Make Safety a

System.

Safety Management System (SMS)

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 Definition Safety.

Defence against hazards endangering human life and material

Defence Countermeasures
Safety Standard = ------------ = -------------------------
Hazard Risk

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 Safety Management System (SMS).

SMS is defined as a systematic approach to

managing organisational safety, including the
necessary organisational structures,
accountabilities, policies, and procedures using
safety performance measurement.

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 Hazards & Defence Measures.

Example of Industry Hazards

Large amount of flammable liquids
High speed Safety
SafetyCulture
Culture
Great height (not lived)
(not lived)
No impact protection Training
Training
Extreme temperatures (forgotten)
(forgotten)
Low oxygen environment Maintenance Incident
Maintenance
Weather-phenomena (hectic) Accident
(hectic)
Third dimension Procedures
Procedures
Space confinement (incomplete)
(incomplete)
(human beings / m2)

Faulty
or missing
defence measures

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 Safety Management System (SMS).

Risk
External Hazard Risk Risk
avoidance/
Conditions identification assessment control
mitigation

Reactive Probability Define

Reports The likehood that Corrective Monitor
Accident Figures an unsafe event or Preventive effectiveness
Investigation condition might occur measures

Proactive Severity
Safety Audits The possible effects of
Organisational
Inspections an unsafe event or
Organisational
Influences Statistics condition, taking as
Influences
Unsafe Information Exchange reference the potential
Implement
Unsafe
Monitoring
Monitoring
Precursors
outcomes
Precursors Wahrscheinlichkeit
Pre vious sta tistical proba bility

Risk Matrix
Unsafe Never
happened in Happened in Happened in
Happened
often in the
Happened
often in the

Unsafe
Actions Factor
the indus try

2
the industry

3
the company

4
industry

5
company

6
A safety relevant Event happened. The situation

Actions was completely out of control and was only

managed because of fortune or coincidence. 12 24 36 48 60 72
Schwere des Vorfalls

A s. r. Event happened. The resulting hazards

could not be lim ited. The situation was only
managed, because no aggravating factors cam e 9 18 27 36 45 54
along. The last link in the failurechain was miss ing.
A safety relevant Event happened. The resulting
hazards could only be partially limited.
Severity

6 12 18 24 30 36
A safety relevant Event happened. The resulting
hazards could all be completely limited.
4 8 12 16 20 24
A safety relevant/irregular Event happened. The
development of all resulting hazards could be
avoided or there was no call for ac tion (For 2 4 6 8 10 12
statistic al reasons lik e birdstrike or diversion!).

Minimal Low Medium High Severe

Risk Level Definitions 1-10 11-20 21-35 36-50 51-72

Definierte Auswirkung auf Investigation durch HI/S

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 SMS Risk Management Process (1).

1. Identify the Hazards

Collect Information:
Reporting System
Staff Survey or Questionnaires
Safety Assessment/Audits
Statistics
2. Assess the Hazards (Categorisation, Evaluation)
3. Identify the Defences
4. Assess the Defences (Categorisation, Evaluation)
5. Critically examine to determine whether the risk is managed and
controlled

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 SMS Risk Management Process (2).

- Where are the hazards?

- What can happen?

- Is it a high or a low risk?

- Can we tolerate the risk?

- How can we minimise the risk?

- Is the defence effective?

- Are we improving?

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 SMS Components (Example).

- Safety Policy & Objectives

- Safety Hazard Identification

- Risk Management

- Safety Assurance

Key Performance Indicators

Safety Performance Indicators

- Safety Promotion

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 Changes to Existing Safety Programmes.

- Accountability of senior management

- Inaugurating an accountable company SMS manager

- Defining an organisational safety strategy

- Integrating an effective Risk Management

- Measuring, monitoring, evaluating safety standards

- Recording SMS activities

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 Conclusion.

- Safety-minded companies are also amongst the most profitable

- Devote resources more effectively

- Take (profitable) risks that others dare not run

- What costs money is not safety, but bad safety management.

(Prof. P. Hudson, Flight Safety Australia)

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 AQS solution your benefit.
Safety Management System Training by AQS Customized solutions by AQS

For For Process Customised

Operational Safety Oriented SMS Risk
Personnel Experts Training Management
(Data Collection,
Analysis, Risk
Control)

For For The Value of

Senior the Entire SMS in your
Executives Organisation Organisation
(WBT) (Safety Culture,
Reporting
Systems, Legal
Aspects)

Meet Compliance Requirements Benefit from Individual Strength

Optimum use of SMS Investments

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 AQS training - modules and content.
For Operational Personnel
- Sharpens the awareness of your staff
to potential threats and errors
- Imparts the fundamental knowledge for
the implementation of an SMS
For Safety Experts
- How to implement a SMS in your
company; pays back in the long term
with a positive ROI
- Equips with the necessary tools,
applied to realistic case studies

For Senior Executives For the Entire Organisation (WBT)

- Learn how to clearly optimise
processes using a functioning SMS
- Equips with the necessary knowledge
to make the right decisions in safety-
relevant areas
- Provides employees with the required
SMS knowledge
- Delivered individually on a computer
web basis. Upon completion, a
certificate can be printed for participant

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 AQS customer references.

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 Let us start the future of aviation safety and quality
management together.
We are looking forward to meeting you.

Aviation Quality Services GmbH

Department FRA DQ
Main Airport Center
Unterschweinstiege 10
60549 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 696 81739
Fax: +49 (0) 69 696 94160

Contact www.aviation-quality-services.com
contact@aviation-quality-services.com

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