Aeronautical Training

• The operation and management of maintenance organizations activities require several organizational management systems in place, such as the economic and financial management, legal management, human resources management, management of the environment, management of quality, etc. Safety management systems have been included lately to the list of management systems of aviation organisations, which are involved in the provision of aeronautical products and services. Safety management systems have become unavoidably part of the business management of any organization and must be implemented with unrestricted commitment from the high management in terms of their obligation to develop and implement the SMS.

• The safety management system (SMS) for maintenance organizations, is a systematic approach for safety management, which includes organizational structure, lines of responsibility, policy, objectives, processes and procedures for the identification and analysis of safety deficiencies, hazards and their associated consequences, as well as for the control, elimination or mitigation of safety risks, including principles of safety assurance, management of change and the continuous improvement of the SMS. In order to reinforce the notion of managing safety as a business management process, the last International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, include provisions for the establishment of lines of responsibility throughout the organization, as well as for senior management.

• In addition, the requirements contained in the new Annex 19 – Safety Management adopted lately by the ICAO Council require States the responsibility to establish and maintain a State Safety Programme (SSP), which obliges air operators, approved maintenance organisations and other service providers to put in place a safety management system (SMS). Finally, the requirements impose on States the obligation to establish an acceptable level of safety for all activities and provision of services above mentioned.

Course objective:

• To provide knowledge on fundamentals and principles of safety in relation to safety management systems (SMS) and their applicability to maintenance organizations’ daily activities.

• To understand why vulnerabilities in aviation systems, the identification of safety deficiencies and hazards, their consequences, and the management safety risks, have a direct impact on the maintenance organizations’ activities and why basic requirements need to be established by a maintenance organization in order to proceed with the development of a safety management system (SMS).

• To implement all requirements associated with the different phases of the SMS planning and to develop and put into practice a structured SMS implementation plan for maintenance organizations, as well as the development of the safety assurance concept, management of change and the continuous improvement of the SMS.

Addressed to:

• Approved maintenance organization directors, maintenance safety officers, maintenance department managers, quality directors, ground handling services and personnel directly involved in daily responsibilities who need to know and work with this new safety management system in their organizations.

Price:

• 750 € (VAT exempt)

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