PNTC Colleges gets new int'l certification

ISO certification on course development and management obtained

by DR. LOLITA FERNANDEZ, The BEACON Adviser

FRESH from a successful academic year, PNTC Colleges has more reasons to continue boosting itself as a promising maritime and business school after gaining international certification.

Recently, TUV SUD Asia Pacific (TUV) confirmed PNTC Colleges as an institution, which has established and applied a “quality management system” in subscription to existing global standards.

PNTC Colleges Manila campus

TUV is a certification body of the International Standardization Organization (ISO), which ensures reliability and quality of various products and services across the region.

“[Standards] are strategic tools that reduce costs by minimizing waste and errors and increasing productivity,” ISO wrote in its website.

PNTC Colleges has been certified as a school, which develops and provides training courses in accordance to ISO9001:2008 code.

ISO9001:2008, according to ISO website, provides: “an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.”

It should also “aim to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.”

The latest certification recognized PNTC Colleges “specifically in basic and advanced safety, security, tanker, simulator, medical and watchkeeping, among many others, in accordance with the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) code, as amended by the Philippine Maritime Administration Regulations.”

Vice President for Administration Ms. Circe Concepcion cited the contribution of all PNTC staff for the school’s success, especially the Quality Control Management (QCM) team.

“We did it! The management would like to congratulate and thank all PNTC Colleges training department, and administrative employees in Cavite and in Manila,” Concepcion said. 

QCM staff Fides Amigleo shared, “we even went to work on Sundays with sleepless nights just to reach our goal. Now, hard work has paid off.”

“I’m very proud to hear this news, after bearing those stressful days,” added QCM’s Roxas Sadio.

“Thank you very much to all PNTC employees for the help and support,” QCM’s Regine Venzon said. 

Meanwhile, a document called “Enclosure of Certificate” further discussed the school’s qualification in terms of provision of maritime and business management education services.

The enclosure highlighted, “specifically in Bachelor of Science (BS) Marine Transportation and BS Marine Engineering in accordance with the STCW Code;

BS in Customs Administration, BS Business Administration (BSBA) Major in Marketing, BSBA Major in Operation Management, BS in Accounting Technology and BS in Accountancy in accordance with the policies of the Commission on Higher Education.”

In October 2012, TUV representatives lead auditor Mr. Allan Fabella, Mr. Xavier Lance Dy and Mr. Edison Pyke took an ocular site inspection, prior to the awarding of certificate last February.

Headquartered in Singapore, TUV is an international company providing testing, inspection, certification, training and knowledge services in the fields of engineering, management and education.