Safety Management Systems (SMS)

The Gas Association’s core business is to ensure competency, safety and reliability in the gas industry. This is being managed in a structured risked based manner on an agreed Safety Management System (SMS). This is an overarching framework for network and GMS activities including the identification of core competencies, and establishment of performance reporting, KPIs, audits and assessments.

The gas industry has established a clear path to enhance industry performance using a continuous improvement, risked based process framework to establish this SMS.

The foundation of the work, based around competency of people and agreed industry operating protocols is planned to dovetail neatly into the Energy Safety Review Bill, currently before Parliament.

That legislation, once passed, will offer a formal mechanism for introducing innovative solutions, with performance reporting and self auditing packages.