Safety Management Systems for Executive Managers

The SMS for Executive Managers workshop is designed to provide airport senior management and executives with the necessary knowledge and skills to plan, develop, and implement a Safety Management System (SMS) and ensure on-going compliance with the ICAO safety Standards and Recommended Practices in accordance with local civil aviation regulations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explain the four phases of SMS
• Develop a safety policy
• Differentiate accountability vs responsibility
• Describe the safety risk management process
• Implement and support safety assurance and promotion initiatives
• Support a safety just culture at the airport
• Apply leadership concepts as a fundamental requirement of SMS
• Demonstrate understanding of SMS through exercises and case studies

Target Audience

• Airport senior managers and executives
• Airport operations managers
• Airport managers with reporting staff

Course Content

• Basic safety concepts
• Regulatory requirements
• Leadership Fundamentals
• Safety policy and objectives
• SMS and safety culture
• Safety risk management
• Safety assurance
• Safety promotion
• Change management
• SMS practices and recommendations
• Group exercises and case studies