SAN JACINTO (CNS) - A program to provide pathways for students to
become certified drone operators qualified to fly for aerial surveys, data
collection and other missions will be available this spring at Mt. San Jacinto
College -- the only community college in the state offering the certification,
it was announced today."There are many, many job opportunities out there," MSJC Geospatial
Information Sciences Chair Roy Mason said. "That's why we're really honing in
on this. We want to get an inroad into that market."The new Drone Application Certificate Program will entail both
computer-based classes in the campus' GIS lab and hands-on flying with drones
operated by the college, according to Mason.The goal is to prepare students to become unmanned aerial systems
operator
