Operators working within mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors are increasingly required to align with the Flight Safety Foundation Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS).
For RPAS operations, this includes alignment with:
A standard ReOC Operations Manual is not sufficient on its own.
Uncrewed Approvals provides a BARS-compliant documentation package designed to meet these elevated expectations while remaining practical for real-world operations.
BARS-RPAS is an extension of the Basic Aviation Risk Standard, adapted specifically for remotely piloted aircraft systems.
A CASA-accepted Operations Manual demonstrates regulatory compliance.
BARS requires a higher level of maturity.
This includes:
Meeting this standard requires a deliberate, system-level approach — not incremental updates to existing documentation.
Our BARS-compliant package is a fully integrated documentation system, designed to meet audit expectations while remaining operationally usable.
Your Operations Manual is built on our CASA-approved plain English framework and extended to incorporate BARS-RPAS requirements.
This ensures:
BARS requires a level of procedural detail that typically extends beyond what is appropriate within a CASA-accepted manual.
We provide:
These documents sit outside the Operations Manual, providing flexibility without compromising compliance.
Traceability is central to audit success.
We provide a comprehensive mapping document that:
Preparation is critical.
We provide a structured checklist that allows you to:
Operators attempting to meet BARS requirements without a structured system often encounter:
A properly designed system ensures:
We develop documentation that is both audit-ready and operationally effective.
We assess your current documentation, operational profile, and client requirements.
We align CASA requirements, BARS-RPAS expectations, and practical operational needs into a single system.
We build your Operations Manual, supplementary SOP suite, and supporting materials.
We provide structured traceability and pre-audit readiness tools.
We ensure your documentation is understood, applied, and ready for audit.
BARS compliance is not achieved through documentation alone — it requires system design, structure, and traceability.
We don’t prepare documents in isolation — we build:Professional, aviation-grade RPAS operational systems
This package is designed for operators who:
BARS compliance is increasingly becoming a baseline requirement for high-value contracts.
A structured, audit-ready system positions your operation to:
No — BARS is not a regulatory requirement for all operators. However, it is increasingly expected by major clients, particularly within the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
In some cases, yes. However, most manuals require significant restructuring to meet BARS-RPAS expectations.
The BARS (RPAS) standard introduces 93 elements that either exceed or expand on CASA baseline requirements, requiring a more detailed and structured approach to documentation.
Not necessarily.
In practice, many BARS (RPAS) requirements are more effectively addressed through supplementary SOPs and policy documents that sit outside the CASA-accepted Operations Manual, allowing for greater clarity, flexibility, and audit alignment.
As part of the audit process, you will be provided with the official BARS audit question set.
Operators are expected to demonstrate where each requirement is addressed within their documentation.
The mapping document provides:
1. Direct references to relevant sections of your manual and SOPs
2. Clear traceability between your documentation and BARS requirements
3. A structured framework that enables efficient audit verification
If you are preparing for enterprise work or an upcoming audit, we can help you build a structured, audit-ready documentation system.
