Training in SMS – Safety

Since October 2014, in line with international standards and practices recommended by ICAO and IATA, LAM has been undertaking a series of actions to train its workers in SMS – Safety Management System – and risk management.

In the first phase, three training sessions were held for employees who work directly in opera- tional safety areas and for the company’s senior managers.

To ensure continuity in this training, at the same time internal trainers were trained who will be an added value in the following phase.

SMS derives from the good practices contained in several ICAO regulations. Given their importance, they were compiled into a single appendix – appendix 19, in force since 2013.

On IATA’s recommendation, the operators affiliated to this body “shall guarantee that by 2015, all their employees are trained in SMS, so that they may undertake safety functions in accordance with the specificities of their work”.

Maputo, 22nd of December 2014