State Safety Program (SSP) Implementation

4-day (16 hours) LIVE virtual classroom course

Learn how to develop, implement and maintain a State Safety Program (SSP) n compliance with the relevant ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), namely with ICAO Annex 19 and Doc 9859. An SSP provides the framework for a State to oversee aviation safety, including the effective implementation and oversight of Safety Management Systems (SMS) by service providers. In this course you will understand how to implement the four main SSP components: State safety policy and objectives; State safety risk management; State safety assurance; and State safety promotion. You will also learn how to put each component into practice and monitor its progress, in line with international obligations, ICAO’s USOAP audit requirements, and nationally established safety objectives.

Course code: SAC042VCEN02

Course format

• The live sessions of this virtual classroom course are delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• The course will take you approximately 16 hours to complete and be held over 4 consecutive days.

Technical requirements

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Prerequisites

• Participants are required to complete the IATA State Safety Program Fundamentals e-learning course prior to attending. This course is included in the price and access will be arranged once full payment has been received.
• Access to ICAO Annex 19 Doc 9859 is advisable.
• Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

Availability
This course is offered exclusively as an in-company (in-house) program, designed to be delivered directly to your team. If you’re interested in arranging this training for your organization, we’d be happy to hear from you. Please reach out to IATA using the contact form on this page

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Design and implement a State Safety Program (SSP) in compliance with ICAO SARPs, including a framework for overseeing service providers’ SMS
• Plan and allocate the resources needed to operate and maintain the SSP effectively
• Establish safety data collection and analysis processes to support informed decision-making
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the SSP to ensure continuous improvement
• Apply the SSP components in practice, aligning with international obligations, ICAO USOAP audits, and national safety objectives

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• Design of SSP to meet ICAO provisions
• SSP documentation
• SSP resource needs with respect to human capital and documentation system
• Implementation of the ICAO SSP framework
• Safety Data Collection a Processing requirements
• Acceptable Level of Safety Performance (ALoSP)
• Safety Performance Management
• Safety databases to support safety data analysis
• SSP protection of safety data, safety information and related sources
• SSP implementation activities
• Knowledge and practical skills

This course is recommended for:

• Government, CAA and NAA personnel
• Service providers responsible for the Safety Management System within their organization
• Representatives of organisations involved in the SSP

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.