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NTA holds transitioners training for IQA Team
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| Administrator Robert L. Seares (seated, 4th from left) joins participants and DAP lecturers during the photo session on the second day of the training. (N.E. Valdez) |
MEMBERS of the NTA Internal Quality Audit (IQA) Team attended the training course on Auditing Quality Management System (QMS), facilitated by the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), held at the NTA Central Office in Quezon City on June 7 and 8.
The two-day training, facilitated by Resource Persons from DAP, Michael L. Gapuz, Christian Eparwa and Mark Louie Grado, introduced the team members to Auditing QMS, Auditing Principles and Process, and Auditing QMS requirements. The participants learned the preparation of IQA Plan, Itinerary and Checklist during the workshop session on the second day.
Also present during the training were Administrator Robert L. Seares and Deputy Administrator for Operations Atty. Mel John I. Verzosa who delivered their respective messages, Administrative Department Manager Dr. Cristina C. Lopez and Corporate Planning Manager Fortuna C. Benosa.
The NTA IQA Team is headed by Internal Audit Manager Dinah E. Pichay, with Charity P. Garcia, Internal Auditor IV, as Vice Team Leader, and 23 members composed of selected employees from the different departments.
According to Pichay, the training is in preparation for the transition of the agency's management system standards from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015.
NTA attained ISO 9001:2008 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS), covering the Central Office and the Farm Technology and Services Department in Batac City, in September 2016 and passed the second audit in July this year.
In December last year, NTA invited another resource person from the DAP to facilitate the transition training course on ISO 9001:2015, which gives emphasis on risk-based management, and more emphasis on achieving value for its organization and its customers.
The IQA Team is scheduled to conduct this year's internal quality audit of the NTA's QMS on June 25 to 29 to ensure continuing enhancement of the agency services in conformity to ISO 9001 QMS standards.
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