Safety Management Systems (SMS) Resources
I would like to share with you a company offering SMS Guides, Audit Manuals, Self Evaluation tools, and reporting & tracking software called the Air Charter Safety Foundation.
They offer some great resources including important information to help support the implementation and on-going operation of your SMS. This includes a FAA SMS Framework Guide, ICAO Safety Management Manual, Industry Audit Standards manual, and Pre-Audit Self Evaluation Checklists.
They also offer AVSiS, a no cost safety event reporting and management system for FAA-certificated Part 135 operators and Part 91K-authorized fractional program managers. Pilots, line employees, maintenance staff and all other employees are empowered through AVSiS to report safety information to the company safety manager for development of mitigation and intervention strategies.
You can get more details at their website www.acsf.aero
Seems like a awesome resource, I would love feedback from anyone who has tried their offerings.
ShareThisTHE USC AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAM INTRODUCES A NEW COURSE- SMS FOR MANAGERS
The success or failure of an SMS is directly dependent upon support from the management cadre of an organization. The USC Aviation Safety and Security Program has developed a SMS training course for managers and supervisors. This course explains the fundamentals of SMS and why the system works. It focuses on the particular functions and responsibilities that managers have within a SMS. The particular benefits to an organization are detailed. ICAO standards and FAA guidance are reviewed.
This is a ten-hour course conducted over a period of two days. Classroom instruction is held for six hours on Day 1 and four hours on the morning of Day 2. The schedule optimizes management focused learning and allows managers partial days to devote to their normal responsibilities.
The course is offered as an off-campus contract course or as a residential course at our Los Angeles campus.
For further information please contact the USC Aviation Safety and Security Program at aviation@usc.edu or the Program Director at 310-342-1345.
The ACFS site is worth a visit to download the literature on SMS. Under the product tab, select SMS resources...
There's a nice overview "FAA Introduction to SMS." It's 8.24MB ppt, not 42MB that the site shows
A very good example of SMS information and a toolkit is on the Australian CASA website at
http://www.casa.gov.au/sms/toolkit/
Transport Canada regulations require the aviation industry to put safety management systems in place as an extra layer of protection to help save lives.
TC SMS link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/sms/menu.htm
And ICAO has SMS information here: http://www.icao.int/anb/safetymanagement/
NBAA SMS resource information and Prototypical Manuals: http://nbaa.org/admin/sms/
HAI (Helecopter Association International) has a video titled Developing a Safety Management System on their website at http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2481
They also have a toolkit to help you develop your own SMS at http://ihst.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1870
The Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) and Executive Jet Management (EJM) have finalized an agreement whereby 80 operators that provide supplemental lift for EJM will undergo the Foundation’s Industry Audit Standard (IAS) starting next month and concluding by the end of 2010. The 80 operators that will be audited under the ACSF Industry Audit Standard range from small and medium size operations to the largest Part 135 on-demand air charter companies.
Washington, DC, February 4, 2010 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today released Twelve Steps to an Effective Safety Management System: A Review of the Fundamentals, which outlines the basic steps necessary to prepare a comprehensive and effective Safety Management System (SMS). With a formalized SMS, any commercial or non-commercial aircraft operator can proactively identify and mitigate potential safety risks.
This is just one in a series of resources NBAA makes available to help operators comply with the new International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) SMS requirements for large and turbo-jet operations. However, “NBAA advocates that aircraft operators of all sizes implement an SMS – even those only flying domestically,” said Doug Carr, NBAA Vice President, Safety, Security and Regulation. “That is why we are making these guidelines available to all members of the aviation community, not just NBAA Members.”
The International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) incorporates a full SMS system scalable to operations of all sizes that conform to private or commercial regulatory structures. IS-BAO is the only business aviation industry standard recognized internationally for meeting SMS requirements.
Twelve Steps to an Effective Safety Management System: A Review of the Fundamentals is based on ICAO SMS requirements and industry best practices, and shows how an organization can fly more efficiently and safely.
“Implementation of an SMS will help aircraft operators meet global operating standards,” Carr said.
NBAA’s Twelve Steps to an Effective Safety Management System: A Review of the Fundamentals can be downloaded for free http://www.ascendwithnbaa.org/whitepaper2-genopr1.