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Question 1

What are the for SMS components?

Answer 1

Safety Policy, Safety risk management , safety assurance and safety promotion.

Question 2

Describe the SMS component of Safety policy?

Answer 2

Establishes senior management’s commitment to continually improves safety, defines the methods, processes and organizational structure needed to meet safety goals.

Question 3

Describe the SMS component of Safety assurance?

Answer 3

It evaluates the continued effectiveness of implanted risk control strategies, supports the identification of new hazards.

Question 4

Describe the SMS component of Safety risk management?

Answer 4

Determines the need for, and adequacy of, new or revised risk controls based on the assessment of acceptable risk

Question 5

Describe the SMS component of promotion?

Answer 5

includes training, communication, and other actions to create a positive safety culture within all levels of the workforce.

Question 6

What are the key elements of a safety policy and objectives?

Answer 6

• Top Management Commitment
• Roles, Responsibilities & Relationships
• Whole Organisation Commitment

Question 7

Describe the element Top management commitment and which component does it come from?

Answer 7

is a very clear message from top management that safety is their primary goal and that they have both a personal and material investment in maintaining safety and It is from the safety policy and objectives component.

Question 8

What are key behaviours which management commitment include?

Answer 8

• Inclusion of Safety Goals into strategic plans
• Regular management review of the SMS
• Executive management involvement

Question 9

Describe the element Roles, Responsibilities & Relationships and which component does it come from?

Answer 9

this element is about the SMS requiring a shared responsibility for safety, not just with CEO’s but across entire organisations.
An SMS will have a clearly defined breakdown of the roles, responsibilities and relationships between stakeholders across the whole organisation. This element is from the safety policy and objective component.

Question 10

Describe the element Whole Organisation Commitment and which component does it come from?

Answer 10

While it is one thing for management to ‘say the right things’ about safety, that is totally ineffectual unless safety is an underlying focus across all levels of an organisation.

Question 11

What are the key elements of a safety risk management component?

Answer 11

-Risk Identification & Management

Question 12

What are the four main categories of aviation risks?

Answer 12

• Operations Risks
• Strategic Risks
• Compliance Risks
• Financial Risks

Question 13

Describe an operation risk and give an example?

Answer 13

Operations Risks are risks incurred by the organisation’s day to day activities. These risks involve people, systems and processes and are generally mitigated by internal senior and middle management.
Common examples include:
- Hazardous activities affecting safety
- Inadequate financial processes leading to inefficient control - IT back-up systems leading to loss of information

Question 14

Describe a strategic risks and give an example?

Answer 14

Strategic Risks are risks to do with the company positioning itself within its operating environment. These risks are generally dealt with at board level.
Common examples include:
- Low Cost Competition - Alliance Decisions - Pricing Issue

Question 15

Describe a compliance risks and give an example?

Answer 15

Compliance Risks are risks incurred by not adhering to external regulations and legislation.
Common examples are heavy penalties, cessation of operations and loss of reputation.

Question 16

describe a financial risk and give an example?

Answer 16

Financial Risks are risks incurred by the organisation’s management of currency and shareholder value.
These risks generally involve the way that fuel and aircraft lease/purchase costs are managed with respect to fluctuating exchange rates, and to the underlying value of the company and company financial structures.
Two common hedging risks include:
- Oil price hedging - Currency hedging
Both are conducted at fairly high levels within an organisation.

Question 17

What is the safety Risk Management Processes?

Answer 17

• Systems Description and Task Analysis
• Hazard Identification
• Risk Analysis and Assessment
• Controlling Risk
• Residual and Substitute Risk
• System Operation Monitoring

Question 18

To maintain a strong safety culture the organization must promote what as a core value?

Answer 18

Safety

Question 19

What are the elements of Safety promotion?

Answer 19

Competencies & Training

- Communication & Awareness

Question 20

Describe the element Competencies & Training?

Answer 20

An effective SMS ensures that every employee is appropriately trained on their safety-related functions, and it further requires that lessons learned be regularly incorporated into a continuing training program.
Human Factors and Non-technical Skills Training Programs are an excellent example of this.

Question 21

Describe the element

Communication & Awareness?

Answer 21

An SMS must have robust mechanisms to disseminate information to its workforce so that employees have timely access to safety-related information.

Question 22

What is a emergency response?

Answer 22

This is a comprehensive plan for how the organisation will deal with a wide range of natural and man-made emergencies. Which is a international requirement that all organization have one.