Organizational Service Profile

Papua New Guinea Certification Services

Papua New Guinea Certification Services is a National Certification Body established and operated under the National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT). The establishment of PNGCES draws from the Institute’s mandated roles and responsibilities “to develop various conformity assessment schemes” under its National Conformity Assessment Infrastructure Framework. Through this establishment, the service operations and the service deliverables of the Papua New Guinea Certification Services, under its certification programs are administered through its certification schemes. 

Certification Systems

As a National Certification Body, PNGCES is mandated to establish a Certification System. Under the Certification System, PNGCES is mandated to establish various conformity assessment schemes through which PNGCES can provide conformity assessment activities particularly the certification services to all organizations in PNG. Under the Certification Policy, its policy coverage mandate will include 3 Policy-Specific Deliverables:

Certification Schemes

At present, PNGCES administers two Certification Schemes in the area of Food Safety Certification. The Schemes are namely HACCP Certification Scheme and ISO 22000 (FSMS) Certification Scheme. Under the Certification System of PNGCES, both Schemes are designed through an elaborated process comprising 6-Stages. For more details, refer to our Service Brochure in the download section of the site. Both Schemes are governed by the Scheme Certification Rules which stipulates the Rules and the Conditions for adherence on the part of the Clients when participating under the Scheme for third-party audit and certification purposes. 

The following active Certification Schemes administered by PNGCES are:

Certification Service Delivery Policy

Certification Service Delivery Policy is one of the key policies of PNGCES under its Business Plan. It is the corporate intention of PNGCES that PNGCES can offer and deliver third-party certification to organizations in Papua New Guinea. In articulating and defining the management and operational context of our certification service delivery policy, PNGCES has defined and established the “Certification System” which provides the overarching framework for the service delivery of third-party certification in Papua New Guinea.