Safety Management
Simon Roberts
SMS Programme Manager
UK CAA
So what is happening?

SMS assessments taking place

Should help and guide your implementation

Focus on key components being present

Part Ops rule implementation delayed from 8 April
2012
We want you to…

Identify and understand what your biggest
safety risks are (current, future and third party
risks)

Manage your biggest risks

Take the right actions to achieve the right
results and improve your own safety
performance
SMS provides you with the vehicle to do this!
Keep It Simple

SMS does not have to be complicated

Its more than a manual

It should help you make the right decisions with the
right information

Make it work for you

It should add safety value

How can we help you achieve this?
Our Oversight

We have developed SMS evaluation tools

We are training our people

Developing a CAA wide approach to SMS oversight

Our oversight will be joined up

We are on our own journey
The SMS Journey
Infinity
Best Practice and
towards excellence
Phase 2
Point B an effective SMS
Phase 1
Operating and Effective
A
Present and Suitable
Challenges for you

The CAA’s significant 7 apply to you

Collaborate with others

Make your SMS appropriate to your operation

Invest in training your people

Be accountable for your SMS
Safety Management Training

Principles, Policies and Procedures

Safety Reporting


Hazards, errors, near misses, poor SOPs etc
The Organisation’s desired Safety Culture

Just Culture policies

Risk assessment activities
Ideas for SMS Training

Best done in-house

Choose the right person

A good facilitator, passionate about safety

Make it into a workshop;


Use it for hazard hunting

Agreeing on biggest risks

Risk mitigation strategies
Collaborate with others
Training your Safety Manager


A wise investment

you get what you pay for

ask around for good courses

They can help train the rest of your people
Consider risk assessment training
Ideas for SPIs

Reporting levels

Improving the Ratio between MORs and other
ASRs

Maintenance events on your aircraft

MEL usage
Complex or non-complex

>20 persons = Complex

Operate complex motor powered aircraft = probably
complex

Operate non complex motor powered aircraft =
probably non-complex

It’s the risk of your operations that will impact on
your complexity
Summary

Invest wisely in your SMS and you will get a
return

Try and do it on the cheap and you probably
won’t!

We want risk management to be at the centre of
your future activities (and ours).

Keep it as simple as you can!

SMS is collaborative and should be integrated
Any Questions?
safetymanagement@caa.co.uk