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MAF and ERMA New Zealand organised a workshop for containment facility staff held in Wellington on 29 June 2007. The programme topics covered "Best Practice" including quality management systems, auditors, staff training and internal audits. We had very positive feedback to the day, with approximately 80 attendees.
| Time |
Topic |
Presenter |
| 10.00 - 10.10 |
Welcome & Introduction |
Steve Butcher, MAF |
| 10.10 - 10.30 |
MAF-ERMA Overview - objectives & perspectives in context
- Objectives for the day
- Scene-setting - overview of programme & relevant standards (containment, 2243 and ISO 17025)
- MAF/ERMA containment objectives
- Working together - identifying how we can achieve everyone’s outcomes
- Think about questions to ask through the day and how do we want to pull things together at the end of the day
|
Barry Wards, MAF
Susan Thomson, ERMA |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Good QM systems (Non-17025 associated QM systems)
- Development of system
- Responsibility for system management & implementation
- Pros/Cons of integrating QMS with lab safety & OSH manuals & systems
- How to manage the system for MAF audit purposes
- How to evaluate & determine effectiveness of system
- How to improve QMS
- Advice to people starting out - what works, what doesn't
|
Matthew Cromey, Crop & Food Research, Lincoln |
| 11.10 - 11.40 |
Good QM systems (17025- associated QM systems
- Development of system
- Responsibility for system management & implementation
- Pros/Cons of integrating QMS with lab safety & OSH manuals & systems
- How to manage the system for MAF audit purposes
- How to evaluate & determine effectiveness of system
- How to improve QMS
- Advice to people starting out - what works, what doesn't
|
Ann Gibbons, MAF IDC, Wallaceville |
| 11.40 - 12.00 |
Auditors & Auditing - expectations & what we find
- MAF audit process overview
- What auditors are expecting to see when they inspect
- Types & numbers of non-compliances found
- MAF expectations of internal auditing
- How can operators make auditing easier for MAF & cheaper for themselves - the benefits of dispensation
|
Lorna Holton, MAFQS |
| 1.00 - 1.45 |
Effective Training
- How staff are trained to QMS & ERMA requirements - documentation, software etc
- Initial & ongoing training
- Training responsibility
- Effective training tools & methods
- How to measure training effectiveness
- What works & what doesn't
|
Linda Adams, Vialactia
Tim Strabala, Scion |
| 1.45 - 2.15 |
Internal Audit Processes
- Using the QMS as a tool for better internal auditing
- How to conduct internal audits - tools, templates, methods
- Responsibility for internal audit
- Systems that work
- How to identify non-compliances and what to do about them
- Mechanisms for achieving constant improvement
|
Adrian Brown, Lincoln University |
| 2.15 - 2.45 |
Tracking/Documentation
- Good tracking systems for permits, approvals, imported goods
- The importance of good records
- Advantages/disadvantages of centralised systems
- Tracking lost documentation
|
David Jenkins, Auckland University |
| 3.00 - 4.00 |
Moving Forward
- Pulling the day together
- Identification of things to do - outcomes
- Answering questions raised throughout the day
- Future initiatives:
- Risk-based auditing approaches - future collaboration
- Future workshops
- The future look of standards, particularly around generic approaches
- MAF's new structure - how will this affect you
- Micro standard implementation
|
Group discussion |
