Safety Management Systems Research Paper
Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Todd A. Mesman
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Abstract
Safety Management System’s (SMSs) are the new and improved way to enhance safety throughout aviation. While safety has always been of major importance, there has always been and always will be a way to enhance organizational safety in the workplace. Through a basic process, comprised of four separate components, companies throughout the industry will be able to implement a new way of managing safety. Starting with an informative policy set in place by management to lay out how the system will progress and what all employees should expect from the system. This policy should contain a company commitment to safety as well as a goal statement to instill safety among all employees. The next component will help to ensure that basic safety guidance is being accomplished as well as establish written guidance on how to identify, analyze, implement and review any possible risks before action is taken. This then brings us to a quality assurance kind of process, which will ensure all guidance is being followed. It also ensures that any risk control measures that were implemented in the prior component are achieving the desired outcomes. This in turn leaves us with the last component of an SMS which will make or break how well the system operates inside the organization. Proper training will be of the utmost importance in how effectively the program will work. By ensuring all components are appropriately established, a company will then be able to state that they are operating under a Safety Management System.
Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Safety management systems (SMS), are a set of standards that an aviation business must establish to identify hazards and document a plan on how to effectively manage them. Not only do they need to effectively manage, but they must also treat the program with as much importance as all other aspects of their business
Todd A. Mesman
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Abstract
Safety Management System’s (SMSs) are the new and improved way to enhance safety throughout aviation. While safety has always been of major importance, there has always been and always will be a way to enhance organizational safety in the workplace. Through a basic process, comprised of four separate components, companies throughout the industry will be able to implement a new way of managing safety. Starting with an informative policy set in place by management to lay out how the system will progress and what all employees should expect from the system. This policy should contain a company commitment to safety as well as a goal statement to instill safety among all employees. The next component will help to ensure that basic safety guidance is being accomplished as well as establish written guidance on how to identify, analyze, implement and review any possible risks before action is taken. This then brings us to a quality assurance kind of process, which will ensure all guidance is being followed. It also ensures that any risk control measures that were implemented in the prior component are achieving the desired outcomes. This in turn leaves us with the last component of an SMS which will make or break how well the system operates inside the organization. Proper training will be of the utmost importance in how effectively the program will work. By ensuring all components are appropriately established, a company will then be able to state that they are operating under a Safety Management System.
Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Safety management systems (SMS), are a set of standards that an aviation business must establish to identify hazards and document a plan on how to effectively manage them. Not only do they need to effectively manage, but they must also treat the program with as much importance as all other aspects of their business
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