Assurance
Monitor your system to learn how it performs
Definition
Using observations, investigations, paperwork checks, data analysis, feedback reviews, and closing the loop on reporting systems to provide assurance your system is performing well and enables you to improve.
Steps
Step 1 Set out how you review the performance of your safety management system
Guidance
It can be useful to think about proactive and reactive learning.
- Proactive – inspections, checks, observations, seeking feedback, critical friends
- Reactive – investigating accidents, incidents and near misses
If there is potential for community wide learning, please report incidents to the RYA [link]
Checklist
☐ What changes have you made because of lessons learned?
☐ When do you report to the board that governs your organisation about the learning and changes you have made to improve safety on the water?
☐ Have you closed loops? Are you confident that if your SMS requires you to do something, there is assurance that it has been done?