Over 300 employees from National Airports Corporations operations and support services completed Safety Management System (SMS) training. The objective of an SMS is to facilitate the creation of safety culture so that compliance to regulatory requirements happens as a matter of cause. NAC Corporate SMS Manuals has safety and regulatory requirements to ensure quality assurance through embedding organizational safety culture within the NAC as a document holder in the PNG Civil Aviation System. This training is among many initiatives that are undertaken by NAC to reinforce safety as the top priority in our operations. Acting Managing Director and CEO, Mr Joseph Tupiri said that this training is mandatory and requires staff that are directly involved in safety as well support services undergo the training. Delivery of the training involves both theory and practical exercises covering a wide range of areas including, civil aviation rules, the SOPs related to the rules, hazard identification, risk assessment, incident reporting and emergency response. He said that NAC is committed to strengthen their safety culture within the organisation and also across the aviation industry where every employee is proactive in contributing towards implementing safety measures on a daily basis in their line of work. He added that they are on track to have their employees including the Managing Director and executives to undergo this training by the end of the year. The Safety Assurance and Regulatory Compliance (SARC) business unit is rolling this training out across the organization. Safety remains NACs top priority across all of its airports and NAC is committed to ensuring we that they live up to the expectation of the regulator, the Government, the Airlines, the travelling public and their employees.