Safety

Kerry Airport Safety Policy

This safety Policy is a description of the overall philosophies and principles of Kerry Airport with regards to safety, it describes the airports commitment in writing to achieve and maintain the highest levels of safety, health and quality at all levels within the organisation that leads to the avoidance of, and reduction in risks to safety, health and welfare as far as is reasonably practical.

The Scope of the Safety Management System and supporting procedures covers Kerry Airports site as well as it’s associated operations in the provision of Air Traffic Management and Aerodrome Services excluding Design and Development.

Safety, Health and Quality is afforded the highest priority throughout the Airport’s activities, irrespective of commercial, operational, environmental or social pressures. The Board of Directors and Senior Management are committed to the promotion of Safety, Health and Quality in consultation with its employees and stakeholders, by creating an organisational culture that encourages safe practices, effective safety reporting and communication, and proactively and explicitly manages safety through the application of a formal Safety Management System (SMS).

Kerry Airport Safety Objectives include:

  1. Develop and embed a safety culture in all our aviation activities that recognises the importance and value of effective aviation safety management and acknowledges at all times that safety is paramount;
  2. Clearly define for all staff and Managers their accountabilities and responsibilities, enforcing safety as one primary responsibility. Staff have an individual responsibility for their own actions and are accountable for any departure from specified standards and practices applicable to their job. In addition, managers are responsible for the safety performance within their section/organisation.
  3. Compliance with relevant regulatory reporting requirements, ensuring the purpose of reporting and internal investigations is to improve safety and standards and not to apportion blame;
  4. Maintain a formal Hazard analysis and Risk Assessment process to identify, analyse, assess and mitigate to a point that is as low as reasonably practicable/achievable known risks present in the Aerodrome and ATM operations;
  5. Ensure that externally supplied systems, services and goods that impact upon the safety of our operations meet appropriate safety standards and requirements of any regulatory body;
  6. Actively develop and improve our safety processes to conform to applicable standards, and consider best practices.
  7. Ensure the Airport procedures are designed to meet all legal and regulatory requirements of ATM and Aerodrome services including the requirements of Safety, Health and Quality which shall be managed proactively and explicitly through the application of a formal and integrated Safety Management System (SMS);
  8. Comply with and, wherever possible, exceed legislative and regulatory requirements and standards; as a minimum comply with the requirements of:
    – EU and National legislation
    – Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005 (the Act)
    – International Civil Aviation Organisation, EASA, EUROCONTROL and the Competent Authority.
  9. Ensure that all staff and management are provided with adequate training, shall be deemed competent for the jobs they are required to complete, and are only allocated tasks commensurate with their skills;
  10. Ensure that sufficient and appropriate resources are available to achieve safety objectives and manage key safety risks, including safe facilities, materials, systems and equipment, personnel and financial resources;
  11. Establish and measure our safety performance against realistic safety targets;
  12. Providing safe and efficient services in an open and transparent manner without discrimination against user or individual.
  13. Continually improve our safety, Health and quality performance to the highest standards, with the involvement of employees and to periodically review this Safety Policy to ensure it remains relevant and appropriate, and to communicating any changes to employees;
  14. Promoting a ‘Just Culture’ based on key elements, developed in consultation with employees, which creates an environment that allows employees to report all incidents and safety concerns without threat of censure, disciplinary action or subsequent loss of employment, except when there is gross negligence or a deliberate or wilful disregard to our standard operating practices and procedures (Refer to KIR-SOT-AP7)

This Safety Policy and its associated objectives shall be communicated to all personnel (including relevant contracted staff and organisations on request or as and when required), it available in both hard and soft copies.