TERM DEFINITIONS ORIGIN/REFERENCE
Safety
The result of processes and/or methods
EUROCONTROL SRC Achievement
applied to attain acceptable or tolerable
SRU safety.
Safety Assessment An evaluation based on engineering,
EUROCONTROL SRC operational judgement and/or analysis
SRU/Agency SQS methods. Safety Assurance
All planned and systematic actions
EUROCONTROL SRC necessary to provide adequate confidence
SRU that a product, a service, an organisation or a system achieves acceptable or tolerable safety.
Safety Interventions A proposal of the organisation conducting
EUROCONTROL Agency the assessment of the occurrence, based
(HEIDI) on information derived from the assessment, made with the intention of preventing accidents or incidents.
Safety Level
See Target Level of Safety. Safety
The management of activities to secure high
EUROCONTROL SRC Management
standards of safety performance which
RTF & SRU meet, as a minimum, the provisions of safety regulatory requirements.
Safety
A managerial function with organisational
EUROCONTROL SRC Management
responsibility for development and
SRU Function
maintenance of an effective safety management system. Safety
A systematic and explicit approach defining
EUROCONTROL SRC Management
the activities by which safety management
RTF System (SMS)****
is undertaken by an Organisation in order to achieve acceptable or tolerable safety. Safety