aviation services

Quality Assurance Auditing – how to ask effective questions

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April 29, 2011

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services offers Aviation Auditing delivered by highly professional instructors with many years auditing experience. Effective Questioning during the audit is very much within the control of the auditor. You have the attention of the audience (the auditee) and it is your responsibility to obtain the information necessary to make the correct determinations. So…

What should our Organisational SMS Training Program contain?

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February 21, 2011

Steven Bentley

A proactive Safety Management System depends on the commitment of all  employees to identify organizational safety hazards. To deliver this objective in an effective way requires the Organisational SMS to deliver a strong message to ever employee. The training objectives should include the organization’s safety policy and SMS fundamentals and overview. The contents should include…

Sofema Aviation Services – Aviation Safety Management System Training for Trainers

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February 12, 2011

Steven Bentley

Specific Training for your In Company Trainers. A Proactive SMS system has been mandated by ICAO since Jan 2009. The Development of Safety Management Systems SMS continues to gain in prominence and importance in both Airline Operations a Maintenance Organisations. Sofema Aviation Services is at the forefront of the organization specific Training for Trainers, based…

The Need for Aircraft Maintenance Competence Assessment & Training

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January 13, 2011

Steven Bentley

A discussion document by Steven Bentley MD Sofema Aviation Services Part 145 Organisations as well as Part M Organisations are required to demonstrate the management of competence.  Effective Competence Management should ensure that each and every employee has all the prerequisites to deliver effectively the work which they need to do. Sometimes this is not…