Safety Management Systems for Engineering and Maintenance
The course aims to impart learners witha wide-rangingknowledge aboutSMS, history of SMS and its evolution, ICAO regulations, SMS components and responsibilities, SMS levels and implementation, gap analysis, hazard identification, risk assessment and controls.Upon completion of the course the trainees will have the essential awareness required to develop a safety management system tailored to his / her organization For those from organizations that already have safety management programmes in place, the trainees will be able to critically review, compare and contrast, evaluate, and improve existing plans and programs from a safety management system perspective and make the required improvements and gap fills. The instructional methodology blends and couples classroom lectures with presentations, group activities and relevant case studies.
5 Days
Target Audience:
This 5 Day course is designed and intended for personnel assigned to safety and safety-related positions in an aviation maintenance organisation, airline, an on-demand charter, an aerodrome, a military flying activity who may be new to safety or Safety Management Systems or to those who would like a comprehensive review of SMS fundamentals in order to review, evaluate, build, or improve upon a safety management plan.
Course Modules – 5 Days Training
- Getting Started
- Introduction to Safety
- History and Evolution of Safety
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)
- Why SMS?
- Accident Causation & James Reason’s Model
- What’s in it for you?
- Business Benefits –Parallels between business, safety and quality management
- Case Study
- Safety Culture – Where does your organization sit?
- Five Key ingredients of an effective Safety Culture – (Flexible, Informed, Just, Learning & Reporting)
- Benefits of an Effective Safety Culture
- ICAO Framework
- SMS Component & Responsibilities – (Safety Policy & Objectives, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance & Safety Promotion)
- Case Study
- Hazard Identification – (Types of Hazards, Analysis, Documentation)
- Risk Assessment, Controls& Risk Mitigation
- Role of Human Factors in an SMS
- SMS Standardization & Principles of Quality Management
- SMS as a Safety Tool Box
- Jargon Busters – (Abbreviations, Acronyms and Definitions)
- Wrapping Up