Under the umbrella of many SMS compliance agencies, an operational risk profile (ORP) is a requirement that is the core of your hazard, risk, and control measure accountability. That’s another way of saying that all risk mitigation “resources” are identified in your ORP.
But what are risk mitigation “resources?” These are any elements that are relevant to risk exposure and risk reduction. Resources can be:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Continuous improvement in aviation SMS programs in the formal process by which safety programs correct substandard safety performances that have been identified. Correcting substandard performance has several basic elements:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Ultimately, choosing between custom-built, in-house aviation safety management system (SMS) software and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions comes down to three key considerations:
The first question you need to ask yourself is: What problem are you trying to solve?
Topics: Aviation SMS Database
Safety reports in SMS programs are your primary weapon for communicating safety information to stakeholders. Safety information will be catered to stakeholders.
Stakeholders are simply anyone who you need to communicate safety information to, such as:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
In aviation safety management systems (SMS), reported safety issues and audit findings are run through an operator's documented risk management process. During this process, additional mitigation measures must be applied to safety concerns whenever the risk is either:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Different organizations will have different requirements when they review safety issues. Whether or not you are reviewing low-risk issues is up to you. While we recommend reviewing all issues, the reality is that due to time and resource constraints, this is not always feasible. The important point here is that you will decide which issues to review based on their risk assessment.
At the least, you should review:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
A new SMS program means adopting a new safety program in your organization. This new safety program can be an entirely new risk management program where one did not exist before. This new safety program can replace an old SMS, such as in the case of switching SMS programs.
Both scenarios involve significant (if not total) overhaul to the existing way of doing things in an organization.
Topics: Risk Management Training
In layman's terms, Just Culture in aviation SMS programs is an organization’s commitment to focusing on learning and improving in the light of unsafe acts, as opposed to blaming and punishing.
In many ways, just culture is a commitment that is as much documentation and policy as it is actions on the part of management.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
“Safety culture” is an ambiguous phrase that gets thrown around a lot.
Sometimes we use it when we talk about poor safety awareness when employees behave ignorantly on the ramp or around dangerous situations.
Sometimes we use it when we talk about corporate culture or lack of upper management support whenever we see competing business priorities and demands taking precedence over safety concerns.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
Changing to a new SMS program is a challenge that organizations will inevitably face at least once, and probably more. What does this involve? Chang to new SMS program usually involves the following:
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
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