The SMS development begins indeed with setting the organisational Safety Policy and Objectives, in which the organisation defines the generic principles upon which the SMS is built and operated and outlines the strategy for achieving acceptable levels of safety within the organisation.

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The organisation needs as well to assures itself though adequate Safety Assurance that it is has an effective SMS is managing its risk through audit, assessment, and monitoring of its safety performance.

Put simply, effective safety management systems use risk and quality management methods to achieve their safety goals.

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The implementation of safety management procedures are the next key steps in the definition of a satisfactory Safety Risk Management to identify organisational Safety Hazards and Risks and to mitigate and contain such risks in operations.

Once these controls are deployed, it is necessary to ensure through adequate monitoring that they achieve the intended objectives and they are sustained with the time.

The organisation has to define a Safety Promotion system and related organisational framework to establish and foster the development of a positive corporate Safety Culture.

This requires the assignment of necessary resources and effort into training its people and publicising its safety culture and other safety information and monitor the effectiveness of its safety promotion.