Home / Courses / Safety

SMS Recurrent: Measuring and Improving SMS Effectiveness

Safety1 day / 8 hoursAdvanced

For organisations whose SMS is already running. This one-day recurrent course helps you check whether your SMS is effective, efficient and worth the resources it uses, find the weak processes, and plan improvements. Organisations that are new to SMS also use it to avoid common implementation mistakes.

Who it is for

Middle and senior safety managers, operational managers and supervisors, and postholders in organisations with an operating SMS

Learning outcomes

  • Benchmark your SMS against ICAO Annex 19 and current good practice
  • Assess how effective your safety risk management and safety assurance processes are
  • Identify weak SMS processes and plan improvements
  • Bring new initiatives into the SMS in a structured way

Course outline

  • Measuring SMS effectiveness
  • Capabilities and enablers of a mature SMS
  • Management of change
  • Emerging trends and challenges in safety management
  • Improvement planning workshop

Topics follow public standards: ICAO Annex 19; ICAO Doc 9859.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the course?

The course runs 1 day / 8 hours.

Who is the course for?

Middle and senior safety managers, operational managers and supervisors, and postholders in organisations with an operating SMS

What delivery modes are available and what does it cost?

Classroom in Tbilisi €500, online classroom (live virtual) €430; prices per participant, excluding VAT. Groups and in-company: €3,000 for up to 12 participants (fixed minimum — still due if fewer than 12), then €250 per extra person. The group price covers up to 12 participants at your premises or online. Travel, accommodation and per diem for the instructor(s) are charged at cost when delivery requires travel.

Where does the course take place?

Classroom sessions are held at Ana Politkovskaya Street N14, Tbilisi, Georgia. The course is also available online or in-company in Georgia or abroad.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. This is a certification training. Participants who complete the course receive a Certificate of Completion in Georgian and English. The certificate lists the course title, topics, training hours, dates and instructor. The certificate confirms the training you completed; it is not an aviation licence or rating. Our training process follows ISO 9001 quality management principles, and course content draws on published ICAO and EASA material. Whether the certificate meets your organisation's or regulator's training requirements is decided by your employer or the relevant authority. On request, we send the course syllabus and the instructor's CV in advance.

Who teaches the courses?

Training is led by Davit Mazmishvili, Head of the Training Center, who personally holds teacher licences from the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency and airline transport pilot licences (aeroplane and helicopter). On request, we send the CV of the instructor assigned to your course. These are personal qualifications, not an approval of the centre's courses by any authority.

Related courses