ED Decision 2014/012/R
STAFF SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
(a) Operations, rescue and firefighting, and maintenance personnel
(1) Safety training should address safety responsibilities, including adherence to all operating and safety procedures, and recognising and reporting hazards;
(2) The training objectives should include the organisation’s safety policy and safety management system fundamentals, and overview;
(3) The contents should include:
(i) definition of hazards;
(ii) consequences and risks;
(iii) the safety risk management process, including roles and responsibilities; and
(iv) safety reporting and the organisation’s safety reporting system(s) .
(b) Managers and supervisors
(1) Safety training should address safety responsibilities, including promoting the SMS and engaging operational personnel in hazard reporting;
(2) In addition to the training objectives established for operational personnel, training objectives for managers and supervisors should include a detailed knowledge of the safety process, hazard identification and safety risk management and mitigation, and change management;
(3) In addition to the contents specified for operational personnel, the training contents for supervisors and managers should include safety data analysis.
(c) Senior managers
(1) Safety training should include safety responsibilities, including compliance with European Union, national and the organisation’s own safety requirements, allocation of resources, ensuring effective inter-departmental safety communication, and active promotion of the safety management system;
(2) In addition to the objectives of the two previous employee groups, safety training should include safety assurance and safety promotion, safety roles and responsibilities, and establishing acceptable levels of safety.
(d) Accountable manager
The training should provide the accountable manager with a general awareness of the organisation’s safety management system, including safety management system roles and responsibilities, safety policy and objectives, safety risk management, and safety assurance.
Guidance on safety management system training requirements for staff, managers, senior managers, and the accountable manager, covering responsibilities, objectives, and content.
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