Responsibility n. the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. (Oxford Dictionary)
Most of us learned about responsibility as children. Our parents gave us responsibilities like walking the dog or loading the dishwasher. As adults, we’re responsible for paying our bills, finishing our tasks at work, and doing the laundry.
Topics: Quality-Safety Management
Fishbone diagrams are a lesser known but very effective risk management tool in aviation safety management systems (SMS).
Fishbone diagrams get their name because of their fish-like appearance, with several fins and a head. Each “fin” or “branch” of a fishbone diagram describes a different element of the safety issue, such as “Man” and “Machine.”
Topics: Risk Management Software
Passing aviation safety audits is absolutely critical for safety managers, not to mention the accountable executive who is ultimately responsible for aviation safety management systems (SMS) performance.
Their jobs may depend on satisfactorily managing both:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
Understanding the fine lines between various stages of safety events in aviation risk management processes is extremely important.
Aviation safety management systems (SMS) have become so successful if not for the sole reason that they have taken an analytical, systematic approach to risk.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Aviation safety managers must be prepared for a never-ending chain of audits. This is a fact of life, whether you are working at:
Topics: 3-Safety Assurance
The aviation safety manager (SM) is the individual charged with developing, monitoring, and improving the safety management system (SMS) of the service provider.
The safety manager acts as the primary reference point for safety management issues in the organization. Safety professionals must understand risk management processes and much more.
Appointing a safety manager is a crucial step in establishing the SMS' organizational structure and planning for the aviation SMS implementation.
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Whether you are a pilot or an aviation maintenance engineer, many tasks require focused attention to detail. It doesn't require a human factors training company to tell you that disastrous results may occur when workers are unable to maintain focus on their tasks.
Aviation safety managers must recognize how important a role distraction plays in their aviation safety management systems, particularly:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
Teamwork is a word used often in the workplace. We’ve all heard that it’s important to work together. Why cover the same ground again?
Lack of teamwork can have serious safety consequences. In aviation, our jobs affect others. Even when we seem to be working on our own, our work ties into other parts of the operation.
Safety is part of being a good teammate and teamwork plays a key role in safety. As such, we all take on responsibility for being good teammates and keeping each other safe.
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Unlike those who study and create safety management systems (SMS), to the average employee these programs can be boring.
It’s not that the average employees don’t value safety, it’s just that they need to see how these programs are beneficial to them personally.
So how can we change our safety culture and encourage participation in aviation safety management systems? Below are six ideas on how to get people involved:
Topics: 4-Safety Promotion
Simply put, the hazard reporting process is the primary mode of data acquisition in aviation safety management systems (SMS). Being such, a poor hazard reporting process can literally break your SMS. If that sounds unrealistic, it’s not.
Without data:
Topics: Aviation SMS Database
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