RABQSA International, Inc. was formed 1st January 2005 from the merger of the Registrar Accreditation Board and The Quality Society of Australasia International.

RABQSA is accredited to the International Standard ISO/IEC 17024:2003 Requirements For Bodies Operating The Certification Of Persons.

RABQSA is accredited to this standard by The Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ).

ISO/IEC 17024:2003 (ISO 17024) was issued 1 April 2003 and replaces EN 45013:1989 General Criteria for Certification Bodies operating Certification of Personnel.

ISO 17024 is the new globally accepted benchmark for personnel certification and focuses on the defining and examining of competence of personnel and the competence of the examiners of personnel.

ISO 17024 introduces the requirement for a scheme committee to develop competency criteria that are examinable and measurable. The resulting product of ISO 17024 is an accredited, certified person.

RABQSA is actively involved in the design, development and promotion of accredited, competency-based personnel certification, internationally through its membership of the following organizations:

• International Personnel Certification Association (IPC), formerly IATCA Multilateral Agreement
• (MLA) for Quality management Systems (QMS) and Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• MLA for training provider approval
• International Accreditation Forum (IAF) technical committee
• IAF 17024 guidance working group
• IAF 19011 guidance working group
• Standards Australia technical committee
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) technical committee
• Association of Accredited Certification Bodies (AACB)