Course overview
Acron Aviation’s Recurrent Safety Management Systems (SMS) Programme is a focused one-day refresher course designed to reinforce and update the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to support effective safety management within regulated aviation organisations. Developed for personnel working within UK CAA, EASA, and internationally aligned regulatory environments, the programme revisits core SMS principles, reviews current industry developments, strengthens safety culture awareness, and reinforces practical risk management techniques.
The programme provides an efficient and regulatory-aligned solution for maintaining organisational safety competence, reinforcing essential SMS knowledge, promoting a positive reporting culture, and supporting continuous improvement across aviation operations.
- Duration: One day
- Delivery: Classroom (at our London Training Centre) or virtual instructor-led
- Cost: £550 + VAT
- Upcoming course dates: 22 October; 5 November; 3 December
- Certification: Acron Aviation Recurrent Safety Management Systems Certificate of Completion
- Regulatory relevance: Aligned with UK CAA, EASA, ICAO and internationally recognised SMS principles and recurrent training expectations
- CPD recognition: Available upon request
Following completion of the course, participants will demonstrate a refreshed understanding of SMS principles, participate confidently in hazard identification and risk management activities, support reporting and investigation processes, promote a positive safety culture, and contribute to organisational resilience and continuous improvement.
Who should attend?
- Flight Crew
- Cabin Crew
- Dispatch Personnel
- Ground Operations Personnel
- Maintenance Personnel
- Continuing Airworthiness Personnel
- Safety Managers
- Safety Officers
- Compliance Monitoring Personnel
- Quality Assurance Staff
- Accountable Managers
- Nominated Persons
- Operations Managers
- Training Managers
- Supervisors
- CRM Trainers
- Human Factors Trainers
- Instructors and other aviation professionals who have previously completed initial SMS training
Course objectives
Refresh understanding of SMS principles; reaffirm individual safety responsibilities; apply hazard identification and risk management techniques; review safety reporting and occurrence management processes; understand industry developments; strengthen safety culture and Just Culture principles; support safety assurance activities; and promote continuous improvement.
Key topics covered
- SMS Refresher
- Safety Culture and Just Culture
- Hazard Identification and Risk Management
- Safety Reporting and Investigation
- Safety Assurance
- Human Factors and Operational Performance
- Industry Developments
- Continuous Improvement
Practical training elements
Hazard identification workshops, risk assessment exercises, safety reporting case studies, operational safety event reviews, human factors analysis activities, lessons learned discussions, and safety decision-making exercises.
Benefits to your organisation
Maintain regulatory compliance, strengthen safety culture, improve risk awareness, enhance organisational learning, support continuous improvement initiatives, and improve operational resilience.
Why choose Acron Aviation?
Acron Aviation combines practical operational experience with expertise in safety management, human factors, regulatory compliance, and organisational performance improvement. The programme is designed to create meaningful engagement with SMS principles through practical aviation-focused learning.
Meet the trainer - Peter Hogston
Peter Hogston has had a full career as a commercial pilot in both the rotary and fixed-wing sectors. He has delivered services successfully for Baines Simmons and CAAi working with commercial and military operators, national aviation Authorities and non-commercial operations.
Peter has delivered regulatory change and training programmes on behalf of regulators and the regulated, globally. This includes training UKCAA and EASA teams on the effective implementation of SMS and regulatory development.
Peters’ knowledge includes the practical application of regulations, the benefits of effective safety management and resulting improvements in business performance.
