NISIT SERVICES
The National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology is the National Standards Body responsible for overseeing to all standardization and conformance activities in Papua New Guinea. Enacted as an Act of Parliament in 1993 – NISIT Act 1993 and commenced operations in 1994, the Institute is responsible for all activities in standardization in Papua New Guinea.
In light of the NISIT Act 1993, the role and objective of the Institute is to become the National Technical Infrastructure that is essential to provide technical support to Commerce, Trade and Industrial Developments on matters of standardization. Furthermore, to provide technical support to effect the enforcement of Government Technical Regulations and Standards pertaining to Safety, Health, Environmental Protection and Consumer Protection; we are also mandated to have legal custody over all the National Reference Measurement Standards in Papua New Guinea.
All services are offered through our dedicated teams or trained personnel with background in science, engineering, technology, management and are specialized in standards-based application and technically oriented training. Our technical teams comprise of standards-trained and experienced personnel as tailored to become job specialists in all the areas of services offered at the Institute.
In summary, NISIT is obligated under NISIT Act-1993 to perform the following:
• Standards Development and Publication
• Standards Information Dissemination and Sales of Standards or Publications
• Calibration, Verification and Testing of Measuring Equipment and
Artefacts
• Laboratory Accreditation
• Management System Certification
• Conduct Professional Training programs on standardization and quality assurance.
We strive to achieve national, regional and international recognition as a proficient National Standards Body in providing the services with professionalism and are of standards-based approach. We intend to maintain the level of our services as being reputable and benchmarked to international code of good practices and accepted standards.
Finally, we intend to build on the success of delivering existing NISIT services with the commitment to “Customer Focus”. We understand that we are in the service business and we are proud to say that we aim to become a premier Institution in delivering such services which are relevant, affordable and customer tailored whilst conforming to the principles of the ‘standards-based and added-value approach’ which is the consistent them placed right across on all the services offered by NISIT.