This course takes participants from the stance of simple regulatory compliance and awareness of Human Factors (HF) to advanced proactive methods and processes for monitoring and improving the effectiveness of your organisation's Error Management Systems (EMS).  

 

People involved in managing the Error Management Systems, Quality Managers, Safety Managers, Quality Engineers/Advisors, Regulators
 

- Accurate assessment of levels of compliance to the EASA Part-145 requirements in relation to Error Management

- Practical approaches to make your organisation's systems resilient to error

- The ability to measure the effectiveness of HF programmes and the organisational learning culture

- Increased staff engagement in safety culture - and the entire business (not just error management)

- A cost-effective EMS which provides return on investment and efficiency savings – by reduced downtime and less rework

- Confidence to lead and deal with HF implementation issues

- Skills to develop and clearly communicate the safety case for HF and for proactively managing error

- Ability to apply the latest advanced knowledge of key HF principles, tools and techniques
 

Worked examples of error management best practice; a practical method and checklist for assessing your EMS effectiveness; the Baines Simmons FAiR™ tool and user guide; David Marx textbook on Just Culture

 

With 30 years in both military and civil aerospace environments, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Baines Simmons. His experience encompasses a range of activities that include aircraft and component maintenance, management of EASA Maintenance and Production approvals and ISO 9001/AS EN 9100 approvals, UK MoD MAOS activities and Human Factors.
Kevin is one of our leading Maintenance Human Factors and Error Management specialists and he delivers these programmes to a large number of clients, in both the civil and military areas of aviation maintenance.
Kevin is also one of our key training deliverers in Quality Assurance and Audit Techniques, EASA Production and Maintenance Approvals, Goods Inwards Inspection and our recently introduced and highly successful UK MoD MAOS training courses.
Career Highlights: Membership of the SBAC/MoD MAOS working group, Quality Assurance Engineer AgustaWestland, Fleet Air Arm Chief Petty Officer.