Historically organisations have relied on a single person to manage safety although the phrase is perhaps misleading, in reality organisations had a person who is essentially responsible for following up in the event of a report being issued.
What we are now being presented with is a new way of doing business.
Where the organization has a system for managing safety on an organizational level where the role of the Safety Manager becomes the focal point for managing the safety office which in turn is responsible for gathering and processing data.
The primary reason that SMS is described as a system is that the process operates in such a way as to gather data, analyze this data determine risk and allow the relevant responsible person to consider the appropriate behavior once the risk is understood.
Once a system is in place which is able to identify weaknesses and pressure points in the organization it becomes possible to work towards not only continuous monitoring but continuous improvement.
Everyone in the organization (means each and every employee) has a role to play in delivering the Safety Management System. The challenge is to provide the necessary support guidance and motivation and leadership to ensure this is achieved in an economic and viable way.
Our goal should be to achieve zero accidents and incidents. In doing so we recognize that we will have much opportunity to consider risk and constantly work to reduce this risk, in addition we will continue to address Incidents when they happen and take appropriate actions to ensure they do not happen again.
We also have to develop processes to actively “hunt” for the problem before it is manifested as an incident.
During this training we will consider the benefits of the processes which are driven by ICAO as a means to minimizing the risk within our organization.
The concept of a part time Safety Manager is difficult to reconcile in a fully implemented Safety Management System.
We will also consider the relationship between Quality and Safety and the need to ensure effective co operation within the organization to maximize the effectiveness of the Safety Management System.
We will consider the importance of managing competences and of the management of the organisations training need to ensure that the training is appropriate and effective.
Finally we will consider the importance of gathering data and identifying anything which has the potential to harm the organization its business its finances or its employees. To ensure this data is considered and analyzed by the Safety Office and passed to the appropriate manager or responsible person for mitigation.
Sofema Aviation Services – SAS www.sassofia.com are pleased to offer the following specialized trainings to support your ongoing training and SMS implementation requirements.
For details or to reserve your training please email office@sassofia.com or visit www.sassofia.com
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Airline, Maintenance Organisation, Quality and Safety, Aviation Safety, aviation services, US employee
