Academy

Context

Amendments to Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 introduced safety management system (SMS) requirements for EASA Part-145 approved maintenance organisation. SMS is an integrated system designed to focus organisations on managing safety risks. SMS is designed to achieve improvements in safety performance through organisational learning. In order to work efficiently, SMS required organisations to develop a safety culture.

SMS implementation is a gradual process of profound organisational change with several stages of maturity. This course is designed for the participants to understand the theory and to build the practical skills, including the occurrence reporting system aligned with Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, to plan and implement an efficient SMS within an EASA Part-145 approved maintenance organisation.

Training items & course structure

• Structure, content, environment & development of EASA Part-145.
  • Introduction to regulation (EU) No. 1321/2014.
  • Regulatory environment of EASA Part-145.
  • Development of EASA Part-145: rulemaking.
  • Structure & main contents of EASA Part-145 (technical requirements).
  • EASA NPA 2013-19 and why SMS does not apply to EASA Part-147.
• SMS concepts.
  • Regulatory framework governing SMS.
  • Basic safety concepts.
  • Introduction to safety management in the maintenance domain.
• Planning and implementing SMS.
  • Core elements of an SMS.
  • SMS pillars.
  • SMS organisational structures.
  • Milestones of SMS implementation.
• SMS methodologies, including exercises
  • Safety risk management applied to the maintenance domain.
  • Bow-tie methodology.
  • Occurrence reporting system.
  • Safety audit and investigation report.
  • Safety performance indicators.

Training objectives

• Understanding the requirements of SMS in EASA Part-145 approved maintenance organisations.
• Ability to plan and implement successfully an SMS in an EASA Part-145 approved maintenance organisation.
• Familiarity with safety risk assessment methodologies.

Administration

• Duration: 4 days initial, 1 day recurrent.
• Deliverables: All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Perspective participants

• Management personnel of approved maintenance organisations.
• Managers responsible for safety management and compliance monitoring.

Prerequisites
No specific prior knowledge is required to attend this course.