OBJECTIVE AND CONTENTS ICAO SAFETY MANAGEMENT SARPS — GENERAL .1

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Chapter 6 ICAO SAFETY MANAGEMENT SARPs

6.1 OBJECTIVE AND CONTENTS

This chapter presents the ICAO safety management SARPs included in Annex 1 — Personnel Licensing, Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft, Annex 8 — Airworthiness of Aircraft, Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services, Annex 13 — Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Annex 14 — Aerodromes. This chapter also presents the relationship between the State safety programme SSP and the service provider’s safety management system SMS. This chapter includes the following topics: a ICAO safety management SARPs — General; b State safety programme SSP; c Acceptable level of safety ALoS; d Safety management system SMS; e SMS safety performance; f Management accountability; g Relationship between an SSP and an SMS; and h Compliance and performance. 6.2 ICAO SAFETY MANAGEMENT SARPS — GENERAL 6.2.1 The ICAO safety management SARPs are contained in Annexes 1; 6, Parts I and III; 8; 11; 13 and 14. These Annexes address the activities of approved training organizations, international aircraft operators, approved maintenance organizations, organizations responsible for type design andor manufacture of aircraft, air traffic service providers and certified aerodromes. In the case of Annex 1, the safety management SARPs are limited exclusively to approved training organizations that are exposed to safety risks during the provision of their services. 6.2.2 The safety management SARPs are aimed at two audience groups: States and service providers. In the context of this manual, the term “service provider” refers to any organization providing aviation services. The term thus encompasses approved training organizations that are exposed to safety risks during the provision of their services, aircraft operators, approved maintenance organizations, organizations responsible for type design andor manufacture of aircraft, air traffic service providers and certified aerodromes, as applicable. 6.2.3 The ICAO safety management SARPs address three distinct requirements: a requirements regarding the State safety programme SSP, including the acceptable level of safety ALoS of an SSP; 6-2 Safety Management Manual SMM b requirements regarding safety management systems SMS, including the safety performance of an SMS; and c requirements regarding management accountability vis-à-vis the management of safety during the provision of services. 6.2.4 The ICAO safety management SARPs introduce the notion of acceptable level of safety ALoS as the way of expressing the minimum degree of safety that has been established by the State and must be assured by an SSP, and the notion of safety performance as the way of measuring the safety performance of a service provider and its SMS. 6.3 STATE SAFETY PROGRAMME SSP 6.3.1