Nowon District Office Employees Learn Drones to Promote and Implement Smart Disaster Administration

Selected 17 field staff from relevant departments needing drone use through preliminary survey... Practical training focused on simulation programs for immediate post-training application... Expanding smart administration using drones in promotion, disaster response, site management, and cadastral surveys

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Nowon-gu (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) has taken the lead in enhancing the drone utilization capabilities of its employees to increase the administrative use of drones.

Drones can quickly acquire high-resolution information at low cost, making them applicable in various administrative fields such as disaster and safety, land, environment, and culture.

Recently, with the rapid growth of non-face-to-face and contactless technologies due to the spread of COVID-19, the popularization of drones is accelerating even more.

In particular, thanks to rapid technological advancements, drones are becoming lighter, smaller, higher-performing, and more affordable, quickly overcoming previous drawbacks.

The district office judged that securing sufficient and stable personnel is most important to respond quickly to these changing trends and decided to conduct in-house capability training for employees.

In some local governments, although drones were secured because there were employees with certifications, cases have occurred where drones could not be utilized due to the absence of operators caused by the transfer of those employees, and this is to prevent such situations in advance.

Also, since the urgency, resolution, and accuracy required for each department's tasks differ, it is most efficient for the relevant personnel to acquire and utilize drone technology themselves.

The district selected a total of 17 field workers who need to use drones in their work through a preliminary demand survey.

For concentration, the training is organized into groups of 8 people, divided into the 1st and 2nd sessions, and conducted over two months each. Using the latest training simulator RealFlight 9, indoor virtual flight classes are held, followed by practical training in teams of two using four drones secured through the 2020 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport public project at the free flight zone in Jangam, Uijeongbu City.

The simulation training and on-site flight practice are conducted by internal staff who have rich practical experience producing promotional videos using drones at the district office and hold Class 1 certification.

The district office stated that since both the trainers and trainees are busy employees, the training course was designed to enable immediate practical use through short-term education.

The district plans to continuously strengthen employee capabilities and systematically manage drone operations. By continuously discovering and supporting drone use focused on promotion and disaster safety, it plans to expand drone administrative tasks to all departments and accelerate the creation of a smart city Nowon.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “We will strive to integrate drones, which can be applied to various future new industries and convergence, into various administrative fields to improve the efficiency of administrative work and promote advanced innovative administration.”

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