modified":"2021-08-22T23:08:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T23:08:13","slug":"unmanned-safety-institute-issues-10000th-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/unmanned-safety-institute-issues-10000th-certification\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Unmanned Safety Institute Issues 10,000th Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vincent Collins served in the US Navy for over 5 years from\n2015 to 2020. After deciding to exit the military, he spent considerable time\nresearching career opportunities that could provide him with a challenging,\nexciting, and interesting career. Based on his search criteria, Vincent found\nthat UAS (drone) pilots were in significant demand and industry forecasts\nconfirmed that this could be a rewarding, long-term career opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collins\u2019 research further led him to a UAS Bootcamp Program\noffered by Gulf Coast State College and taught by the Unmanned Safety\nInstitute. He enrolled in the Bootcamp Program in Port St. Joe, Florida and\nearned his USI Safety Level 1 and 2 Certifications in March 2021. As the spring\ntesting season was in full swing, it wasn\u2019t until all the test results were in\nthat USI determined that Vincent\u2019s USI Safety Level 1 certification was the\n10,000th USI Certification issued since the program\u2019s inception in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When notified about this accomplishment, Collins remarked,\n\u201cI came to the UAS Bootcamp without any drone experience and have been\nextremely impressed with Gulf Coast State College and USI\u201d. He added, \u201cIt is\nnow easy for me to understand why USI Certifications are the most respected and\nrecognized by industry. Anybody can teach you how to fly a drone, but USI is truly\npreparing me to be a leader in UAS operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USI created the proprietary 3 stage Certification Structure\nto fill a huge void in the marketplace. Part 107 provides for one certification\nlevel across all commercial operations. Companies hiring Remote Pilots have\nvery specific requirements for experience, proficiency, and knowledge. USI\u2019s\ntiered certification structure, combined with digital badges (via Credly) can\nassure hiring entities that these candidates have documented proof of their\ncredentials. As the need for Remote Pilots in Command (RPIC) is growing\nsignificantly and the labor market does not contain enough qualified\nindividuals, USI has implemented its Certification Program in over 200 high\nschools and colleges across the country. This growing list of schools is\nproducing thousands of qualified UAS pilots and other needed positions per\nyear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USI President, Josh Olds commented on this achievement,\n\u201cVincent Collins is a perfect example of someone who can apply a well-rounded\nbackground and education to their rigorous UAS training and be market-ready\nupon the achievement of USI Certifications. In fact, he is so impressive that\nUSI has already hired him to provide support to our UAS Bootcamp, OEM Training,\nand nationwide academic programs\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vincent Collins served in the US Navy for over 5 years from 2015 to 2020. After deciding to exit the military, he spent considerable time researching career opportunities that could provide him with a challenging, exciting, and interesting career. Based on his search criteria, Vincent found that UAS (drone) pilots were in significant demand and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19229,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227\/revisions\/19229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}