SAFA

Safety personnel are no more responsible for safety than the SFO is responsible for the club turning a profit.

Everyone has a part to play however there is an expectation that those is management (or more senior in experience) will set an example for newer members.

‘Green Hats’ (first timers on an oil rig) have to wear a Green Hard hat to indicate their lack of experience.

And yet they will often turn to other ’Green Hats’ for safety and other advice. Everyone can be a safety leader, regardless of experience.

A voluntary and mandatory reporting system provides a systematic means for an organisation to record occurrences, incidents and accidents in operations. Mandatory reporting criteria may include:

• Any equipment or personnel failure airborne that compromises the safety of flight
• Any equipment or personnel failure on the ground that compromises the safe operation of the aircraft
• Any breach (unintentional or otherwise) of SOPs
• Any Human Factors transgressions, airborne or on the ground that compromise safety.

Voluntary reporting can be any other occurrence that personnel feel could offer a learning experience to others. Feedback to management from the SMS is required to measure and monitor safety performance. Safety performance evaluation defines the required changes. The SAG and SRC will include performance of safety on a regular basis. SMS audits, both internal and external, provide an assessment of performance and should be conducted as detailed in SPT/SPIs.