Course overview
A SMS is an organized approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies, objectives and procedures.
The requirement for an 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.
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 practical course and workshop explains how .. .. ..
Course details
Introduction
Definitions and preamble
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
Quiz: Explaining safety-related terminology
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: Relationship between just culture & ethical behaviour
Regulatory safety-related terminology & requirements
Examples & definitions of aeronautical ‘products’
Aeronautical articles (parts and appliances)
Definitions of aeronautical articles ‘parts’ and ‘appliances’
EASA – Design organization (SMS-related requirements)
EASA – Production organization (SMS-related requirements)
Quiz: Regulatory SMS-related terms/regulations
Safety policy
Safety policy
Guidance for safety policy
Specimen safety policy (#1) – complex organization
Specimen safety policy (#2) – non- complex organization
Safety objectives and goals
Requirements for safety objectives
Guidance on safety objectives
Examples of 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
Guidance materials (UK-CAA, ICAO, SM ICG)
Safety Management Manual (SMM)
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: Contents of SMS documentation
Hazard identification and risk analysis
Hazards/Events and Risks
Hazard/Event identification tools
The bow-tie diagram
Quiz: Hazards, Events and Bow-tie diagram
Safety risk management and mitigation
Hazard/Event risk identification
Hazard/Event risk assessment
Risk analysis and quantification
Risk mitigation process
Exercise: Safety risk management, mitigation, management and mitigation
Safety assurance, performance and auditing
Safety assurance
Safety performance monitoring, measurement and review
Safety auditing and cultural surveys
Exercise: 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
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’
Quiz: Safety promotion, training, communication and awareness
Emergency response planning
Emergency response plan
Emergency response planning process
Benefits of an effective Safety Management System
Air crash deaths – minuscule but don’t get complacent!
Benefits for organizations
Benefits for all stakeholders
Afterword
Receive your Training Certificate
Who should attend
Accountable Managers, Safety Managers and Supervisors/Team Leaders who need to create, deploy, maintain and audit a Safety Management System (SMS)
Deliverables & benefits
Create and maintain an effective Safety Management System (SMS) to meet in full the new regulatory requirements for organizations holding Part 21 Sub J (Design) and Part 21 Sub G (Production) approvals.
Meet the applicable AS9100 series requirements for a Safety Management System (SMS).