As one of a select number of community colleges approved for\nthe Securing Our Children\u2019s Future Bond Act, Warren County (NJ) Community\nCollege has elected to significantly expand its\u2019 Unmanned Aircraft Systems\n(UAS) career and technical education (CTE) program. Warren chose Unmanned Safety Institute\u2019s UAS\nCurriculum and Certifications for its\u2019 nationally recognized drone program due\nto the broad acceptance and recognition of USI Credentials by the commercial\ndrone industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warren County Community College recognized early on that\nunmanned systems technology (air, ground and sea) will serve as the core of\nfuture transportation systems. As such,\nWarren has committed to building an Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence at\nthe college\u2019s Phillipsburg Education Center, where they have earned several\nnational certifications from the FAA. \nWarren offers an Associate Degree in Unmanned Systems, a Certificates in\nboth Drone Piloting and Drone Maintenance & Repair and is adding degrees in\nGIS and Photogrammetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis grant allows us to prepare for the future in a field\nthat has boundless potential\u201d, said Dr. Will Austin, the President of Warren,\nand the college\u2019s Chief Pilot. \u201cThe\ngrowth of unmanned technology will be creating hundreds of thousands of exciting,\nwell paid; career opportunities and we want the Warren students to have the\nbest opportunity to prepare for leadership level participation in this\nimportant field. We chose to adopt the Unmanned Safety Institute\u2019s (USI)\ncurriculum and certification structure as it is the best representation of\nindustry\u2019s requirements for UAS pilots and other positions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USI\u2019s President and CEO, Josh Olds commented, \u201cWe are very\nhonored to work with Dr. Austin and the entire team at Warren County Community\nCollege as they have demonstrated a commitment to preparing their students for\nreal world UAS employment opportunities that is absolutely leading edge. I also recognize that this is only the\nbeginning of their major investments into growing their unmanned systems program. I believe that they are not just filling open\npositions in the marketplace, rather they are building the future leaders of\nthe unmanned systems industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The USI backed program at Warren College kicked of this fall\nwith 20 participating students in the first pilot course, and it is expected\nthat within one year there will be more than 100 students benefiting annually\nfrom this new relationship throughout multiple courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USI\u2019s Industry Recognized UAS Certifications Enhance Warren\nCounty Community College\u2019s CTE Program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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