Guidance

JSP 815: Defence Safety Management System (SMS) Direction and Guidance

JSP 815: Defence (SMS) Direction and Guidance provides the direction and guidance to be used by all Defence organisations to assist them with the successful implementation of the requirements set out in the corresponding 12 elements.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 15 June 2023
• Last updated: 20 September 2024 — See all updates

Documents

JSP 815 - Element 1: Leadership, governance and culture v1.2

PDF, 2.89 MB, 18 pages

JSP 815 - Element 2: Organisation and dependencies v1.2

PDF, 2.37 MB, 16 pages

JSP 815 - Element 3: Legislation, policy, regulations and guidance v1.2

PDF, 2.12 MB, 16 pages

JSP 815 - Element 4: Risk assessments and safety cases v1.2

PDF, 1.25 MB, 20 pages

JSP 815 - Element 5: Supervision, contracting and control activities v1.2

PDF, 2.08 MB, 16 pages

JSP 815 - Element 6: Personnel competence, resources and training v1.2

PDF, 2.23 MB, 14 pages

JSP 815 - Element 7: Equipment design, manufacture and maintenance v1.2

PDF, 2.67 MB, 19 pages

JSP 815 - Element 8: Infrastructure design, build and maintenance v1.2

PDF, 2.27 MB, 16 pages

JSP 815 - Element 9: Performance, management information and reporting v1.2

PDF, 1.64 MB, 12 pages

JSP 815 - Element 10: Accident - Incident management and emergency response v1.2

PDF, 2.46 MB, 13 pages

JSP 815 - Element 11: Communications and stakeholder engagement v1.2

PDF, 1.33 MB, 13 pages

JSP 815 - Element 12: Assurance v1.2

PDF, 2.27 MB, 16 pages

JSP 815 - Annex A: Applicability of Instructions for SEMS (Element 2) v1.2

PDF, 1.63 MB, 7 pages

JSP 815 - Annex B: Exemption Certificate Process (Element 3) v1.2

PDF, 392 KB, 5 pages

JSP 815 - Annex C: Duty of Care on Deployments (Element 5) v1.2

PDF, 432 KB, 6 pages

JSP 815 - Annex D: HoE ResponsibilitIies v1.2

PDF, 1.32 MB, 5 pages

JSP 815 - Annex E: Safety Aspects for Letters of Delegation (Element 6) v1.2

PDF, 397 KB, 4 pages

JSP 815 - Annex F: SP 815 Mapping to ISO 45001 (Element 12) v1.2

PDF, 199 KB, 21 pages

JSP 815 - Annex G: Assurance Toolkit v1.3

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 173 KB

JSP 815 - Annex H: Audit Manual (editable PDF)

PDF, 2.43 MB, 34 pages

Details

JSP 815: Defence (SMS) Direction and Guidance provides the direction and guidance which is to be used by all Defence organisations to assist them with the successful implementation of the requirements set out in the corresponding 12 elements.

Related information

• Defence Acquisition Safety Policy (JSP 376)

Published 15 June 2023
Last updated 20 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 20 September 2024

   Updated 'JSP 815 - Annex H: Audit Manual (editable PDF)'.

2. 12 September 2024

   Updated JSP 815: Defence (SMS) Direction and Guidance, Elements 1 to 12 and Annexes A to H.

3. 10 October 2023

   Updated Annex D - Head of Establishment responsibilities (Element 5) v1.2 and Annex G - Assurance self-assessment toolkit (Element 12) v1.1.

4. 30 August 2023

   Added a link to 'Defence Acquisition Safety Policy (JSP 376)'.

5. 15 June 2023

   First published.