INTERNAL METHOD · UNSIGNED TRAINING PARTNERS
The course stack joins UAV architecture, Python, YOLO, flight control, Linux/ROS, embedded deploy, fused localisation and system delivery. Project evidence gates are the course acceptance gates. This page is not an open-enrolment advert.
The academy is the operating system for copying capability inside the programme. Confined-network inspection mixes mechanics, flight control, perception, gas, data and work permits. Training that “only flies” fails at the well-head. Hours, assignments and graduation therefore map to G1 / G3 / G5: structure can be repaired, data can be traced, a user flow can be compared.
Physical pipe flight needs a compliant site, supervision, kit and risk control. Simulation and rig first, then flight — so failure happens where it can be repeated, measured and stopped. A student who keeps only success clips does not pass, and those clips do not enter public promotion.
LEARNING STACK
From system judgement to mechanical / flight-control / AI integration, a student must explain limits, replay a test, keep failures and abort safely.
About 30 hours on AI UAV architecture and option comparison; 18 hours Python; 9 hours YOLO detection. Output: a system architecture and a replayable experiment. Comparison objects include crawlers, tethered UAVs and collision-tolerant platforms, so YOLO is not treated as the product on day one.
Assembly and flight control, Linux/ROS, model deploy from PC to embedded, scripted control and safety takeover. Takeover sits above trajectory tracking: loss of link, low battery, gas threshold and localisation confidence can all interrupt.
IMU, vision, LiDAR and gas time-sync; GNSS-denied localisation, avoidance, confidence and failure recovery. Long straight pipe with repeating texture, wet walls and dust are required degradation tests, not electives.
Structure, aero, thermal, sealing, DFM, FMEA, test and design review, forming a P1 prototype. Aligns with the mechanical centre’s 16-week course so two drawing sets do not appear.
SIMULATION FIRST
Before a physical pipe: digital environment, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, power rig, cage collision and recovery drill. Physical flight still needs a compliant site, supervision, kit and risk control.
EVIDENCE FIRST
Keep full logs, failure video, anomalies, versions, environment and measurement uncertainty. Success-only clips do not pass the course and do not enter public promotion.
CAPSTONE
A mixed group must finish an auditable pipe-task pack. The scoring sheet is public and maps to evidence gates, not a judge’s impression.
Collision, repair, rotor isolation, mass and assembly.
Sensor sync, calibration, segment index and raw files.
A controlled scene, a comparison flow, a value indicator and a review.
GOVERNANCE
Assignments feed the configuration library: CDR, FMEA, test reports, data dictionary. That gives TSSSU/ESS-class R&D filings an auditable process file, instead of a slide deck written afterwards.
The academy does not promise employment numbers and does not sell a certificate for a course that is not running. If a formal training agreement with BIAA or another body is later signed, the scope will be published on its own. Until then this page describes PipeGuardian’s internal capability-building method only. It is not a public cross-link wall and not a signed joint programme.
WHAT A WEEK LOOKS LIKE
The academy refuses twelve “innovation topics” at once. Confined-space training moves by closing, not by opening counts.
Example: this week only answers “un-caged, fixed cage and roll-cage blade damage at three speeds”. Output is a table, video hashes and a failure list. Next week may ask field of view. A YOLO class without a segment-level label rule stays on synthetic data and must not claim field defect recognition. A ROS class must include a loss-of-link topic and safety takeover, not only a circular trajectory in simulation.
That rhythm matches the evidence gates and the filing pack: process files appear as the work happens. The academy does not promise a certificate employment rate, and does not rewrite internal training as a certified training product.