Safety Management Systems for Executive Managers

The SMS for Executive Managers workshop equips airport senior management and executives with a clear understanding of regulatory requirements, accountability, and responsibilities for maintaining an acceptable safety level. It also covers the key components of a Safety Management System (SMS) and the critical role of leadership in its successful implementation, including fostering a positive safety culture.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and objectives of a Safety Management System (SMS)
• Identify regulatory requirements for compliance with ICAO safety standards and local civil aviation regulations.
• Recognize the purpose and key elements of a safety policy
• Apply leadership principles as a fundamental component of SMS
• Differentiate between accountability and responsibility in safety management
• Establish and foster a strong safety culture within an organization
• Describe the safety risk management process
• Support and implement safety assurance and promotion initiatives
• Demonstrate SMS knowledge through exercises and case studies

Target Audience

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

Course Content

• Evolution of safety concepts
• Regulatory requirements and compliance
• Developing and sustaining a positive safety culture (including Just Culture principles)
• Develop a safety policy to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Leadership Fundamentals in SMS
• Safety policy and objectives
• Safety risk management
• Safety assurance and promotion
• Change management in SMS
• Best practices and recommendations