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| SMS Self-Assessment Online Survey | | | September 29 to October 17, 2008 An invitation:
Complete and submit your SMS survey today for a chance to win a prize! All completed and submitted surveys will be entered in a raffle for the chance to win one of three terrific prizes.
The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council invites individuals who occupy an SMS function to complete the Safety Management System Self-Assessment Survey. The data collected will be used to perform a needs analysis and identify industry gaps in relation to competencies required in link with your SMS function’s profile. The SMS functional competency profile is different from a job description. It describes the competencies required to perform the SMS function. The functions have been defined as follows:· Leader
Development, implementation and monitoring of policies, procedures and processes supporting SMS across the organization· Coordinator
Coordination of implementation and management of SMS within their organization· Investigator
Analysis of SMS report, investigation, recommendation on corrective action & follow-up· Assessor
Evaluation of effectiveness of SMS· Trainer
Development and implementation of SMS training · Reporter
Obligation of all people to report any hazards and participate in investigations, assessments and implementation of corrective actions.How have the functions been defined?The functions listed above were created to capture and group the various SMS-related tasks and activities to be accomplished and not existing job titles or positions. As an example, assume someone has reported an event or potential safety concern. That report will be directed to someone to “co-ordinate” the investigation. For a lot of companies (but not all), this will be the SMS Manager. Co-ordination is a function; SMS Manager is a job title. Every system requires a “co-coordinator” but not everyone will call this person the “SMS Manager”. Similarly the duties of the “coordinator” will vary but may include receiving the reports, assigning priorities, assigning investigative responsibility (root cause analysis), coordinating resources, receiving investigator reports, deciding appropriate action etc. All of these are functions which someone will have to do but again, different organizations will make different determinations as to who does them. What will the survey ask? 1. You will be asked to select the SMS function you occupy. Everyone occupies the function of Reporter. However, you may be occupying one or several other SMS function. If this is the case, you will have to complete the survey for each of those functions as the competencies and proficiency levels assessed are different.2. You will be asked to assess your level of proficiency against each of the competencies that are part of the SMS function profile by answering specific questions. It is very important for you to provide us with an accurate estimate of your proficiency level for each question. Your information is confidential and your answers will not be provided to your employer. What will we do with this information?The survey is administered using an independent third party (Human Resource Systems Group ltd. (HRSG)). Once the survey closes, HRSG will analyze the survey responses for each function and will perform a gap analysis to identify competencies that would require additional training.All personal information collected will only be used to raffle a special prize to those who participated in the survey. Your answers will be kept strictly confidential and any identifying information will be removed.Log on… · You can complete the online survey anytime between 29 September and 17 October. · Just log on to:
https://secure.i-skillsuite.com/camc-ccea For additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us:Isabelle Gonthier, PhD Chris Savage
Senior Consultant SMS Project Manager
HRSG Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council
613-745-6605 ext. 237 (613) 727-8272 ext: 263
igonthier@hrsg.ca csavage@camc.ca | | |
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