CASA "Safety Management System – Getting Started" booklet identified 10 steps to implmement an aviation safety management system. These ten steps have been consolidated into eight. This eight-step process relates to the operation of any flight operation. The eight step process involves:
- Aviation Safety Policy
- Management accountability
- Establish process to manage flight-safety risks
- Setting up a aviation safety reporting system to record flight hazards, risks and actions taken
- Training and educating staff
- Auditing flight operations and investigating incidents and accidents
- Setting up aviation safety management system to control documentation and data
- Evaluating how aviation safety management system is operating