The context
Keep the QMS that works for your organisation
Organisations managing an aerospace QMS in South Africa do not all use the same systems. Some use enterprise software; others rely on controlled manuals, established procedures, spreadsheets and systems developed by their own quality teams.
Whether your QMS is software-based or manually controlled, we fit into the system you already use and support the parts that must reach employees clearly and consistently.
We support the employee-facing elements, including conduct awareness, policy and procedure engagement, rollout administration and evidence, while your organisation retains control of its standards, technical requirements, audits, risks, corrective actions and wider quality system.
Awareness and evidence
Focused support without replacing your QMS
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Employee conduct and speak-up awareness
Help employees understand expected conduct, reporting routes and workplace compliance risks that support a controlled aerospace environment.
Our courses cover ethics, whistleblowing, conflicts of interest, anti-bribery and corruption, cybersecurity and other workplace compliance risks expectations that aerospace organisations may need to communicate.
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Courses aligned with your internal requirements
Connect general compliance training to your approved internal rules, terminology and reporting processes so training is easier to apply in practice.
Where required, we can adjust existing courses to reflect your code of conduct, conflicts of interest rules, anti-bribery policy, gifts and hospitality requirements, whistleblowing channels and other internal requirements.
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Policy and QMS document engagement
Create a clear audit trail of who received, acknowledged and completed required policy or procedure actions.
Policy Passport allows you to distribute approved policies, procedures and other workforce-facing QMS documents to defined employee groups.
You can control versions, require acknowledgements, attestations or questions, and follow up on incomplete actions.
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Managed rollout and evidence
Reduce administrative burden while maintaining clear records of enrolment, completion, reminders and document engagement.
Through ELLO and Policy Passport, Compliance Online can manage the rollout, follow-up and reporting on your behalf.
Organisations with an existing LMS can instead license our SCORM content and manage the rollout internally.
how we help
Your QMS defines the requirements. We help with the part that needs to reach your people.
Regulatory landscape
Aerospace compliance and SACAA requirements in South Africa
Aerospace organisations do not operate against one simple set of rules. Requirements may come from:
- the 9100-series aerospace quality standards;
- applicable Civil Aviation Regulations and Technical Standards
- the scope of SACAA approvals;
- occupational health and safety law;
- information protection and cybersecurity requirements;
- customer and OEM requirements;
- international approvals and accreditations;
- internal manuals, procedures and work instructions; and
- contractual requirements passed through the aerospace supply chain.
These requirements do not all have the same status. Some are legal or regulatory obligations. Some form part of the organisation’s certification or approval. Others are imposed by customers, contracts or the organisation’s own QMS.
awareness routes
You decide what the QMS requires
Your quality, legal and compliance specialists remain responsible for interpreting the standards, approvals, customer requirements and internal procedures that apply. Once they have confirmed what employees need to know or do, we can help with the employee-facing process.
Confirm the employee requirement
Your team identifies the requirement, the employees affected and the action expected of them.
This may involve awareness of a conduct risk, completion of training, receipt of an updated procedure or acknowledgement of an approved policy.
Choose the right response
We help determine whether the requirement is best addressed through an existing course, an adjusted course, a policy or procedure assignment, or a combination of these.
The response should match the subject, the audience and the level of engagement required.
Decide what needs to be evidenced
Together, we clarify what the organisation will need to show later, who will manage the rollout and what follow-up and reporting are required.
That determines the most suitable delivery route and whether the evidence will be managed internally or with Compliance Online’s support.
The detail
Got questions? Start here
What does aerospace compliance mean in South Africa?
Aerospace compliance in South Africa means meeting the combination of standards, legal requirements, approval conditions, customer obligations and internal controls that apply to an organisation. The exact combination depends on what the organisation does.
A manufacturer, design organisation, maintenance organisation, component supplier and aircraft operator may operate under different quality standards, SACAA requirements, customer expectations and contractual obligations.
What is an aerospace quality management system (QMS)?
An aerospace quality management system is the collection of policies, procedures, responsibilities, controls and records used to manage quality within an aerospace organisation. It may be supported by specialist software or through systems selected and managed internally.
What matters is whether the QMS is appropriate, controlled, effectively operated and able to produce the records the organisation may need later.
What are the main aerospace QMS requirements?
The applicable aerospace QMS requirements depend on the organisation’s certification, activities, approvals, products and customer obligations. They may cover leadership, competence and awareness, documented information, operational controls, product conformity and safety, supplier management, risk, configuration and change control, non-conformance, corrective action, internal audit and continual improvement.
Compliance Online supports selected employee-awareness, policy-engagement and evidence processes within that wider system.
What is the difference between AS9100 and ISO 9001?
ISO 9001 is a general quality management standard used across industries. AS9100 incorporates the ISO 9001 quality management foundation and adds requirements developed for organisations in the aviation, space and defence supply chain. These additional requirements reflect the quality, safety, traceability, configuration and supply-chain risks found in aerospace environments.
Is AS9100 legally required in South Africa?
AS9100 is a quality management certification standard rather than a South African statute. It may nevertheless be required by a customer, OEM, contract, tender or as a condition of participating in a particular aerospace supply chain.
Legal and regulatory requirements may apply separately through the Civil Aviation Act, Civil Aviation Regulations, Technical Standards and the conditions attached to a SACAA approval.
Does Compliance Online provide AS9100 or IA9100 training?
No. Our courses do not teach employees how to implement, audit or certify an aerospace QMS against AS9100 or IA9100.
We provide existing employee compliance awareness courses that may support selected conduct, leadership, speak-up and information-security elements within the organisation’s wider QMS.
The organisation remains responsible for interpreting the standard and determining the awareness or competence its employees require.
What aerospace compliance training can Compliance Online provide?
Relevant existing courses may include Ethics in a Nutshell, Whistleblowing, Conflicts of Interest, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Cybersecurity, Companies Act and Directors’ Duties, corporate governance, POPIA, Competition Law, OHS Act and Anti-Harassment Code awareness. Not every course will be relevant to every aerospace organisation. Where agreed, existing courses can be adjusted to reflect approved internal policies, terminology and reporting routes.
Can our code of conduct and internal policies be included in the training?
Yes, where this is agreed as part of the scope. Relevant approved content may include the organisation’s code of conduct, conflicts-of-interest rules, whistleblowing procedure, reporting channels, anti-bribery policy, gifts and hospitality rules and cybersecurity requirements. The organisation remains responsible for approving the policies and confirming their legal, regulatory and technical adequacy.
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