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 |
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| March 17, 2021 | Planning on ISO Activities | ISO Team
Campus Administrator |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| April 29, 2021 | IMS 103 – Risk Assessment Training | All Process Owners
ISO Consultant |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sep 9 | Final issuance, submission and application of corrective action plans plus monitoring of effectiveness by the IQA Team | IQAs
All Process Owners |
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| Sep 15 | Management Review | CAs
Top Management |
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| Phase 7 – IMS Certification Audit | Sep 28 – 29 | Pre-Assessment Audit | ISO Consultant
All Process Owners |
| Oct 7 | Capability Assessment | ISO Team
TUV-Rheinland |
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| Oct 28 | EMS Certification Audit (Stage 1) Remote Audit | ISO Team
All Process Owners |
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| Nov 8 – 12 | QMS Recertification Audit and EMS Certification Audit (Stage 2) Remote Audit | ISO Team
All Process Owners |
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