SMA07 - Air Navigation Services Provider : Safety Management Présentiel

After completing this module, the student will be able to :

• Analyse the characteristics of an ANS provider's organisation :
  
  • Build up a relevant safety organisation adapted to the size of the organisation,
  • Construct the frame of reference for the SMS and write the associated documents,
• Analyse the hazards and manage the risks associated with the ATS provider's activities and the risks inherent to the organisation of an ATS provider including :
  
  • Conduct safety audits or safety investigations and generate safety recommendations,
  • Create a safety action plan applicable to the ANS provider and processes,
  • Select relevant safety indicators, and choose the appropriate methods (including audits) to manage the SMS into an ANS provider organisation,
  • Assess the SMS and measure the safety performance and oversee the continuous enhancement of the SMS,
• Promote safety culture among ATCO, ATSEP and management.

LEVEL OF ENGLISH:

TOEIC: 850 for 2-skill test; 785 for 4-skill test

IELTS: 6

How to organise safety management for delivering Air Traffic Services ?

• Describe the challenges of providing ATS “En route” and Approach/Tower operations. A tale of two cultures : ATCOs and ATSEPs,

• The challenges (operational-economical): Different geographical and traffic organization influence safety management and the roles of all the actors (using examples from FABEC organisation),

• The safety organization by itself: Process analysis of the ATS organization (who's is charge of what?),

• How to foster safety and Just culture? What are the expectation from the front line actors and management? Safety and just culture Policy,

• How to manage a crisis situation,

• The regulatory context: the evolution of European Commission and EASA rulemaking for Air Navigation. The impact on reporting, the safety performance and the surveillance.

Risk Management :

• Data collection : Reporting process in Air Navigation – operational and technical aspects,

• The tools for incident analysis: analysis method, usage of taxonomy, risk classification scheme, database, related training,

• Organisation of incident analysis and coordination with stakeholders: example of local safety committee, local runway safety team,

• Safety Risk assessment and mitigation: managing changes in Air Navigation, the principles,

• Functional Hazard Assessment : Identification of Hazards and setting safety objectives,

• Preliminary Safety System Assessment : Risk reduction means,

• Safety System Assessment : Demonstrating acceptability of risks, transitions, safety assurance,

• Recording safety risk assessment.

How to evaluate the SMS effectiveness ?

• How to build up an SMS Dashboard: Safety performance measurement and reporting; example of European Safety Key Performance Indicators,

• Safety audit and safety investigation: Internal surveillance procedures.

Managing an SMS :

• How to ensure compliance with the rules and keeping operational documentation up-to-date,

• Developing a safety action plan and keeping track of improvements,

• Services to be provided or contracted (ANS, AIS, CNS, MET, SAR...).

Safety promotion :

• Safety training and information

• SMS 2.0: the next generation of SMS – concepts (resilience) and tools (observation of normal operations)

Area Control Centre

Methods :
Lectures, tutorials, visit