Safety managers are busy people. After all, they are constantly ensuring SMS documentation requirements are appropriately managed for all four pillars of the aviation safety management system (SMS).
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Roles in aviation SMS are used to categorize different responsibilities of employees in your safety program. Each role in your SMS will be responsible for different areas of your SMS, including different duties to fulfill those responsibilities.
The idea of a safety management system (SMS) is something those of us in the aviation risk management industry use as if an SMS were one solid “thing.” But a safety management system is actually made up of multiple ideas, packaged into a single, functioning effort for better aviation safety.
Topics: 1-Safety Policy, Quality-Safety Management
Most safety managers don't have the luxury of a healthy safety reporting culture in their aviation safety management system (SMS). Managers daily struggle to boost their monthly safety reporting metrics by up to 10% of employees, or one report per month for every 10 employees.
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Formally documenting your SMS means creating an “official” record of your SMS. Official records are simply aspects of your SMS that you document and save to use later,
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Goal-setting is required for every ICAO-compliant aviation SMS program. The objective of goal setting is to
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Technology for a lot of organizations is a key asset, as it is seen as an advantage in the competitive environment; however,
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, Aviation SMS Database, 1-Safety Policy
Aviation safety managers are among the most articulate group of all aviation professionals. I don't have all the answers to why this group is so:
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An aviation safety policy is a document in safety management systems that outlines the core, important safety information that underlies your SMS.
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It’s no secret that many if not a majority of all aviation accidents are a direct result of a lack of communication. Generally, we think of lack of communication as
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