May — 2012

Introducing
Safety Culture
Introducing Safety Culture
What is Safety Culture?
Safety culture refers to the enduring value, priority and
commitment placed on safety by every person and
every group at every level of the organisation. It reflects
the individual and organisational attitudes, norms and
behaviours related to the safe provision of air navigation
services.
A postive safety culture which places a high value on
safety will help to prevent accidents and enable the
implementation of an effective Safety Management
System (SMS).
By measuring the safety climate of an organisation one
will be able to make predictions and take action to realise
sustainable safety levels.
What kind of safety culture does your organisation have?
CANSO Safety Culture Resources
The CANSO Safety Standing Committee, aims to assist
all CANSO ANSP Members to measure and improve their
safety culture. To realise this aim CANSO is conducting a
study and developing a series of tools.
The SSC seeks to develop:
—— A ‘ready-to-go’ Safety Climate Survey
—— Safety Climate Survey Guidelines
—— A Safety Culture Model and Enhancement Process
—— Communication Tools
Such tools:
—— helps ANSPs understand where they stand in
relation to the CANSO expert norm range
—— provides access to lessons learned and best
practices
—— provides standardised and harmonised
measurement across CANSO Member ANSPs
—— are linked to the CANSO Safety Management
System Standard of Excellence
—— are cost-effective
—— are easy to use
Looking to the Future
The SSC aims to:
—— Release a Safety Culture Improvement Guide -
learn how other ANSPs and organisations have
improved their safety cultures
—— Develop more safety culture assessment tools
- move beyond surveys to understand your
organisation’s safety culture
—— Expand the CANSO/University Partnership - create
more ANSP/university pairs for mutual support in
conducting surveys and research
Want to Know More?
An extensive range of information is available
on CANSO’s dedicated Safety Webhub:
www.canso.org/safety
For more information about Safety Culture or
CANSO’s Safety Programme please email:
safety@canso.org