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SMS Act Now
26th January 2012
SMS
With the imminent requirements for operators to implement safety management systems by April this year I thought it would be useful to look at how this will affect our customers and others in the MRO and airworthiness support sectors.
EASA is still to publish a regulation for SMS specifically but does include it within the Safety Plan and has identified key performance indicators for operators and definitions for categories of occurrences. It is left to national civil aviation authorities to decide how they implement SMS and in the UK the CAA has set a deadline of April 8th for operators and has a clearly defined set of requirements that they need to use. MRO’s are required to have implemented SMS by 2014.
This may lead to MRO’s feeling that they have no particular hurry to implement SMS within their organisations – BUT – the CAA require operators to identify risks in their supply chain from this year, which means they will have to ask their MRO for evidence of a safety management system. This means that, for maintenance organisations to maintain and develop their business, they will need to demonstrate that they are actively managing safety and surveyors are now asking for evidence of SMS when they visit.
We believe that the best way of implementing SMS in an organisation is to integrate the safety requirements of aviation SMS, occupational health and safety and environmental safety as the process for managing these is identical. Integrated SMS avoids conflicts, gaps and omissions in safety management and, done well, ensures that the company’s business risk is reduced to a minimum.
We can offer training to implement an integrated system within our customer’s organisations and can facilitate the implementation with them and also offer auditing for IS-BAO accredited safety management systems.
For those organisations who are yet to implement SMS a useful introductory leaflet is available ‘ 10 things you need to know about SMS’, this can be found on the following link http://easa.europa.eu/sms/docs/Safety%20Management%20International%20Collaboration%20Group%20(SM%20ICG)%20phamphlet%20A4%20-v4.pdf
If you would like more information about SMS, training , implementation or auditing please email Carole at info@aqms.org.uk
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Training Course Dates 2011-2012
24th October 2011
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Prospects Learning Foundation which means we are now able to provide training courses at the Aviation Training Academy based at London Southend Airport. We have been supporting Prospects with the development of the aircraft maintenance apprenticeships and we believe that this development will provide a centre for excellence in all aspects of aviation maintenance training. Please follow the links below for more information and course dates:
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Safety Management Systems
1st July 2011
Safety management systems will become compulsory from next April, when the new Part M and 145 come into effect. We are pleased to be able to offer IS-BAO accredited SMS for our customers. Using an accredited system means that you are able to benefit from the cost savings and reduced business risk brought about by SMS and have confidence that you comply with the EASA requirement. Your customers will be assured that your services meet their own compliance needs.
For more information click here
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Fuel Tank Systems Level 2 safety training
1st September 2010
Places are available for Fuel Tank Systems Level 2 safety training on October 18th and November 22nd. Human factors refresher training is available at the same time as the October training. Level Two Fuel Tank Systems Safety Training (SFAR88 level 2) is compulsory for all certifying staff by the end of 2010. This course meets the requirements of EC.2042 Part M and Part 145 and is delivered in our facilities in central Southend, close to the rail stations, and includes lunch and refreshments.
For further information please email Carole at info@aqms.org.uk or phone 01702 328246/7.
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2010 training dates
30th November 2009
Training dates for Human Factors Continuation Training and Fuel Tank Safety Training (SFAR88) Level One in 2010 are:
11th January, 15th February, 22nd March, 26th April, 24th May, 28th June, 26th July, 6th September, 11th October, 15th November, and 13th December 2010.These dates may change – to confirm them and for any further information about these courses or any other EASA or ANO maintenance compliance training please email info@aqms.org.uk
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