CSA: Know the BASICs

CSA model: driver training

Safety Measurement System

Next we'll look at how the data is collected, measured, and evaluated within CSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS).

The image to the left shows the four components of CSA and how they work together.

  • We'll be looking at the ones in green.
  • We'll talk about interventions later in the course.

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Safety Measurement System

Before we go on to discuss each of the BASICs in detail, you need some crucial background information. Starting with how the data is collected, measured and evaluated within CSA's Safety Measurement System—the SMS.

The image to the left shows the four components of CSA—data collection, safety measurement, safety evaluation, and intervention—and how work they together. In this lesson, we'll be looking at the ones in green. We'll talk about interventions, including unfit suspension, later on in the course.

Select the Resources button to download this image as a PDF file. You can even print it out and refer to it as you work through the course.