Aviation Safety Management
Efficient and failsafe safety management
Airservices Australia’s uncompromising approach to safety management over the past 50 years has enabled us to provide airspace and airside services to the highest international standards. Now we are sharing our expertise with aviation customers around the world.
Our safety-first business culture not only reduces the likelihood of incidents and system failures, but also helps to prevent problems before they occur. Through the identification of possible safety issues in the early stages of airways system and procedures design, costly failures and the need to constantly rectify mistakes can be eliminated.
Aviation safety management services
- Safety management systems and procedures
- Safety and human factor training
- Quantitative risk assessment
- Air traffic management system integration
- Communication, navigation and surveillance systems design, specification, installation and maintenance
- Safety audits to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards including safety system and software audits and reviews
- Management of stakeholder and community safety expectations
- Safety systems development, implementation, training and improvement
- Safety cases - that identify safety requirements and provide assurance that the design, testing and installation processes are adequate to ensure safe operation before system commissioning
- Functional Hazard Assessment Reports
- Safety system benchmarking
Customer Benefits
- Greater public trust in aviation services
- Assurance and investigation of systems and technology to ensure compliance with international safety standards.
- Effective risk management
- Integrated ‘system safety’ modelled on leading edge human-factors research that enables customers to move beyond OH&S legislative compliance , towards a culture that encourages safe behaviour.
- Reduced operational costs
- Cost benefits from identifying and controlling safety deficiencies early in system or operational development processes.
- Operational risk assessments utilising sophisticated software tools to efficiently track and manage risk.
- Occupational Health and Safety Systems that provide staff and management with rapid access to safety related information and training materials.
- Economic opportunities through a more reliable aviation environment
- Safety Management Systems and procedures benchmarked to world’s best standards for national and international legislative compliance.
Safety Management Systems (SMS)
Airservices has been developing and operating systems that enable monitoring and proactive management of safety issues for more than 10 years. We draw on the expertise and experience of safety specialists working across a wide variety of areas including air traffic control, air traffic auditing, aviation risk management and safety analysis, aviation safety policy and the development of air safety occurrence notification, investigation and reporting software.
Expertise includes:
- Development of strategies and plans for an organisational safety culture that is reflected in all activities;
- Provision of an integrated framework that facilitates a systems view of safety and risk management;
- Processes for the identification, minimisation and management of risk; and
- Provision of support and training.
Our reputation for quality and expertise in safety management is attracting a growing number of international customers , including Airways Corp (New Zealand), Strategic Air Services Limited (Fiji), NavCanada, CAA Sweden, CAA Finland, QANTAS and the Australian Defence Force.
