Safety Management Systems (SMS) are an essential part of successfully operating in today’s aviation industry. This course introduces participants to the key tools to manage a performance-based SMS. The SMS processes examined in detail during the course are equally applicable to airline, airport and ATM operations. Course materials help participants streamline the operational and business processes of their companies, thereby demonstrating improved safety performance to their Board of Directors, insurance underwriters, their clients and customers, and the regulatory agencies that oversee them. Managers and staff from Safety & Quality Offices will particularly benefit from the course, as will representatives from Civil Aviation Authorities.

• Proactively manage safety
• Upgrade your company’s SMS tools
• Integrate SMS with other management systems
• Improve safety culture

The proposed course will be applicable for managers from the following aviation sectors:

• ANS Providers
• Airlines
• Airports
• Civil Aviation Authorities
• Aircraft manufacturers and maintainers
• FBOs

• Review of SMS principles and concepts
• Hazard Management
  • Hazard reporting programmes
  • Hazard analyses
  • Safety management databases
• Safety Management of Change
• Integrated Management Systems
  • Integrating QA Programs with SMS
  • Safety Planning & Business Planning
• Safety measurement