Content

This course introduces the principles of Safety Management Systems applied to airport operations. The training follows the structure below :

Module 1 : Basic airport culture

• Airport infrastructure organization

• Apron-related issues

• Traffic rules

• Rules around the aircraft

• Accident prevention

Module 2 : SMS principles applied to airports

• Objectives of the SMS

• Best practices on notification management

• Roles of the Responsible Manager and SMS Manager

• SMS implementation

Module 3 : Applicable regulations

• Regulatory levels and role of the Supervisory Authority

• Structure and context of regulations

• Key elements of EASA (IR-ADR)

Module 4 : Airport Security Impact Assessment

• Regulatory context and requirements

• Scope and content of the EISA form

• Identification of feared "airport" events

• Identification of causes and consequences: methodologies

• Risk classification and mitigation measures

Module 5 : Introduction to compliance monitoring

• Regulatory context and requirements

• Role of the Compliance Monitoring Officer (CMO)

• Change definition within EASA scope

• Implementation of change management

• Change procedures and Oversight Authority approval process