Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244:reg:5:p221
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 221/225)
Character Range: 891885–895061

would include records, reviews, reports, assessments, analyses, verifications, investigations, training and communication programs, risk and hazard registers, safety cases, and details of persons who are or have been the primary persons responsible for the SMS.

       Note 2   Depending on the size of the aerodrome and the complexity of its aviation products or services, SMS operational records may be a stand-alone collection or database, or they may be integrated with other organisational documents.

 Hazard identification

       (9) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to:

(a) identify hazards associated with its aviation activities, aviation products or aviation services; and

(b) ensure that hazard identification is based on a combination of proactive and reactive methods of safety data collection.

Safety risk assessment and control

       (10) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to ensure the analysis, assessment and control of the safety risks associated with identified hazards.

        Safety performance monitoring and measurement

       (11) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to:

(a) verify the operator's own safety performance and validate the effectiveness of risk controls; and

(b) ensure that the operator's safety performance is verified by reference to:

 (i) specified safety performance indicators; and

 (ii) the safety performance targets of the SMS; and

 (iii) the SMS's safety objectives.

        Internal safety investigation

       (12) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures for internal safety investigations, including procedures to:

(a) determine the level of investigation required for particular types of adverse events; and

(b) endeavour to establish the root cause of adverse events that are investigated; and

(c) communicate throughout the organisation the outcome of investigations.

Management of change

       (13) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to:

(a) identify changes which could affect the level of safety risk associated with the operator's aviation products or services; and

(b) identify and manage the safety risks that could arise from those changes.

Continuous improvement of the SMS

       (14) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to ensure the maintenance of, and continuous improvement in, the overall effectiveness of the SMS.

        SMS training and education

       (15) The SMS must include the aerodrome operator's procedures to maintain and deliver a safety training program to ensure that:

(a) the operator's personnel are trained and competent to perform their SMS duties; and

(b) as far as possible, and to the degree appropriate, the relevant personnel of third-party service providers are provided with relevant SMS training; and

       Note   CASA considers "relevant personnel" to be persons whose role as a third party in relation to an aerodrome could affect aviation safety at the aerodrome.

(c) the scope of the SMS training is appropriate to each individual's involvement in the SMS.

Safety communication

       (16) The SMS must include