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

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

-based Quality Society of Australasia (QSA). The RABQSA has offices in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Milwaukee, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Hanoi

Hanoi

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, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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 and Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

. 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

Professional Evaluation and Certification Board

Based in New York, USA the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board is an American Personnel Certification Body. Its activities are to design, develop, and deliver personnel certification services for various industries....

 (PECB).

Personnel Certification

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:

• Aerospace (AS9100
  AS9100
  AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry.It was released in October, 1999, by the Society of Automotive Engineers and the European Association of Aerospace Industries....
  
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• Aged Care
• APIQ
• Bus Operator Accreditation Scheme (BOAS)
• Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories
• Cleaning/Disinfection
• Coles Supermarkets
  Coles Supermarkets
  Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741...
  
  
• Disability Services
• Drinking Water
  Drinking water
  Drinking water or potable water is water pure enough to be consumed or used with low risk of immediate or long term harm. In most developed countries, the water supplied to households, commerce and industry is all of drinking water standard, even though only a very small proportion is actually...
  
   Quality
• Environmental Management (ISO 14001)
• Food Safety (ISO 22000
  ISO 22000
  ISO 22000 is a standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization dealing with food safety. This is a general derivative of ISO 9000.-Food safety:...
  
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• Food Safety - Japanese Frozen Food
  Frozen food
  Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their game and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning water to ice, making it...
  
   Corporation (JFFIC)
• Heavy Vehicle
• Information Security (ISO 27001)
• Laboratory
• Moisture Infused Pork Auditor (MI Pork)
• National Food Safety (NFS)
• Occupational Health and Safety (OHSAS 18001)
• Quality Management
  Quality management
  The term Quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition, which does not aim to assure 'good quality' by the more general definition , can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality...
  
   (ISO 9001)
• Responsible Care Management (American Chemistry Council
  American Chemistry Council
  The American Chemistry Council , formerly known as the Manufacturing Chemists' Association and then as the Chemical Manufacturers' Association , is an industry trade association for American chemical companies, based in Washington, D.C.-Activities:The mission of the American Chemistry Council is...
  
  )
• Security Management
  Security Management
  Security Management magazine is the monthly publication of ASIS International . The publication combines feature articles on topics such as terrorism and corporate espionage with staff-written departments covering news and trends, homeland security, IT security, and legal developments.-External...
  
   (ISO 28000)

Training Certification

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.