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Centrik has expanded into
South Africa, one of the world’s most highly regulated aviation markets.
An industry first, it has
solved both the manned and unmanned operational management challenges for
Premier Aviation (PA), an aerial survey company based near Pretoria.
Premier Aviation adopted
Centrik after recognising that it could manage both its AOC and ROC (Remote
Operator Certificate) simultaneously - making Centrik the world’s first aviation
management system to manage both manned and unmanned operations in one package.
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Centrally managing all its
Air Operations has simplified a huge administrative burden for PA and has taken
them way beyond basic compliance. Centrik is also enabling them to evidence
process and procedural excellence to both the Regulator and the highly
safety-conscious clients of the mining, engineering and construction sector.
Under South African CAA
regulations, commercial UAS operators are subject to some of the most rigorous
levels of oversight in the world with just 11 ROCs issued across the country to
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Centrik provides complete
management for Premier Aviations aerial surveying UAS operations. |
Robin Kock,
Flight Operations Manager, Premier Aviation, says: “UAS operations in South
Africa require a ROC, which demands the same level of commitment to and
oversight of Safety and Quality Systems as an AOC in manned aviation. Centrik
eases this huge compliance challenge and lets us get on with our core surveying
business safely and efficiently.”
As the only ICAO-compliant
operational management system for both manned and unmanned aircraft, Centrik
allows Premier Aviation to easily ensure compliance across the entire aviation
business. Built for UAS operators exploiting its heritage in manned aviation,
Centrik enables operators to satisfy the requirements of a Regulator moving to
Risk and Performance Based Oversight (RBO) at the click of a button.
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Premier Aviation also uses
Centrik to manage its manned operations. |
Centrik covers all aspects
of UAS management in one, integrated package. It provides complete visibility
over all aspects of operations and it can be used to evidence processes and
procedures to clients and regulators easily and efficiently.
Kock says: “We were
immediately impressed with how easy Centrik was to use, but more importantly,
how powerful it would be to have all our operational data in one place, at our
fingertips – no more searching through box files, spreadsheets or emails! Merely
being compliant is not enough. Thanks to Centrik, we can now demonstrate our
operational excellence to both clients and the Regulator, with a few clicks of a
button - it’s a huge time saver and business enabler.”
Established in 2007, Premier
Aviation, part of the Premier Group, is unique in offering aerial survey support
to the mining, engineering and construction sectors using both manned and
unmanned aircraft or drones. |
