Course overview
A Safety Management System (SMS) is an organized approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies, objectives and procedures.
The requirement for a SMS has now been embodied into Part 21 regulations for organizations responsible for the type design (Sub J) and/or production (Sub G) of aeronautical parts and articles
Product safety is determined by, and reflected in, the safety practices and behaviours in the workplace, as well as in the output of the product.
It is anticipated that IA9100 will mandate processes for a SMS
Organizations need to consider operator, process, and product safety to understand how safety practices and culture can affect the safety outcomes of the organization.
This 16-hour e-Learning practitioner course explains from scratch how to design and deploy an effective SMS
Course details
Definitions and preamble
Defining aviation safety terms & definitions
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
ICAO Annex 19 and SARPs
Fundamental safety principles and ICAO ‘SMS framework’
Applicability to design, production & maintenance
Exercise: Explaining safety-related terms
The ICAO ‘SMS framework’
The four components
4 Components and 12 Elements of a SMS
1. Safety policy
2. Safety Risk Management
3. Safety assurance
Interfaces between 2. SRM and 3. SA
4. Safety promotion
Quiz: Explaining the four functional components
Safety culture
Just Culture ~ Ethical Behaviour
AS9100 safety-related terminology & requirements
Safety & Product safety
Terms and definitions (AS9100)
Requirements (AS9100)
Relationship between the SMS and the QMS
Exercise: Explaining safety and product safety
Regulatory safety-related terminology & requirements
Aeronautical (type certificated) ‘products’
Definitions of aeronautical ‘products’
Aeronautical articles (parts and appliances)
Definitions of aeronautical articles ‘parts’ and ‘appliances’
Aeronautical ‘critical parts/components’
EASA – Design organization (SMS-related requirements)
EASA – Production organization (SMS-related requirements)
EASA – MRO organization (SMS-related requirements)
Exercise: Explaining regulatory SMS-related requirements
Safety policy
Safety policy purpose and commitments
Guidance for safety policy
Specimen safety policy (#1) – complex organization
Specimen safety policy (#2) – non- complex organization
Exercise: Acceptability of a safety policy
Safety objectives and goals
Requirements for safety objectives
Example of annual safety objectives
Guidance on safety objectives
Examples of quantified safety objectives
Exercise: Suggestions for realistic safety objectives
SMS documentation and the Safety Management Manual (SMM)
Focus of the SMS
SMS scope, personnel and documentation
Appointment of key safety personnel
Safety Manager’s role in SMS
Safety team, committee, action groups
Guidance materials (UK-CAA, ICAO, SM ICG)
SM-0001 – Guidance for ICAO Annex 19 framework
Safety Management Manual
SMS Manual contents (complex organization)
SMS Manual contents (non-complex organization)
Key questions regarding SMS documentation
UK CAA SMS guidance and gap analysis tools
Exercise: Assessment of SMS documentation
Hazard identification and risk analysis
Hazards/Events and Risks
Hazard/Event identification tools
The bow-tie diagram
Quick quiz: Hazards, Events and Bow-tie diagram
Exercise: Identification of safety hazards
Hazard log development and management
Safety risk management and mitigation
Hazard/Event risk identification
Hazard/Event taxonomy
Hazard/Event risk assessment
Risk analysis and quantification
Organizational risk assessment criteria industry example
Risk mitigation process
Exercise: Safety risk management, mitigation, management and mitigation
Safety assurance, performance, data & records, meetings and auditing
Safety assurance
Safety performance monitoring, measurement and review
Safety performance data
SMS records
Safety meeting terms-of-reference and cadence
Safety auditing and cultural surveys
Management of Change and Continuous Improvement of the SMS
The management of change
Continuous improvement of the SMS
Exercise: Management of change and continuous improvement of the SMS
Safety promotion, training, communication and awareness
Understanding safety promotion
The role of training, education and communication
Safety training and education
Safety communication
Role of ‘communication’ and ‘awareness’
Quick quiz: Safety promotion, training, communication and awareness
Emergency response planning
Emergency response plan
Emergency response planning process
Exercise: Safety promotion and Emergency response planning
Benefits of an effective Safety Management System
Air crash deaths – minuscule but don’t get complacent!
Benefits for organizations
Benefits for all stakeholders
Exercise: Benefits for organizations and stakeholders
Extended question and answer session
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Qualifications & benefits
This e-Learning course can be complete in 16-hours.
Downloadable certificate of successful completion, indicating the learning objectives have been met.