The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is to adopt a new three-group structure in order to comply with one of the recommendations of the Forsyth Report.
In a statement released today, Director of Aviation Safety Mark Skidmore said the regulator will restructure into three groups: stakeholder engagement, aviation and sustainability.
According to the statement, the new structure will create a "client-oriented organisational model" that meets Recommendation 21 of the Forsyth Report.
“I have listened to a lot of feedback over the last year and I understand the way CASA interacts with the aviation community at all levels must improve,” Skidmore said.
“This change in structure is a vital step in the process of renewing CASA so that our organisation meets the legitimate safety and regulatory needs of the aviation community while delivering the best possible aviation safety system for all Australians.
“CASA has been consulting widely and often over the past year and now is the time to start delivering real change.
“Part of this real change will be the introduction of more online services to streamline the application, processing and delivery of as many services as possible.
“These changes will streamline CASA’s senior management and give all staff a clearer focus on CASA’s goals and their own tasks.”
The three groups will have the following functions.
Stakeholder Engagement: brings together all communication functions into one area to ensure CASA’s communication and information is consistent and delivered effectively to all stakeholders.
Aviation: manage and deliver all collaboration and interaction with the aviation community. This includes entry control, surveillance, regulatory services, standards setting, regulatory development and regulatory implementation.
Sustainability: includes all support functions, both internal and external.
The restructure will start immediately and is expected to be complete by the middle of 2016.