Safety Management System
The course is designed for those responsible for developing, implementing and assessing the air operators’ safety management system. This course aims to provide comprehensive training in SMS by developing and expanding delegates’ knowledge and understanding of safety management concepts in accordance with ICAO Doc. 9859 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012. Delegates will acquire the knowledge to help develop the safety management system, including how to write the manual, implement key components of a basic SMS and assess the operators’ SMS using SM ICG/EASA Management Assessment Tool. The course is highly interactive and promotes SMS industry “best practice".
Course Content
This course will address the following points:
ICAO Safety Management System Requirements - Annex 19 to the CC and ICAO Doc. 9859
EASA Management System Requirements - Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012
Introduction to Commission Regulations (EU) No 376/2014 & (EU) No 2015/1018
Scope of the safety management system
Safety policy and objectives
Safety accountability of the accountable manager
Safety responsibilities of key safety personnel
Documentation control procedures
Safety culture
Safety data collection and processing systems
Safety analyses
Hazard identification and risk management
Flight Data Monitoring Programme integration into the SMS
Safety action planning, safety action group
Safety performance monitoring
Incident investigation and reporting
Emergency response planning
Management of change
Safety promotion
SMS implementation planning
Case studies and practical exercises