Safety Management Systems Initial
About Course
COURSE DURATION: 5 Days Initial
COURSE DEPLOYMENT: Classroom & Online (Learner Paced)
TARGET GROUP:
- Airport Safety Managers and Safety Personnel
- Airport Emergency Managers and Personnel
- Airport Ground Handling Managers and Personnel
COURSE AIM:
The aim of this is course is to provide the participants with the necessary knowledge, skills, and aptitude in
developing, implementing and managing a Safety Management System, as well as measuring its performance
in a medium to large aviation company.
COURSE OBJECTIVES – UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
• Develop the student’s knowledge of safety management concepts and ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs) on Safety Management as per ICAO Annex 19 and ICAO Doc 9859.
• Develop the student’s knowledge to oversee the implementation of the key components of a basic SMS,
in compliance with the CARs Part 140.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 12
PASS MARK: 70%
AMOUNT CLASSROOM: Negotiable
AMOUNT ONLINE: (PER DAY; PER LEARNER): R 5000 (Excl. Vat)
MODULE 1: SAFETY MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS
- Concept of safety
- Evolution of safety
- People, context, and safety
- Error and violation
- Safety culture
- Management dilemma
MODULE 2 : HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY REPORTING
- Safety reporting and investigation
- Safety data collection and analysis
- Hazard Identification
- Safety Risk Mitigation
MODULE 3 : SAFETY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
(SARPS) – ICAO ANNEX 19
- State safety management responsibilities
- SSP framework
- SMS Framework
- Prescriptive and performance-based requirements
MODULE 4 : SAFETY DATA
- Safety data collection, analysis and exchange
- Guidance for safety information
- Integration of management systems
MODULE 5 : SMS IMPLEMENTATION
- SMS Organization and accountabilities
- SMS gap analysis
- SMS Integration
- SMS manual and records
- SMS Committee and Administration
- Safety policy and objectives
- Emergence response planning
- Hazard Identification and voluntary reporting system
- Safety risk mitigation
- Management of change
- SMS disciplinary policy and procedures
- Safety data processing and analysis
- Occurrence reporting and Investigation
MODULE 6 : CABIN SEARCH AND RESCUE
- SMS safety performance
- SPI and ALoSP development
- SMS training programme
- Safety information sharing and exchange
- Internal and External SMS Audit Module Framework: provide the participant with knowledge on the following:
- Development of SPIs,
- Development of SPI charts,
- Target settings,
- Safety performance monitoring and
- Establishment and achievement of ALoSP