Get the skills you need to launch a future-ready career with our new Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Diploma program.
Get ready for your career to take flight
Designed to equip you with the knowledge and experience to operate drones across various commercial sectors, you'll feel confident to take on pivotal roles within your organization, leveraging RPAS technologies to meet and exceed business objectives and client needs in many rapidly evolving fields.
You’ll graduate from this program with the skills needed to launch your career as a professional drone pilot and with demonstrated expertise in the planning and execution of complex RPAS missions.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.