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 and in accordance with the new rules, SMS must be implemented by 02 December 2022.
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

• 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).
• Regulatory framework governing SMS.
• Basic safety concepts.
• Introduction to safety management.
• Core elements of a SMS.
• SMS pillars.
• SMS organizational structures.
• Milestones of SMS implementation.
• Safety risk management.
• 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 the changes required in an EASA Part-145 approved maintenance organisation in order to successfully implement SMS.
• Familiarity with a wide array of safety risk assessment methodologies.

Administration

• Duration: 4 days.
• 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.