Personnel certification body
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A personnel certification body is an organization that administers individual credentials. A personnel certification body develops criteria against which an individual needs to demonstrate competencies and ensures these criteria are held by applicants before certifying them.
Most personnel certification body offer professional certification
if an individual meets minimal requirements such as a minimum number of years of related working experience, minimum education level and having successfully passed a certification
exam or equivalent.
Many personnel certification body are accredited to the ISO/IEC 17024
standard, which has designed to harmonize the personnel certification process worldwide. Most are not. Accreditation
means having gone through a validation process or assessment from a national accreditation body such as the American National Standards Institute ANSI
or the International Accreditation ServiceIAS
(US), or the United Kingdom Accreditation Service UKAS (UK)).
Most personnel certification body offer professional certification
Professional certification
Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task...
if an individual meets minimal requirements such as a minimum number of years of related working experience, minimum education level and having successfully passed a certification
Certification
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit...
exam or equivalent.
Many personnel certification body are accredited to the ISO/IEC 17024
ISO/IEC 17024
ISO/IEC 17024:2003 is an International Standard which sets out criteria for an organization's certification program for individual persons.-ISO/IEC 17024:2003:...
standard, which has designed to harmonize the personnel certification process worldwide. Most are not. Accreditation
Accreditation
Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
means having gone through a validation process or assessment from a national accreditation body such as the American National Standards Institute ANSI
Ansi
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or the International Accreditation ServiceIAS
IAS
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(US), or the United Kingdom Accreditation Service UKAS (UK)).
List of national personnel certification bodies
- International Register of Certificated AuditorsInternational Register of Certificated AuditorsThe International Register of Certificated Auditors was formed in London in 1984 as part of the British government's enterprise initiative, designed to make industry and business more competitive through the implementation of quality principles and practices...
- RABQSA InternationalRABQSA InternationalRABQSA 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 by Australia-based Quality Society of Australasia . The RABQSA has offices in...