Sofema Aviation Services Completes the first of a series of training courses for South African Airways Technical SAAT on Friday July 18th. The objectives of the 2 day intensive  course was to re-enforce a comprehensive understanding of the requirements for both the QA & SMS systems including an understanding of the different types of audit applicable…

Root Cause Analysis may sound daunting but it is not intended to be. It is simply an organisational tool for conducting an investigation into any identified (Typically through Quality Audit) finding, problem, concern or non-conformity; of course it may also be used in dealing with incidents or accidents. In Root Cause Analysis we focus on…

Firstly to understand that Aviation Quality Auditing is focused on Compliance and the SMS is focused on Risk. Maintenance Human Factors concerns all the various issues which may have an impact on how people perform required tasks. Now to consider that each area is connected, means they are not independent from each other and that…

How to identify areas which need special attention and how to focus our efforts on making sure we can deliver in all relevant areas. Which areas of the organization need special attention? …and what do we mean by special attention? We may believe that we know where are key areas are, however the whole point…