This Safety Leadership Program runs over the duration of 5 weeks.

Each week there will be a new module released for you and this will require between 45- 60 minutes of your time to watch the videos and complete your Professional Learning Log (delegate workbook).

 Case studies are include for you to apply your knowledge practically to industry scenarios.

We're glad you asked 😃

Firstly, We do not believe that a 'Read and Click-Next' eLearning course engages in the same way as a real person. This is why in this course you'll meet Sam, someone who has worked all his life within the aviation world and is passionate about safety.

So, this course will differ in that you'll watch some short videos, presented by Sam, who will go through the required topics and encourage you to think about why we have to take this course. 

When you have completed the course, by watching every video, completing every activity and answering the questions at the end, you'll be automatically sent your certificate by email.

Sure - however, you'll gain nothing more than a 'tick-in-the-box' and a certificate. Will you be compliant? No, not in the way that is intended.

Ultimately we encourage you to consider how a professional, working in a very safety critical industry, should approach mandatory training such as this and take the time to use this course as a good refresher.

It's really easy, just click the 'Check-out' or 'Buy Now' button, pay and you can immediately get started.

You may be sent an email with a confirmation link inside - click that and you'll be inside the course.

Yes, absolutely!

We love working with organisations and partnering to bespoke our courses as much as possible.

Please contact us and tell us what you'd like.

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Syllabus: Safety Leadership Programme

Course Overview This programme is designed specifically for aviation maintenance professionals to move beyond traditional, passive e-learning. It equips engineering managers, supervisors, and certifiers with the practical tools needed to build a resilient safety culture, manage operational pressures, and transition from task-based management to value-driven safety leadership . 

Target Audience Engineering and Maintenance leaders, including aircraft maintenance, fleet technical, commercial and supply chain, planning, asset management, and propulsion personnel . 

Regulatory Alignment This course supports Safety Management System (SMS) principles as outlined by EASA and the UK CAA, addressing the regulatory responsibilities of leaders to document risks, ensure compliance, and actively set strategic safety direction . 

Unit 1: Developing Self-Awareness

Focus: Understanding the personal impact of leadership styles and maintaining integrity under operational pressure.

• Management vs. Leadership: The transition from administering tasks to developing people and inspiring trust . 

• Regulatory Responsibilities: Understanding the leader's role in the success of a Safety Management System (SMS) . 

• Leadership Styles: Exploring six distinct styles (Visionary, Coaching, Affiliative, Democratic, Pace-setting, Commanding) and learning when to flex your approach . 

• Acting with Integrity: A case study on maintaining safety standards and managing operational pressure during line maintenance . 

Unit 2: Building Relationships and Influencing Behaviour

Focus: Fostering cross-departmental collaboration and utilizing behavioral science to naturally encourage safe practices.

• Relationships at the Interfaces: Building resilience between interdependent engineering functions and planning departments . 

• Engaging Teams: Using knowledge, personal recognition, communication, and planning to get teams to think proactively about safety . 

• Behavioral Science & "Nudge" Theory: Communicating choices, using heuristics, and creating incentives to make doing the right thing the easiest choice . 

• Managing Conflicting Priorities: A case study analyzing the impact of simultaneous maintenance on ETOPs aircraft . 

Unit 3: Leading By Example

Focus: Aligning theoretical procedures with practical realities and monitoring safety performance effectively.

• Promoting a Positive Safety Culture: Understanding the core drivers of safety culture, including management commitment, just culture, and teamwork . 

• Work-as-Imagined vs. Work-as-Done: Identifying the gap between prescribed procedures and messy frontline realities, and learning how to close it through consultation . 

• Performance Monitoring & Review: Auditing risk controls to ensure they function correctly and support continuous improvement . 

• Effective Resourcing: Planning realistic workloads to ensure the right skills and equipment are available without introducing unnecessary human factors risks . 

Unit 4: Safety Conversations

Focus: Mastering two-way communication, active listening, and constructive feedback to drive continuous improvement.

• The Walk-Around Conversation: Establishing two-way dialogue on the shop floor to demonstrate genuine care rather than top-down control . 

• Active Listening: Applying verbal and non-verbal techniques to empathize and assertively manage conflict . 

• Providing Effective Feedback: Utilizing Appreciation, Leadership Coaching, and Performance Coaching to guide your team . 

• The Ask-Tell-Ask Method: Delivering constructive criticism effectively without causing defensiveness . 

Unit 5: Setting Vision and Direction

Focus: Consolidating leadership skills and setting actionable goals for your team.

• Consolidation of Principles: Aligning management practices with the organization's overarching health and safety purpose . 

• Setting SMART Objectives: Defining specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timebound safety expectations with your team . 

• The Professional Learning Log: Utilizing the logbook to track personal goals, monitor improvement, and identify methods to overcome barriers to implementation .