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Drone Pilot resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what drone pilots actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most drone pilots should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Drone Pilot with a CASA Remote Pilot Licence and experience across surveying, agriculture and infrastructure inspection. Skilled at planning safe flight paths, capturing aerial imagery and processing data into maps and reports. Works comfortably in field and office settings, maintaining aircraft and complying with aviation regulations.
Key skills
- Flight planning and airspace approval
- Remotely piloted aircraft operations
- Aerial imagery capture and processing
- Surveying and geospatial data analysis
- Regulatory compliance (CASA CASR Part 101)
- Operations management
- Field inspection and testing
- Plant and equipment operation
- Data analysis
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Attention to detail
- DJI Pilot
- DroneDeploy
- Pix4Dmapper
- ArcGIS Pro
- QGroundControl
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned and flew remotely piloted aircraft for mapping and inspection projects, coordinating airspace approvals and weather checks before each flight.
- Processed aerial imagery using Pix4Dmapper and ArcGIS Pro, delivering accurate maps and reports that supported client decisions.
- Maintained aircraft, sensors and batteries, keeping flight records and ensuring compliance with CASA regulations.
- Monitored battery, signal and weather conditions during flights, adjusting plans to maintain safety and data quality.
- Worked with surveyors and engineers to capture geospatial data across mine sites and construction projects, reducing the need for manual inspections.
Education
Bachelor degree in surveying, geospatial science or aviation, or a Diploma of Aviation (Remote Pilot), plus a CASA Remote Pilot Licence (RePL).
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- CASA
- Remote Pilot Licence
- RePL
- Remote Operator's Certificate
- ReOC
- CASR Part 101
- RPAS
- UAV
- drone
- aerial survey
- photogrammetry
- geospatial
- DJI Pilot
- DroneDeploy
- Pix4Dmapper
- ArcGIS Pro
- QGroundControl
- flight planning
- NOTAM
- airspace approval
- data processing
- safety compliance
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.