Guidance

POSMS Manual

This publication was withdrawn on 20 April 2015

A current version can be found within the Acquisition Safety and Environmental Management System (ASEMS) held on the Acquisition System Guidance (ASG, formerly the AOF). For access to ASEMS via the ASG please visit www.defencegateway.mod.uk.

• From: Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment and Support
• Published: 1 July 2007

Project-Oriented Safety Management System (POSMS) Manual. The purpose of this document is to explain the contents and operation of the Safety…

Documents

Complete POSMS manual (v2.2)

PDF, 20MB, 415 pages

POSMS title page and record of revisions

PDF, 132KB, 2 pages

1. Introduction

PDF, 500KB, 5 pages

2. Description of the POSMS

PDF, 925KB, 6 pages

3. POSMS Management and Responsibilities

PDF, 454KB, 3 pages

4. How to do it

PDF, 1.3MB, 29 pages

5. POSMS process maps

PDF, 418KB, 3 pages

6. Core procedures

PDF, 483KB, 4 pages

Safety initiation

Ref: SMP01 PDF, 649KB, 9 pages

Safety committee

Ref: SMP02 PDF, 640KB, 9 pages

Safety planning

Ref: SMP03 PDF, 603KB, 8 pages

Preliminary hazard identification and analysis

Ref: SMP04 PDF, 188KB, 8 pages

Hazard identification and analysis

Ref: SMP05 PDF, 685KB, 10 pages

Risk estimation

Ref: SMP06 PDF, 642KB, 8 pages

Risk and ALARP evaluation

Ref: SMP07 PDF, 789KB, 12 pages

Risk reduction

Ref: SMP08 PDF, 611KB, 8 pages

Risk acceptance

Ref: SMP09 PDF, 548KB, 6 pages

Safety requirements and contracts

Ref: SMP10 PDF, 833KB, 15 pages

Hazard log

Ref: SMP11 PDF, 647KB, 10 pages

Safety case and case report

Ref: SMP12 PDF, 1.19MB, 23 pages

In service SMS

Ref: SMP13 PDF, 585KB, 8 pages

7. Support procedures

PDF, 572KB, 6 pages

Communication: IPTs

Ref: SSP01a PDF, 782KB, 8 pages

Communication: ASEG

Ref: SSP01b PDF, 713KB, 7 pages

Training and awareness: IPTs

Ref: SSP02a PDF, 835KB, 10 pages

Training and Awareness: ASEG

Ref: SSP02b PDF, 698KB, 7 pages

Document and Record Control: IPTs

Ref: SSP03a PDF, 740KB, 9 pages

Document and record control: ASEG

Ref: SSP03b PDF, 774KB, 8 pages

8. Assurance and audit procedures

PDF, 971KB, 13 pages

Audit management and initiation

Ref: AAP01a PDF, 1.06MB, 17 pages

Audit planning

Ref: AAP01b PDF, 760KB, 9 pages

Audit conduct

Ref: AAP01c PDF, 675KB, 8 pages

Audit reporting and follow-up

Ref: AAP01d PDF, 737KB, 9 pages

Monitoring and measurement

Ref: AAP02 PDF, 591KB, 7 pages

Management review

Ref: AAP03 PDF, 558KB, 7 pages

Non-conformance and corrective action

Ref: AAP04 PDF, 702KB, 9 pages

9. Glossary and abbreviations

PDF, 847KB, 17 pages

Details

The purpose of this document is to explain the contents and operation of the Safety Management element of MOD’s Acquisition Safety and Environmental Management System (ASEMS). This element is known as the Project-Oriented Safety Management System (POSMS). The other element of ASEMS is the Project-Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS) which has a separate, although closely related, manual.

The first link in the list of documents below is the POSMS Manual, which includes all Core Procedures (SMP01 - SMP13), Support Procedures (SSP01 - SSP03), and Assurance and Audit Procedures (AAP01 - AAP04). The rest of the links are the individual documents that form the POSMS Manual, included here for ease of navigation.

Document information

Published: 1 July 2007

From: Ministry of Defence Defence Equipment and Support