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Over the past few weeks we’ve been reporting on a growing trend in the construction industry, and in the roofing sector in particular – the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (aka UAVs and drones) to carry out roof inspections.  At the end of last week’s report, we promised that this week we would bring our readers some information on how to become a drone pilot and forge a cool career in construction without ever having to climb a ladder.  With new, drone-related jobs emerging regularly, now is the best time to embark on the training necessary to fly high in the future.

Last week we brought you some news of exciting developments in the roofing industry with the revelation that drones are increasingly being used to carry out detailed roof inspections without the need to access the roof.  A roof inspection would traditionally require access to the roof and, in many cases nowadays, this is only permissible by erecting scaffolding due to more stringent health and safety legislation that means that using a ladder to access work at height is only acceptable for short periods of less t