ED Decision 2020/021/R
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TRAINING — PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
(a) Operations and maintenance personnel
(1) The safety management system training addresses all safety-related responsibilities, including adherence to all operational and safety procedures, and identifying and reporting hazards.
(2) The training objectives include the organisation’s safety policy and safety management system fundamentals and overview.
(3) The training contents include the following:
(i) the definition of hazards;
(ii) the consequences of hazards 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) The safety management system training addresses safety-related responsibilities, including the promotion of the safety management system (SMS) and engaging operational personnel in hazard reporting.
(2) In addition to the training objectives established for operational personnel, the training objectives for managers and supervisors 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 include safety data analysis.
(c) Senior managers
(1) The safety management system training would include safety-related 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 for the two previous employee groups, the safety management system training includes also safety assurance and safety promotion, safety roles and responsibilities, and the establishment of an acceptable level of safety.
(d) Accountable manager
The training would 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 for operations, maintenance, managers, supervisors, senior managers, and accountable managers, covering responsibilities, objectives, and content.
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