How to Setup a Virtual Safety Office (VSO)
So you are interested in setting up a VSO? Do you have existing or prospective clients that fit into the following categories with fewer than 40 employees?
- Corporate flight departments;
- Airports;
- Aviation Maintenance Organizations (AMOs or MROs);
- Drone operators;
- Agricultural operations;
- Sight-seeing tour operators; and
- FBOs.
With your Virtual Safety Office, are you able to provide critical SMS activities, including:
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Creating or updating their SMS manuals;
- Collecting safety event data;
- Conducting risk assessments and analyses;
- Documenting risk management activities;
- Provide SMS training for both employees and managers;
- Performing safety promotion activities (newsletters & surveys)?
Services Provided by Your Virtual Safety Office (VSO)
Your VSO allows smaller operators to benefit from an SMS at a reasonable cost. The services you provide, and the fees charged, is between you and your clients. By providing a dedicated, trained Safety Analyst Mentor (SAM), your clients must be assured that critical SMS activities are not left to chance, including:
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SMS database administration
- Hazard /Safety event identification, analysis, tracking and assignment
- Trend analysis
- Safety risk assessments
- Risk management reports
- SMS training by a true subject matter expert
- Tracking and following up on SMS activities
- Performing safety promotion activities (surveys and newsletters)
- Updating SMS related documentation.
We recommend that you offer a "one-stop-shop-full-meal deal" addressing all client SMS needs. If you need assistance in a particular area, we can offer guidance. We are here to support you to ensure you have tools available to help you succeed.