Which steps are involved in SMS hazard management as it relates to AMQS?

• A. Identify hazards, assess risk, implement mitigations.
• B. Identify hazards and immediately halt all operations.
• C. Assess risk but never implement mitigations.
• D. Mitigations are done without risk assessment.

Answer: (A)

In SMS hazard management for AMQS, you start by identifying hazards that could affect safety or airworthiness. Once a hazard is known, you assess the risk by evaluating both how likely the hazard is to occur and how severe the consequences would be. Only after understanding the risk do you implement mitigations to bring that risk to an acceptable level, using measures such as engineering controls, changes to procedures, additional training, or adjustments to inspections or schedules. After implementing mitigations, you monitor their effectiveness and update the hazard record as needed, continuing the cycle to prevent recurrence.

This approach ensures hazards are not only found but also actively controlled in a proportional and systematic way. Halting all operations for every hazard is not practical or required; risk assessment without mitigations leaves hazards unmanaged; and applying mitigations without first assessing risk can misallocate resources or fail to address the most significant risks.