Federal AviationAdministration SL-1
SMS Fundamentals
Federal AviationAdministration
Federal AviationAdministration SL-2
Safety Promotion
SMS Components (“Pillars”)
Safety Risk Management
Policy
Safety Assurance
Federal AviationAdministration SL-3
SystemAnalysis(Design)
SystemMonitoring
HazardIdent
RiskControl
RiskAssmt
RiskAnalysis
Analysis(C.O.S.)
DataAcquisition& Process
CorrectiveAction
SystemAssmt
SRM SA
Action: Problem
Resolution
Design Performance
Assessment
Analysis
SpecificInformation
Description& Context
Safety Risk Management (SRM) and Safety Assurance (SA) Workflow
Federal AviationAdministration SL-4
SRMSRM SASA
Design Performance
Understand:
•Objectives
•System
•Environment
Develop:
•Risk Controls
Monitor/ Measure:
•Risk Controls
Decision Making
Confidence:
•Risk Controls
Federal AviationAdministration SL-5
Oversight and SMS
FAA’s Safety Management
(Oversight)(SAS)
Technical Program Requirements•Systems•Subsystems•ElementsDA PA
FAAOversight Program
Management
SRM
SA
Cert C.O.S.
Surveillance
ProductionProtection
Operational Process
Operator’s Safety Management
System
Public:Users
Federal AviationAdministration SL-6
DA PA
Oversight and SMSFAA
Oversight ProgramManagement
SRM
SA
Cert C.O.S.
DA (SAI)
PA(EPI)
SAS(Future)
Federal AviationAdministration SL-7
Safety Management System
1. Identify hazards and control risk2. Provide assurance that risk controls are effective
Provides a systematic way to:
Safety Promotion(Culture)
Safety Risk Management
Policy (Structure)
Safety Assurance
Federal AviationAdministration SL-8
Policy Component
Federal AviationAdministration
SMS Details:
Policy (Structure)
Risk Management
Safety Assurance
Safety Promotion
Federal AviationAdministration SL-9
SMS Policy
• Establishes management commitment and objectives – what the management wants.
• Sets up a framework of organizational structures, accountabilities, plans, procedures, and controls to meet the objectives.
Federal AviationAdministration SL-10
Top Management Involvement
• Visible, personal involvement of top management
• Setting safety goals and objectives as policy • Allocation of resources to meet safety goals • Clear communication
Top management* stimulates a healthy safety environment
(*Top management includes accountable executive or accountable manager)
Federal AviationAdministration SL-11
Management Responsibility• Managers should manage safety in the same
way that they manage other areas of the business
• Safety management involves judgment, assessing priorities, and making decisions – like all management decision making
Federal AviationAdministration SL-12
Management Requirements• (119.65(a)): “…sufficient qualified
management and technical personnel to ensure the highest degree of safety in its operations.”
• 119.65(d)(3): [shall] “…discharge their duties to meet applicable legal requirements and to maintain safe operations.”
• The SMS provides a structured system of processes to meet these requirements.
Federal AviationAdministration SL-13
Typical Duties of Technical Management• Hazard identification
• Safety risk assessment
• Assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls
Federal AviationAdministration SL-14
Typical Duties of Management Representative (DOS)• Facilitating hazard identification
• Safety risk analysis
• Monitoring the effectiveness of safety risk controls
Federal AviationAdministration SL-15
Safety Policy Requirements:
Federal AviationAdministration SL-16
SMS Documentation
• System documentation conveys management expectations and work instructions to employees
• May be a stand-alone manual or integrated into existing documentation systems
