Essay On Safety Management System

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Table of Contents
Introduction: 2
Safety Management System (SMS): 3
Policy: 3
Safety Risk Management (SRM): 4
Safety Assurance: 5
Safety Promotion: 6
Safety critical situation: 7
Conclusion: 10

Introduction:
Safety Management System (SMS):
Safety management system is organized structure of providing safety to an organization. Since the first aircraft flew, there have always been efforts on improving the capabilities. Safety and the reliability are the two major aspects among a lot more features that are to be developed. Safety in a department can be achieved and maintained by introducing different practices that in turn promote safety. SMS is one such structure which in an organization will look over some of the following; Introduction to basic Human Factors, The Dirty Dozen, Combating Complacency etc. SMS in a company is always hungry for information to update and to make the staff aware of the situations. The best source for this information is the people working in the organization. Here are the four pillars essentially, which form the basic structure of any management system.
Policy:
An organization always defines its policy, objectives and a procedure to achieve its goals. This policy of a safety-oriented organization defines the roles, responsibilities and relationships. This must include the policies, procedures and an organized structure to achieve the goals of the organization. Safety policy of an organization also concentrates on its goals regarding safety and tries to come up with plans and strategies to fulfill them. Policy also expects the company to write a safety manual, which is similar to the quality manual.
This Safety Policy’s application in an aviation organization, it concentrates on the following.
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...me under the training and educating the pilots. The pilots must be aware of the manuals that talk about the computer systems in the flight deck. They themselves are responsible for updating their knowledge on the improvement of these systems. These procedures must be communicated through the company so that all the other staff is aware of the changes as well.

Conclusion:
Finally to conclude this report, the safety management system in an organization is very important as this forms the basic framework on how the organization works, maintaining safety. The four pillars (main objectives of SMA) are that ones that lead the organization in that direction. From the accident, the four pillars application will benefit the organization but however if the SMS has been a part of the organization even before, accidents as such would not have occurred in the first place.

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