LOGIN   |   LOGOUT   |   REGISTER

Home » SAFA Introduction

SAFA Introduction

Safety Management Systems do not produce income – they prevent having to spend it. They are an investment in the long term health of an organisation that produce efficiency and promote safety. When these outcomes are met, the operation excels in every way.

When an SMS is tuned correctly it provides a means to store corporate safety knowledge. Having available a properly documented corporate safety knowledge allows a move away from experiential learning, towards a more robust and reliable method of safety knowledge transfer.

This Training aims to explain and demonstrate:

  • How SMS has is relevent to SAFA
  • The role of SAFA HQ
  • Management committment to safety
  • Safety resposibilities
  • Safety Culture and Human Factors
  • Risk management
  • SAFA reporting system

We’ve come a long way since Louis Bleriot’s first crossing of the English Channel in 1909!

bleriot02

… Blériot’s manager and great friend, Alfred Leblanc, started the 25-horsepower engine of his frail-looking mechanical dragonfly. The plane, still caked in mud from its last flight and looking very weather-beaten, instantly came to life and now the intrepid pilot, dressed in the blue overalls of the French workman, replete with oil stains, adjusted his goggles and did up his top button. Blériot had just one last question for Leblanc, and he shouted it over the sound of the engine… ‘Au fait, ou est-ce exactement, Douvres?‘ (By the way, where exactly is Dover?) …Leblanc pointed rather vaguely over the misty waters in a more or less north-westerly direction, and with that Blériot gave the order: ‘Laissez aller!’ (Let ‘er rip!)

Exert from Charles Kingsford Smith And Those Magnificent Men by Peter Fitzsimons

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) sets the standard for aviation safety management. ICAO member states such as Australia must ensure operators implement an acceptable safety management system.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) sets the standard for aviation safety management. ICAO member states such as Australia/NZ must ensure operators implement an acceptable safety management system.
Australia has committed to following ICAO recommendations with respect to SMS. Under the new Civil Aviation Safety Regulations, Australian and New Zealand aviation will be required to implement SMS and integrate Human Factors into their organisations