Safety Review Committee (from CASA CAAP)

A high level Safety Review Committee or SRC would normally be necessary for functional or senior management involvement on safety policy, overall system implementation and safety performance review purposes. Membership and level of participation in the safety committee would depend on the size and structure of the organisation. The CEO, as the Accountable Manager, should chair (see note* following) this committee with representation from all relevant functional areas of the organisation.

A Safety Review Committee would typically consist of the Accountable Manager, the SM and other members of the senior management team. The objective of the Safety Review Committee is to provide a forum to discuss safety issues and the overall health and direction of the SMS. Terms of reference for the safety committee should be documented in the SMS manual.

Roles of the Safety Review Committee may include:

• making recommendations or decisions concerning safety policy and objectives;
• defining safety performance indicators and setting safety performance targets for the organisation;
• reviewing safety performance and outcomes;
• providing strategic directions to departmental SAGs – if established;
• directing and monitoring the initial SMS implementation process; and/or

Note*: Should the Accountable Manager choose to assign this task to an appropriate senior person, it should be clearly stated and substantiated in the SMS manual that they are performing the task on behalf of the Accountable Manager whose accountability for safety is not compromised and that the CEO remains accountable for all decisions of the Safety Committee/SRB.

The membership of the Safety Review Committee may, for example, comprise:

• CEO (chair);
• Head of Safety Department/Safety Manager (secretary).
• key personnel required under the AOC; and/or
• other specified senior managers as required.