Safety Management Systems (SMS) Introduction & Overview Training Course

Course Outline

Aims

The Aim of the course is to improve safety within the aviation industry and specifically provide company employees with:

• a good understanding of how organisations manage safety, and how an SMS will improve this
• an understanding of their roles and responsibilities within an SMS and how they can contribute to improving safety performance
• the knowledge and motivation to allow them to assist with SMS implementation and ongoing improvement in safety performance.

Objectives

The objectives of the course are:

1. To enable delegates to understand the role of the regulator and specifically SMS regulatory requirements
2. To enable delegates to understand why accidents occur and what measures are taken to prevent accidents
3. To give delegates the ability to describe an SMS and how it works  

Benefits

The benefits of attending the course are:

1. For delegates to understand the concept of System safety and know their safety responsibilities within the system
2. For delegates to be clear about the setting and use of safety goals, and their place within the organisation’s and State’s safety programmes.
3. For delegates to understand the importance of behavior in maintaining a positive safety culture
4. For delegates to be able to contribute effectively to improving company safety performance

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed at Flight & Ground Operations, Maintenance Facilities, Aerodromes & Air Traffic Control, Managers, Operations Staff, Training Staff, General employees and Interested parties. 

Key Topics

The key topics of the course are:

• Regulatory Overview
• Safety Management
• Accidents, Incidents & Occurences
• SMS
• Safety Performance
• Safety Culture
• Discussions

Materials

All Avisa’s courses are highly practical and include numerous exercises which are specific to the trainees’ needs and focus on their relevant job function.

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