PROCESS 3.1.8 SYSTEM ASSESSMENT.

Performance Objective. The organization will perform an assessment of the safety
performance and effectiveness of risk controls, conformance to SMS expectations as stated herein, and the objectives of the safety policy.

 Design Expectations.
(1) The organization will assess the performance and effectiveness of:
               (a) Safety-related functions of operational processes against their objectives and expectations, and
                (b) The SMS against its objectives and expectations.

 (2) System assessments will document results that indicate a finding of:
              (a) Conformity with existing safety risk control(s)/SMS expectations(s)
 (including regulatory requirements applicable to the SMS);
              (b) Nonconformity with existing safety risk control(s)/SMS expectations(s)
(including regulatory requirements applicable to the SMS); and
              (c) New hazard(s) found.

 (3) The SRM process will be utilized if the assessment indicates:

              (a) The identification of new or potential hazards or

              (b) The need for system changes.

 (4) The organization will maintain records of assessments in accordance with the
expectations of Element 1.5b(3) and (4).

 Analysis and Assessment : Audits and other information gathering activities are useful to management only if the information is provided in a meaningful form and conclusions are drawn to form a bottom-line assessment. Primary purpose of the SA process is to assess the continued effectiveness of risk controls put into place by the SRM process. Where significant deviations to existing controls are discovered,

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