Name of Training Course
Introduction to Airport Safety Management Systems (SMS)

Description
Introduction to Safety Management Systems is a two day course. The training introduces the four fundamental pillars of safety management by way of a structured system used to manage operations related risks.
The course, based on the safety management principles defined by ICAO, includes an introduction to the international regulatory framework, a review of the four pillars of an SMS, an introduction to the methods most frequently used to identify hazards and airport hazard management.

General and Specific Objectives

• Understand the legal framework and international regulations that apply to implementation of an airport SMS
• Understand the usefulness and importance of safety and risk management to airport operations by way of a structured and systematic safety management system

Skills Acquired
At the end of the training participants will be able to understand the four fundamental pillars of a safety management system.

Professional Context
Since structured safety management by implementing an SMS is a current issue for airports, participants will open up professional development opportunities for themselves in a very specific and leading field.

Prerequisites
Familiarity with airport operations and sufficient level of linguistic ability.

Qualification Issued
Training certificate for the course “Introduction to airport safety management systems (SMS)”. The course is eduQua certified.

Duration
14 hours. Wednesday 13:30 H to Friday 12:00 H

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