MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Process Safety Culture Compliance with Standards Process Safety Competency Workforce Involvement Stakeholder Outreach Process Knowledge Management Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis Operating The Four Pillars of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) Courtesy of David Guss, Nexen (A CNOOC Company) Page 2 of 4 Framework is organized around four building blocks of safety management. These four components or . pillars. are essential for a safety-oriented management system. They come directly from the SMS principles discussed earlier. a. Policy. All management systems must define policies, procedures, and organizational structures to accomplish their goals. According to the Federal Aviation System, the 4 Pillars of Safety Management Systems (SMS) are: "Establishes senior management's commitment to continually improve safety; defines the methods, processes, and organizational structure needed to meet safety goals". An aviation Safety Management System (SMS) as proposed in ICAO Annex 19, is consolidated on four pillars: Safety Policy and Objectives; Safety Risk Management; Safety Assurance; Safety Promotion. The end objective of an SMS is to foster the required Safety Culture within an organisation which rests upon the four pillars listed above, and before Whether you adopt a paper based or digital SMS, the key components your program should always include are the four pillars of SMS: Safety Policy and Objectives. Safety Risk Management. Safety Assurance. Safety Promotion. These four components are further divided into 12 elements that can be used to customize the SMS to your organization. 3 Benefits of Aviation Safety Management System (SMS) Databases; 5 Things Spreadsheets Can't Do for Your SMS; Aviation SMS Is Also a System of Related Systems. Safety professionals recognize that an SMS implementation covers a wide range of activities that can be grouped under the four pillars: Safety policy; Safety risk management; Safety .

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