Training

ICAO Regulations and National Regulations require that from January 2009 all Airlines, Air Traffic Service Providers, Approved Aviation Maintenance Organizations and Aerodromes implement a Safety Management System (SMS). Such a system is necessary in order to manage operational risks and keep high safety standards in all aviation operations therefore reducing aviation accidents and incidents.

Recent cases indicate that appropriate implementation of SMS can also offer operational and financial benefits to aviation organizations.

The course has been developed based on the ICAO SMS course. It uses the ICAO model of establishing a SMS and the ICAO SMM ( 9859)  as a reference. The course has been enriched with information such as the latest developments in SMS requirements and with recent experience from aviation organizations that have implemented SMS

All lines management  (Managers including CEO) to obtain basic knowledge and skills for promoting, implementing and a safety management system in aviation organizations. And who wish to obtain an understanding of the implementation of SMS and their role in this process.

•     Identify the key concepts of ICAO approach to SMS
•     identify how SMS are being effectively applied in Airlines
•     Explain the needs for and benefits of SMS
•     Outline the philosophy of safety management
•     Get management’s and the workforce’s support and involvement
•     Identify the key personnel in SMS implementation and their roles
•     Describe the basic elements of an safety management system
•     Apply a SMS gap analysis process (compare what we have with what we should have)
•     Apply principles of hazard identification and risk management
•     Develop and run safety committees and action groups