Safety Management Systems for Airports, Volume 2: Guidebook (2009) / Chapter Skim
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The airport should make available one or more means to allow airport workers (staff and non-staff) , and even passengers, to report safety issues and hazards.
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It starts with a strong safety policy statement and a commitment to its elements. Management will then, among other things, allocate sufficient resources for the development and implementation of the SMS, and facilitate the flow of information (between departments, by authorizing meetings, posters, etc)
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for Airport Operators: 4 pillars (safety policy and objectives; safety risk management; safety assurance; and safety promotion) and 18 elements • FAA AC 120-92 -- Introduction to Safety Management System for Air Operator: 4 pillars • Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS)
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safety to facilitate disseminating safety information at the airport. Regular meetings with managers and airport stakeholders.
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In this case, the assessment team should have members that are knowledgeable of the area being assessed. If this is not the case, the audit unit may have audit procedures and be able to train airport staff in conducting general Existing safety objectives.
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This task is performed before you write your SMS documentation and implementation plan. It is intended to identify the processes already existing in your airport, compare what you have against the requirements established by the pillars and elements of the SMS model that you have chosen, and identify what should be done to make these two pictures match.
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You can use the SMS gap analysis and SMS assessment tables provided in Annex A; these tables are based on a general SMS model and were adapted using the SMS structure described in FAA AC 150/5200-37. The tables are organized by SMS pillar and element.
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Some work will be required to incorporate it into the SMS. A safety policy may be in place, but if it lacks safety objectives, it should be rated in this level.
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Table 4 depicts an example of a populated gap analysis table. 3.6 Documenting Your SMS The SMS documentation is made up of the airport SMS Manual and the specific procedures for the SMS processes.
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Table 4. Example of a gap analysis table.
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Levels of SMS documentation. If a certain department already has a documented accident investigation procedure in place, the SMS documentation will make reference to that procedure when describing the related SMS pillar, instead of including (or repeating)
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Once goals or objectives are modified, the appendix can be replaced without the need to approve the entire SMS Manual. 44 Safety Management Systems for Airports
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