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Chapter 11 STATE SAFETY PROGRAMME SSP
11.1 OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
This chapter introduces a framework for development and implementation of a State safety programme SSP that combines elements of both prescriptive and performance-based approaches to the management of safety. This chapter
also discusses the importance of a realistic implementation of an SSP as a prerequisite for the implementation of an SMS by service providers. The chapter includes the following topics:
a The components and elements of an SSP; b The ICAO SSP framework;
c SSP
development; d SSP implementation; and
e The role of the SSP in supporting SMS implementation.
11.2 THE COMPONENTS AND ELEMENTS OF AN SSP 11.2.1
An SSP is a management system for the management of safety by the State. The implementation of an SSP must be commensurate with the size and complexity of the State’s aviation system, and may require coordination
among multiple authorities responsible for individual elements of civil aviation functions in the State. 11.2.2
There are four components of an SSP, which represent the two core operational activities an SSP must undertake, as well as the organizational arrangements that are necessary to support such core operational activities.
The four components of an SSP are: a State safety policy and objectives;
b State safety risk management; c State safety assurance; and
d State safety promotion. 11.2.3
From the point of view of safety interventions and mitigation strategies, the two core operational activities of an SSP are State safety risk management and State safety assurance. These two core operational activities take
place under the umbrella provided by the State safety policy and objectives and are supported by the State safety promotion. Most of the equivalent components of an SMS presented in Chapter 8, 8.2 and 8.3 also apply to the SSP.
There is, however, one difference: under the SSP, the accident and serious incident investigation process, although formally considered an element of the State policy and objectives, is also a core operational activity that contributes to
safety data collection analysis and exchange, as well as to the targeting of oversight of areas of greater concern State safety assurance.
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11.2.4 The four components discussed in 11.2.2 constitute the basic building blocks of an SSP, in that they
represent the four overarching safety management processes that underlie the actual management system SSP. Each component is subdivided into elements, which encompass the specific sub-processes, specific activities or specific tools
that the actual State management system must engage or utilize in order to conduct the management of safety in a manner that combines prescriptive and performance-based approaches and supports the implementation of SMS by
service providers. 11.2.5
The State safety policy and objectives component is composed of four elements: a State safety legislative framework;
b State safety responsibilities and accountabilities; c accident and incident investigation; and
d enforcement
policy. 11.2.6
The State safety risk management component is composed of two elements: a safety requirements for the service provider’s SMS;
b agreement on the service provider’s safety performance. 11.2.7
The State safety assurance component is composed of three elements: a
safety oversight;
b safety data collection, analysis and exchange; and c safety-data-driven targeting of oversight of areas of greater concern or need.
11.2.8 The State safety promotion component is composed of two elements:
a internal training, communication and dissemination of safety information; and b external training, communication and dissemination of safety information.
Note.— Within the context of the SSP, the term “service provider” refers to any organization providing aviation services. The term includes 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.
11.3 THE ICAO SSP FRAMEWORK
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