Module N° 1 ICAO Safety Management Systems (SMS) Course 1

Module N° 1 – SMS
course introduction

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 Objective

™To introduce ICAO course instructors and participants

™To introduce the course goals, concept, contents and

structure.

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 Outline

™ Part I – Presentation of ICAO course instructors and

participants

™ Part II – Course goals, concept, contents and

structure

™ Part III – Administrative information

™ Part IV – Evaluation procedures

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 SMS course introduction

Part I – Presentation of ICAO course

instructors and participants

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 ICAO course instructors

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 Introduction of participants
™The 5 W’s
¾Who are you ?
ƒ What is your preferred name in class?
¾Where do you work?
¾What is your job title, and
¾What are your main responsibilities?
¾Why are you attending this course?
ƒ Please define your expectations

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 SMS course introduction

Part II – Course goals, concept,

contents and structure

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 Course goals
™The goals of the ICAO Safety Management Systems (SMS)
Course are to:
¾provide participants knowledge of safety management
concepts and ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs) on safety management in Annexes
6, 11 and 14, and related guidance material; and
¾develop participants’ knowledge to certify and oversee
the implementation of key components of an SMS, in
compliance with relevant ICAO SARPs.

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 Course concept

SMS Safety
implementation concepts

ICAO
SARPS

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 Course contents
™Module 1 – SMS course introduction
™Module 2 – Basic safety concepts
™Module 3 – Introduction to safety management
™Module 4 – Hazards
™Module 5 – Risks
™Module 6 – SMS regulation
™Module 7 – Introduction to SMS
™Module 8 – SMS planning
™Module 9 – SMS operation
™Module 10 – Phased approach to SMS Implementation
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 Course structure

Safety Module 10
Phased approach to
Management SMS Implementation
System Module 8 Module 9
SMS planning SMS operation

Module 5 Module 6 Module 7

Risks SMS regulation Introduction to SMS

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3

Introduction Module 4
SMS course Basic safety to safety
introduction concepts Hazards
management

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 SMS course introduction

Part III – Administrative information

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 Housekeeping

Punctuality Participation Phones No smoking

Data forms Certificates Documentation

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 Documentation – Two valuable resources
™The CD-ROM with background information
¾ICAO Manuals and Circulars
¾Documentation from CASA, FAA, TC and UKCAA
¾Various forms and examples
™The ICAO Safety management System (SMS) website
¾www.icao.int/anb/safetymanagement

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 Schedule
™ 08:30 – 09:15 – Session activity
™ 09:15 – 10:00 – Session activity
™ 10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee/Tea break
™ 10:30 – 11:15 – Session activity
™ 11:15 – 12:30 – Session activity
™ 12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch
™ 13:30 – 14:15 – Session activity
™ 14:15 – 15:00 – Session activity
™ 15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee/Tea break
™ 15:30 – 16:30 – Session activity
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 SMS course introduction

Part IV – Evaluation procedures

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 Evaluation procedures

1. Overall course evaluation

2. Evaluation of participants’ performance

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 1. Overall course evaluation
™A form for course evaluation will be provided the last day of
the course.
™You will be asked to complete this form to provide ICAO
feedback on:
¾All course’s activities
¾The instructors
¾Ways and means to improve the training.

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 2. Evaluation of participants’ performance
™Daily progress evaluation
™A final evaluation test of one hour duration will be
administered on the last day of the course.
™The evaluation test includes twenty (20) questions of
multiple choice answers.
™Minimum pass mark: 70%

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 2. Evaluation of participants’ performance

™The objective of the final evaluation test is to verify that

participants have understood the basic principles of the
planning, implementation and operation of safety
management systems in order to be able to certify and
oversee operators and service providers’ SMS according to
ICAO requirements.

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 Module N° 1 – SMS
course introduction

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