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4.1.3.4              Staff records must be retained during the time that staff are employed.

Chapter 5:   Safety Management System

Section 5.1:   General

5.1.1                   Requirement

5.1.1.1              A certified designer must establish and maintain a Safety Management System (SMS) in accordance with the following standards.

5.1.2                   Safety Management System—Standards

5.1.2.1              A Safety Management System must define the policies, processes, and practices for managing the safety of all procedure design work.

5.1.2.2              A Safety Management System that meets the following criteria is to be issued under the authority of the Chief Designer.

5.1.2.3              The Safety Management System must:

(a)         be a comprehensive and valid statement of the safety situation that applies in actual operations;

(b)         define the organisation's safety objectives;

(c)          present the safety situation in respect to compliance with all relevant CASA, ICAO, internal, and other safety related standards;

(d)         define the safety accountabilities of all personnel;

(e)         be kept under review for effectiveness by all personnel;

(f)            include arrangements to encourage staff to identify safety hazards or concerns and suggest methods for enhancement of safety;

(g)         establish procedures for the communication and processing of safety concerns within the organisation;

(h)         define the interface arrangements between internal groups of the organisation;

(i)            be available to, and complied with, by all personnel of the organisation;

(j)            contain a safety hazard/risk analysis and risk control/mitigation assessment in accordance with an established methodology endorsed by CASA;

(k)          include a quality management system based on those elements of ISO 9001 relevant to instrument flight procedure design;

(l)            be documented in a manner that is readily available to all staff.

Chapter 6:   Procedure Design Administration

Section 6.1:   General

6.1.1                   Classification of Procedures

6.1.1.1              Terminal Instrument Flight Procedures are classified as one of the following types:

(a)         Non-precision Approach (Ground-based);

(b)         Non-precision Approach (RNP APCH);

(c)          Precision Approach (Ground-based);

(d)         Precision Approach (GBAS);

(e)         Approach with Vertical Guidance (APV);

(ea) Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required Approach (RNP AR APCH);

(f)            Departure;

(g)         Helicopter (Off-shore) — Airborne Radar.

6.1.2                   Validation

6.1.2.1              All designs, other than a design mentioned in paragraph 6.1.1.1 (g), must be validated in accordance with the Standards mentioned in Chapter 7.

6.1.2.2              On completion of a design, a certified designer must apply to CASA for flight validation.
       Note   The address for applications is anaa.corro@casa.gov.au or Air Navigation, Airspace and Aerodromes Manager, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, GPO Box 2005, Canberra, ACT 2601.

6.1.2.3              The application is to include a completed draft copy of the design procedure prepared for publication in accordance with a data product specification given to the designer under regulation 175.160 of CASR 1998.

6.1.2.4              CASA shall arrange for a CASA officer who is a qualified validation pilot