Safety Management Systems (SMS)

Safety Managers Course (SMC)  . This course presents and discusses the organizational components of an SMS and the SMS Risk Control Process to safety professionals who may know nothing about Safety Management Systems, or those who may simply want to review their SMS and make sure all the pieces are in place. Toward that end, the course shows attendees how to do a "Gaps Analysis" which focuses on how to discover any Gaps in your current SMS and Risk Control Process.

Safety Risk Management ( SRM ) . Safety Risk Management is designed for those who already have an understanding of SMS and what to delve more deeply into the Risk Management and Safety Assurance components of an SMS.  As an integral and required part of a Safety Management System, Safety Risk Management introduces a logic-driven process to analyze the degree of risk associated with identified hazards, recommending Risk-based solutions, and monitoring the effectiveness of these solutions. 

CHOOSE THREE ELECTIVEs (ALL COURSES available by contract as well).

Human Factors in Accident Investigation ( HFAI )   Human error is implicated in most, if not all, aviation accidents. Accident investigators, therefore, need information, tools, and procedures to discover the role human error has played in an accident/incident being investigated. This course teaches the required material for investigators (a) to identify the human error issues involved in an accident wherever they occurred (e.g., in the cockpit, ATC, management, maintenance, etc.), and (b) to know when and how to call on the required Human Factors experts for further analysis.

Investigation Management (IM). This course is a unique, practitioner-oriented course in the field of aircraft accident investigation and prevention designed for a wide range of government and industry aviation safety investigators and managers. It is designed specially for those who will be investigators in charge (IIC) or who will have to manage or participate in accident investigations in a variety of settings and situations ranging from small local accidents to large international settings.

Emergency Response & Family Assistance Planning (ERFA). This course combines the aspects of emergency response and family assistance that your aviation organization must understand and comply with. Both civil and military content is woven into the subject material. This course will present the essentials of accident response planning to include setting up a response team to cover all aspects of accident response including care of survivors and families of victims.

Aircraft Accident Investigation (AAI). In this course you will become familiar with the methods, techniques, and requirements for investigating, and reporting aircraft accidents applicable to ICAO Annex 13 states.  Once you understand the reporting requirements, you will learn how to comply with the responsibilities to preserve and interpret evidence to the investigation. You will learn how to set up an interim response team that will collect and preserve evidence. You will learn what evidence to preserve and how to preserve it. You will also learn about the hazards at an accident site and how to protect yourself and your team.

Aviation Maintenance Investigation (AMI). The principles and techniques discussed in this course are applicable to all branches of aviation, including commercial operations, the military, and general aviation. While this course is primarily concerned with larger commercial operators, almost all the principles, lessons and examples are directly transferable across the spectrum of aircraft operations. The course's primary elements include maintenance principles, investigative techniques and development of corrective actions. These elements are reinforced with actual incident and accident examples and case studies.

Helicopter Accident Investigation (HAI). Helicopter accidents provide many new challenges for the investigator principally because of the dynamic factors involved in helicopter performance and system design. Knowledge and experience in fixed wing aircraft accident investigation does provide a basic reference since most systems found on helicopters are similar to those found on fixed wing aircraft. There are however some very distinct differences. Most unique are the rotor systems and the aerodynamics of rotary wing flight. These are the focuses of the Helicopter Accident Investigation Course. The course assumes a basic knowledge of aircraft accident investigation. The instruction leads you through examples of the unique aspects of helicopter operations. There is a discussion of helicopter aerodynamics as they relate to accidents. You will learn about Ground Resonance and Dynamic Rollover. You will be introduced to the problems of Settling Under Power and Vortex Ring State and examine Human Factors involving helicopters.