Safety Management System (SMS)
1. What is Safety Management System?
Safety Management System (SMS) is the formal, top-down business approach to managing safety risk, which includes a systemic approach to handling safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures.
Safety Management Systems (SMSs) for product/service providers (certificate holders) and regulators will integrate modern safety risk management and safety assurance concepts into repeatable, proactive systems. SMSs emphasize safety management as a fundamental business process to be considered in the same manner as other aspects of business management.
Example of SMS
SMS in Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS) found in Annex 6, Part 2 specify that a SMS requirement be incorporated into national safety regulations for operators of non-commercial aircraft over 12,500 pounds maximum takeoff weight or turbojet powered aircraft. The compliance date for ICAO Member states to begin implementation of these standards is November 2010. Annex 6 Part 1 of the ICAO Standards, applicable to commercial operators, required Member states to indicate their plans for compliance beginning on January 1, 2009.
By recognizing the organization 's role in accident prevention, SMSs provide to both certificate holders and the national aviation authority e.g. (CAAS):
A structured means of safety risk management decision making
A means of demonstrating safety management capability before system failures occur
Increased confidence in risk controls though structured safety assurance processes
An effective interface for knowledge sharing between regulator and certificate holder
A safety promotion framework to support a sound safety culture
Safety begins from both the top down and the bottom up. Everyone from the receptionist, ramp worker, pilot, manager, and CAAS Inspector has a role to perform.
SMS is all about
Safety Management System (SMS) is the formal, top-down business approach to managing safety risk, which includes a systemic approach to handling safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures.
Safety Management Systems (SMSs) for product/service providers (certificate holders) and regulators will integrate modern safety risk management and safety assurance concepts into repeatable, proactive systems. SMSs emphasize safety management as a fundamental business process to be considered in the same manner as other aspects of business management.
Example of SMS
SMS in Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS) found in Annex 6, Part 2 specify that a SMS requirement be incorporated into national safety regulations for operators of non-commercial aircraft over 12,500 pounds maximum takeoff weight or turbojet powered aircraft. The compliance date for ICAO Member states to begin implementation of these standards is November 2010. Annex 6 Part 1 of the ICAO Standards, applicable to commercial operators, required Member states to indicate their plans for compliance beginning on January 1, 2009.
By recognizing the organization 's role in accident prevention, SMSs provide to both certificate holders and the national aviation authority e.g. (CAAS):
A structured means of safety risk management decision making
A means of demonstrating safety management capability before system failures occur
Increased confidence in risk controls though structured safety assurance processes
An effective interface for knowledge sharing between regulator and certificate holder
A safety promotion framework to support a sound safety culture
Safety begins from both the top down and the bottom up. Everyone from the receptionist, ramp worker, pilot, manager, and CAAS Inspector has a role to perform.
SMS is all about
References: http://www.nbaa.org/admin/sms/ http://aviationknowledge.wikidot.com/aviation:accident-causation-model http://www.faa.gov/ http://www.safteng.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 http://omniairgroup.com/sms_resources.html