The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) and the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) signed an agreement so that "Customs can train its own drone pilots," official sources reported.
The signing of this agreement took place on Friday (19.05.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX) at the agency's headquarters (City of Buenos Aires), with "the objective of To deepen the training of customs personnel in key control tasks, within the framework of technological renewal promoted by the current administration," the DGA statement said.
In this regard, Guillermo Michel, the head of the DGA He assured that “the next step is for the Customs Office to be a training center to train our drone pilots.” According to Argentine Customs, such training will be provided to customs officers throughout the country, in tune with its dog program, Cuya school in Boulogne became a prominent reference in the regionCurrently, there are only two centres authorised by ANAC in the entire Argentine territory.
For her part, Paola Tamburelli, head of ANAC, said that “it is a great satisfaction that they can develop a training center: there is a lack of such in Argentina. They can help the entire national aeronautical system.” Thus, the agency that regulates civil aviation activities committed to developing specific courses to train customs personnel.
To this end, ANAC is requesting a series of specific requirements to be able to develop the training center, which Customs is already working to meet in order to have 20 new drone pilots by the end of the year. The agents who are trained will join the pilots who already work within the agency.
"The General Directorate of Customs continues to train its agents in line with technological advances in order to further professionalize all personnel," the same source stressed.
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