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
Phase 2 – Baseline Appraisal	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
Phase 5 – Implementation of the IMS	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