COURSE DURATION: 5 Days Initial

COURSE DEPLOYMENT: Classroom & Online (Learner Paced)

TARGET GROUP:

• Airport Safety Managers and Safety Personnel
• Airport Emergency Managers and Personnel
• Airport Ground Handling Managers and Personnel

COURSE AIM:

The aim of this is course is to provide the participants with the necessary knowledge, skills, and aptitude in developing, implementing and managing a Safety Management System, as well as measuring its performance in a medium to large aviation company.

COURSE OBJECTIVES - UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Develop the student’s knowledge of safety management concepts and ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) on Safety Management as per ICAO Annex 19 and ICAO Doc 9859. • Develop the student’s knowledge to oversee the implementation of the key components of a basic SMS, in compliance with the CARs Part 140.

MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 12

PASS MARK: 70%

AMOUNT CLASSROOM: Negotiable

AMOUNT ONLINE: (PER DAY; PER LEARNER): R 5000 (Excl. Vat)

MODULE 1: SAFETY MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS

• Concept of safety
• Evolution of safety
• People, context, and safety
• Error and violation
• Safety culture
• Management dilemma

MODULE 2 : HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY REPORTING

• Safety reporting and investigation
• Safety data collection and analysis
• Hazard Identification
• Safety Risk Mitigation

MODULE 3 : SAFETY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (SARPS) – ICAO ANNEX 19

• State safety management responsibilities
• SSP framework
• SMS Framework
• Prescriptive and performance-based requirements

MODULE 4 : SAFETY DATA

• Safety data collection, analysis and exchange
• Guidance for safety information
• Integration of management systems

MODULE 5 : SMS IMPLEMENTATION

• SMS Organization and accountabilities
• SMS gap analysis
• SMS Integration
• SMS manual and records
• SMS Committee and Administration
• Safety policy and objectives
• Emergence response planning
• Hazard Identification and voluntary reporting system
• Safety risk mitigation
• Management of change
• SMS disciplinary policy and procedures
• Safety data processing and analysis
• Occurrence reporting and Investigation

MODULE 6 : CABIN SEARCH AND RESCUE

• SMS safety performance
• SPI and ALoSP development
• SMS training programme
• Safety information sharing and exchange
• Internal and External SMS Audit Module Framework: provide the participant with knowledge on the following:
  • Development of SPIs,
  • Development of SPI charts,
  • Target settings,
  • Safety performance monitoring and
  • Establishment and achievement of ALoSP