Quality Assurance Office ISO 9001

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION

ISO 9001:2015; ISO 14001:2015

 

The Quality Assurance Office contributes to the attainment of the University’s vision to become an agricultural research university of global standards. As such, the QA Office is in-charge of coordinating activities relative to the accreditation of the institution and the different programs offered by the university, ISO certification, and Institutional Sustainability Assessment.

The ISO journey of the university started with the certification of ISO 9001:2008 in 2018 for the Pili Campus, followed by the certification of ISO 9001:2015 in 2019, while the first surveillance audit for Pili campus was in 2020.  The Calabanga, Sipocot and Pasacao campuses had their ISO certification audit in 2020.

For 2021, the university will be subjected for an integrated management system certification for all the four (4) campuses with a recertification audit for ISO 9001:2015 and a certification audit for ISO 14001:2015 standards. The ISO Roadmap is divided into seven (7) phases, namely: (1) Initialization; (2) Baseline Appraisal; (3) Planning for Environment Management; (4) Development of the EMS; (5) Implementation of the IMS; (6) Monitoring and Improvement; and (7) IMS Certification Audit.

Below is the list of ISO activities indicated in the ISO Roadmap:

Phases Dates Activities Participants
Phase 1 – Initialization January 2021    
February 2021    
March 10, 2021 Meeting on ISO Concerns ISO Team

ISO Consultant

March 17, 2021 Planning on ISO Activities ISO Team

Campus Administrator

Phase 2 – Baseline Appraisal April 7, 2021 Cascading of ISO Activities for 2021 All Process Owners
April 12, 2021 ISO Gap Analysis Meeting Pollution Control Officers

ISO Consultant

Phase 3 – Planning for Environment Management April 16, 2021 IMS 101 – Understanding and Implementing ISO 14001:2015 Standard Training All Process Owners

ISO Consultant

April 27 – 28, 2021 IMS 102 – Setting of Objectives, Targets and Programs All Process Owners

ISO Consultant

April 29, 2021 IMS 103 – Risk Assessment Training All Process Owners

ISO Consultant

Phase 4 – Development of the EMS May 11 – 12 Consultation Meeting All Process Owners

ISO Consultant

May 17 – Jun 4 Submission of QO and RR with EMS Integration All Process Owners
Jun 7 – July 9 Various meetings ISO Team

ISO Consultant

All Process Owners

Phase 5 – Implementation of the IMS Jul 14 Launching of IMS ISO Team

All Process Owners

Jul 28 Seminar-Workshop on ISO Documents ISO Team

Office Staff

Phase 6 – Monitoring and Improvement Aug 12 – 13 Comprehensive Internal Audit Training ISO 19011:2018 IQAs

ISO Consultant

Aug 18 – 31 Conduct IQA including preparation of findings IQAs

All Process Owners

Sep 1 – 2 Development of Corrective and Preventive Action Process

Monitoring of business process performance against QOPMs

Conduct of process-based internal audit against ISO 14001:2015

IQAs

ISO Consultant

Sep 9 Final issuance, submission and application of corrective action plans plus monitoring of effectiveness by the IQA Team IQAs

All Process Owners

Sep 15 Management Review CAs

Top Management

Phase 7 – IMS Certification Audit Sep 28 – 29 Pre-Assessment Audit ISO Consultant

All Process Owners

Oct 7 Capability Assessment ISO Team

TUV-Rheinland

Oct 28 EMS Certification Audit (Stage 1) Remote Audit ISO Team

All Process Owners

Nov 8 – 12 QMS Recertification Audit and EMS Certification Audit (Stage 2) Remote Audit ISO Team

All Process Owners