Guidance

POSMS Manual

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

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

This publication was withdrawn on 20 April 2015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.

Documents

Complete POSMS manual (v2.2)

PDF, 20 MB, 415 pages

POSMS title page and record of revisions

PDF, 132 KB, 2 pages

1. Introduction

PDF, 500 KB, 5 pages

2. Description of the POSMS

PDF, 925 KB, 6 pages

3. POSMS Management and Responsibilities

PDF, 454 KB, 3 pages

4. How to do it

PDF, 1.3 MB, 29 pages

5. POSMS process maps

PDF, 418 KB, 3 pages

6. Core procedures

PDF, 483 KB, 4 pages

Safety initiation

Ref: SMP01

PDF, 649 KB, 9 pages

Safety committee

Ref: SMP02

PDF, 640 KB, 9 pages

Safety planning

Ref: SMP03

PDF, 603 KB, 8 pages

Preliminary hazard identification and analysis

Ref: SMP04

PDF, 188 KB, 8 pages

Hazard identification and analysis

Ref: SMP05

PDF, 685 KB, 10 pages

Risk estimation

Ref: SMP06

PDF, 642 KB, 8 pages

Risk and ALARP evaluation

Ref: SMP07

PDF, 789 KB, 12 pages

Risk reduction

Ref: SMP08

PDF, 611 KB, 8 pages

Risk acceptance

Ref: SMP09

PDF, 548 KB, 6 pages

Safety requirements and contracts

Ref: SMP10

PDF, 833 KB, 15 pages

Hazard log

Ref: SMP11

PDF, 647 KB, 10 pages

Safety case and case report

Ref: SMP12

PDF, 1.19 MB, 23 pages

In service SMS

Ref: SMP13

PDF, 585 KB, 8 pages

7. Support procedures

PDF, 572 KB, 6 pages

Communication: IPTs

Ref: SSP01a

PDF, 782 KB, 8 pages

Communication: ASEG

Ref: SSP01b

PDF, 713 KB, 7 pages

Training and awareness: IPTs

Ref: SSP02a

PDF, 835 KB, 10 pages

Training and Awareness: ASEG

Ref: SSP02b

PDF, 698 KB, 7 pages

Document and Record Control: IPTs

Ref: SSP03a

PDF, 740 KB, 9 pages

Document and record control: ASEG

Ref: SSP03b

PDF, 774 KB, 8 pages

8. Assurance and audit procedures

PDF, 971 KB, 13 pages

Audit management and initiation

Ref: AAP01a

PDF, 1.06 MB, 17 pages

Audit planning

Ref: AAP01b

PDF, 760 KB, 9 pages

Audit conduct

Ref: AAP01c

PDF, 675 KB, 8 pages

Audit reporting and follow-up

Ref: AAP01d

PDF, 737 KB, 9 pages

Monitoring and measurement

Ref: AAP02

PDF, 591 KB, 7 pages

Management review

Ref: AAP03

PDF, 558 KB, 7 pages

Non-conformance and corrective action

Ref: AAP04

PDF, 702 KB, 9 pages

9. Glossary and abbreviations

PDF, 847 KB, 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.

Published 1 July 2007