We only have to look at the variation in Aviation Safety levels around the world – both in the operational and Maintenance Environments. From continent to continent, country to country and even type of organisation and business, to know that safety levels vary enormously. Whilst lack of resources is a fundamental problem, insufficient regulatory oversight can also reflect in higher than average accident rates.
Despite the statistics, some organisations are clearly able to perform to higher standards than others. It is not necessarily how much money you spend on SMS for Maintenance systems but how well you spend it!
It is currently a requirement for Airlines to develop effective Safety Management Systems across the business which includes Maintenance areas of the business.
However for Maintenance Repair Organizations MRO or Part 145 Organizations SMS for Maintenance is less clearly defined within EASA regulatory requirements. Notwithstanding the fact the EASA is some way behind in this area, ICAO is quite clear in the requirement.
As far as compliance with IAO annex 6 is concerned it is necessary to introduce a proactive SMS for Maintenance.
Whilst essentially the same look and feel as the airline system and often of course an integrated part of the same SMS, an SMS for Maintenance “only” system is optimized for appropriate delivery.
A compliant SMS for maintenance system should be built around. The ICAO Requirement as a framework to compensate for the many differences to the current situation (especially for MROs) and the need to understand SMS in-depth, understand how it applies to organisation, know that an effective SMS system is not an “off-the-shelf” product, but that the organisations must design and develop their own SMS for maintenance for it to work most effectively.
In addition to ensure the need for careful planning and the danger of doing it wrong finally the benefits of investing time and resources and doing it right.
SMS for maintenance training can provide the knowledge needed and a supportive environment to formulate organisational plans and objectives.
Who manages the SMS for Maintenance? Along with other duties and responsibilities whilst the Accountable Manager remains responsible for SMS for Maintenance, it is typical for this activity to be managed by ether the Quality Manager or the Safety Manager in a larger organization.
The maintenance environments imposes specific requirements on the Safety Management System and SMS for Maintenance training offered by Avisa-ee considers these requirements and effective management of the process.
Avisa-ee is able to offer the following SMS trainings in English, Bulgarian or Russian:
1 Day SMS training for Accountable Managers and Post Holders
1 Day SMS training for Airline Staff
1 Day SMS training for Maintenance Staff
3 Day SMS training for Safety Managers and Quality Managers

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