Introduction to Airport SMS Training

Qualatech Aero Consulting Ltd. is a recognised service provider to the Canadian Airport Counsel for Safety Management and Human Factors Training.

The purpose of the QualaTech Airport Safety Management training course is to give participants a concentrated overview and update on Airport Safety Management principles and practices.  Additionally, the course will introduce practical implementation and documentation of a Safety Management System (SMS).  This knowledge will enable participants to review safety management arrangements at their own airport, analyze the assets and shortcomings, assess what needs to be accomplished and to manage the implementation and/or ‘on-going’ operation of a SMS.

QualaTech’s dedicated Airport SMS training course commences with a review of the requirements for safety management and the regulatory framework (including ICAO) within which a SMS must ultimately function and operate.  This knowledge is essential: not only to fully appreciate the fundamental issues in Airport Safety Management, but also to realize that the success of any SMS program, ultimately depends on a successful partnership/relationship between the regulator and the service provider.  Ideally, a SMS is a form of regulation/control that safeguards the public interest.  In an approved, implemented, functioning and regulated SMS, the best interests of the public (the customers) and the service provider are guaranteed.

Having clarified the purpose of safety regulation and the role of the regulator, including the latter’s relationship with the service provider, QualaTech’s SMS course then exemplifies the issues involved in implementing a SMS – including: day to day practical matters, safety assessment and the affiliated safety case, hazard identification analysis and risk assessment.

QualaTech’s Airport SMS course continues with a review of quality assurance and quality management in SMS, noting how they help develop a safety culture while contributing to the safety management process.  Following this is an explanation on issues related to safety auditing.

The final element of Part 1 deals with the key issues of economics and finance, examining in the process their relationship to safety.  Last but not least, the course also examines matters of culpability, negligence and the ‘duty of care’.

Having accomplished a complete study and review of all the elements of safety management, Part 2 deals with the national protocol for SMS and a wide range of operational airport Safety Management Issues, experiences and practical advice.  Also included where appropriate, is the vital issue of designing safety critical procedures.

COURSE OUTLINE

 The Course duration is three days consisting of Two Parts.

 Part 1.             General Airport Safety Management

            Introduction to Safety Management

Background and history
The role of ICAO in Safety Management
The role of the national regulator (e.g.TC) in Safety Management

Implementing and Managing a Safety Management System:

Safety Management Policy

Safety objective
Safety Management
Safety Responsibility
Safety Priority
Safety Standards and Compliance
Externally Supplied Products and Services       

            Safety Management Strategy

Safety Achievement
Safety Assurance
Safety promotion

  Safety Assurance and Safety Assurance Documentation

                     Elements of Safety Assurance (SA)
                     Performance
                     Indicators
                     Measurement
                     Review
                     Documenting the results of SA to ensure regulatory approval

  Risk management

Safety Assessments and Safety Cases
Hazard Identification
Hazard Analysis and Hazard Analysis Techniques
Probability – qualitative and quantitative
Risk Assessment and Tolerability
Mitigation and Risk Management
Safety Requirements

Quality as a component of Airport Safety

Introduction to Quality Management and Quality Systems
ISO 9000-2000
ISO 18001
ISO 14000
Validation, Verification, Certification

             Safety Auditing

Compliance review
Effectiveness of Risk Management
Competence of Personnel
Performance Indicators
The Audit Team
The Audit Process
Audit Reports and Follow-up.

            Economic, Financial and Social Issues

         The Cost of Failure
         The Benefit, Value and Profit of Safety
         The Duty of Care
         Culpability and Negligence
         Health and Safety
         Human Factors

  Part 2.             National SMS – Canada

 The six part protocol:

Introduction - Summary Description of the Safety Management System

Part 1   Safety Management Plan
Part 2   Documentation
Part 3   Safety Oversight
Part 4   Training
Part 5   Quality Assurance
Part 6   Emergency Preparedness

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Please contact QualaTech Aero Consulting Ltd. directly:
1-250-655-0987 or email k.greenqualatech.ca