Quality management certified
In spring 2006, work began on the implementation of a quality management system at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), complying with the international quality standard ISO 9001.
In November 2006, the IMO aviation weather service received a quality certificate from the British Standard Institute (BSI). Iceland has an important role in security issues for international air traffic over a large area of the North-Atlantic Ocean.
Additionally, two other services received BSI certification in June 2007: the public weather service and the shipping and sea-ice service.
The goal of IMO is that the quality management system will apply to all of the office's operations. Furthermore, BSI certification will be sought for other public services at IMO.
This will require:
- That all service is bound by defined and efficient work procedures
- That all service stands up to quality requirements
The Meteorological Office has been guided by the advisement company 7.is but most of the work has been done by the employees themselves. Throughout the world, quality certificates for the operation of meteorological offices are important, both to improve their management, but also to meet the growing demands of their users.
