Course Overview
Service providers, such as Air Operator Certificate (AOC) holders, Approved Maintenance Organisations (AMOs), and Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) etc, are required to implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) acceptable to State oversight authorities. These requirements are established in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 19 — Safety Management.
Aerosafe Africa’s SMS for Managers course is designed to equip managers with the knowledge, skills and professional judgement required to implement, operate and continuously improve an SMS within their organisation.
Instruction is delivered by a CAA-approved instructor with years of experience practicing SMS in the industry.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, the participant will be able to plan and implement, in a service provider, a Safety Management System framework as required in ICAO Annex 19 on Safety Management and State Safety Management Regulations.
Course Content
- Safety Management Fundamentals
- Organisational accident models and system safety
- Just culture and error management
- Building a positive safety culture
- SSP and SMS requirements
- State Safety Programme (SSP) framework
- Safety Management Systems (SMS) framework
- Compliance versus performance-based oversight
- Safety Risk Management
- Documenting hazards
- Safety risk analysis
- Risk mitigation/control
- BowTie risk analysis method
- Safety Performance Monitoring
- Acceptable Level of Safety Performance (ALOSP)
- Developing safety objectives
- Developing safety performance Indicators and targets
- SMS implementation
- Gap Analysis
- SMS implementation planning
- The management of change
- Safety review boards and Safety Action Groups
Target Group
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- Nominated Postholders (Heads of Operations, Maintenance, Safety, Quality)
- Departmental Managers and Supervisors
- Safety Managers and Safety Officers
- Quality Managers and Quality Officers
- Operational Control and Ground Operations Managers
- Maintenance Planning and Engineering Managers
- Heads of Training and Chief Instructors from Flying Schools
- Self-sponsored professionals seeking managerial-level SMS competence
Prerequisites
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- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a flight safety-sensitive function (such as post holder,
line engineer, flight operations officer, line pilot, etc.) within an aviation organisation. - Recommended ICAO English language proficiency Level 4 and above.
- Working knowledge of office productivity software (Word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations). - Ability to participate in practical exercises using a laptop computer.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a flight safety-sensitive function (such as post holder,
Qualification Standards
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- 80% class attendance.
- Successful completion of exercises
- Pass all mastery tests
- 70% pass mark in exam
Required Materials
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- Participants must bring to class a laptop which has functional office productivity software (Microsoft 365/Google Workspace etc.) and internet connection capability.
Delivery Methods
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- Classroom lectures
- Course notes
- Practical Exercises
Course Delivery Mode
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- Physical classroom training
- Delivered in English
- Highly interactive and competency-based
Duration
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- 5 Days (30 Hours of Instructor-Led Training)