Section 23 - Conclusion

A safety management system can benefit your operation regardless of its size. In the same way a successful business uses financial management systems to manage its operations, successful aviation operators treat safety like any other business process. It is not only good business sense; a good SMS will save you money.

Use the CD toolkit to help you build your system. It contains ideas and useful files for each component as well as the SMS evaluation tool that will be used by Transport Canada to assess SMS.

The key foundation needed to build an effective system is the commitment of the owner or top management to provide support in the form of resources and to foster a culture that is open, willing and able to share information. Good communication and well-trained employees will increase the chances that your system will work.