A2 CofC study plan

Distinguish hazard, risk and accident in at least 10 UAS scenarios and label each correctly

Apply a five-step risk-assessment process (identify, assess, mitigate, decide, review) to three realistic flight scenarios

Explain how the accident-causation chain (latent conditions, unsafe acts, defences) applies to a typical drone incident

List the main safety hazards of UAS operations (people, property, other air traffic, environmental, technical) and rank them by severity and likelihood

Write the pre-flight safety briefing you would give to a helper or observer on site

Classify airspace types (controlled, uncontrolled, restricted, danger, prohibited) and state what each means for a small UAS flight

Interpret a sample NOTAM/AIP text and extract every item that affects a planned flight

Explain UAS geographical zones, including the difference between prohibited, restricted and authorised areas and how to check them before flight

State the rules for flight near aerodromes, airports, heliports and other protected sites, including required distances and permissions

Identify who to contact and what permission is needed to fly in a restricted zone, and record it in a flight log

Explain how fatigue, stress, dehydration and workload degrade pilot decision-making, and describe two countermeasures for each

Apply the hazardous-attitudes framework (anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, machismo, resignation) to five written scenarios

Describe the limitations of human vision and hearing relevant to keeping the aircraft in visual line of sight and detecting other traffic

Outline a structured decision-making model (e.g. DECIDE) and use it to work through one in-flight emergency scenario

Explain how situational awareness is lost and rebuilt, including attention tunnelling and complacency

Build a complete pre-flight checklist covering site survey, weather, airspace, aircraft condition, battery state and crew briefing

Describe in-flight emergency procedures for lost link, loss of GNSS, low battery, fly-away, sudden wind increase and a person entering the operating area

Explain the role of a remote pilot and observer in maintaining separation, and write the verbal call-outs to use

Demonstrate a structured post-flight debrief and logbook entry, including occurrence reporting

Complete a timed mixed practice test on air safety, airspace, human performance and operational procedures

Distinguish the open, specific and certified categories and state why most recreational operations sit in the open category

Differentiate subcategories A1, A2 and A3 by aircraft mass, distance from uninvolved people and required pilot competence

State the privileges and limitations of the A2 Certificate of Competency, including the A2 distance rule and the transition rules

Explain operator registration, remote pilot competency requirements, minimum age and the rules on visual line of sight and maximum height

Classify 15 mixed operational scenarios into the correct category and subcategory and justify each choice

Explain how mass, maximum take-off mass and payload affect category limits, endurance and handling

Calculate endurance and range from battery capacity, consumption and a safety reserve for a given aircraft

Describe the behaviour of lost-link, return-to-home, geofence and low-battery failsafes and their dependence on correct configuration

Identify performance limitations imposed by wind, temperature, altitude, precipitation and GNSS availability

Perform a pre-flight performance and weight check for a specific aircraft and decide whether a planned flight is within limits

Apply data-protection principles (lawfulness, purpose limitation, minimisation, storage limitation, accuracy, integrity, accountability) to drone image capture

Explain how to inform people that recording is taking place and how to handle a request for access to or deletion of footage

Describe privacy-by-design choices such as retention periods, secure storage, access control and avoiding unnecessary capture

Distinguish the main insurance concepts relevant to UAS operations, including liability cover, scope, exclusions and certificate evidence

Identify security threats to UAS operations (cyber compromise, control-link interference, geofence tampering, theft) and the countermeasures for each

Re-test every weak area recorded in the error logs from weeks 4 and 7

Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions

Explain aloud, without notes, the rule for each of the eight domains that you most often got wrong

Consolidate all one-page artefacts into a single revision pack you can re-read in 30 minutes