RABQSA is an Australian personnel and training certification body. RABQSA was created in 2004 from the acquisition of the personnel certification activities of United States of America-based Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) by Australia-based Quality Society of Australasia (QSA). The RABQSA has offices in Sydney, Milwaukee, Tokyo, Taipei, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur and Auckland. Its activities are to design, develop, and deliver personnel and training certification services for various industries. Other certification bodies include the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB).
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RABQSA offers two major services:
Personnel certification provides confidence that certified auditors have demonstrated the specific competencies defined by industry as requirements for auditors who work in each industry sector. To achieve this, RABQSA examines the auditor's knowledge, skills, personal attributes and qualifications specific to the scheme and/or scope of certification. RABQSA has personnel certification schemes for the following:
RABQSA certifies training based on a series of criteria to allow training providers to offer either certified training courses that have gained industry recognition (e.g. QMS Lead Auditor), but also to certify their own courses.