My Reading on ASQ CQA HB Part III

Part IIIA
Education And Experience
Institutions providing auditor certification, such as ASQ, the IIA, and RABQSA International (formerly the
Registrar Accreditation Board of the United States and the Sydney-based Quality Society of Australia), require
knowledge and skill competencies as well as minimum levels of formal education. Neither ASQ nor RABQSA
International requires an advanced degree, as the IIA does for the Certified Internal Auditor. The requirements
for auditor certification are summarized in Table 10.1.
Once a candidate has completed the prerequisite education and experience, received the training (when
required), and successfully completed the examination(s), the ongoing maintenance phase required for
continued certification begins. Maintenance may include seminars, conferences, auditing, serving on
professional committees, examinations, and so on. The RABQSA certification requires passing a knowledge
examination, skills examination (witnessed audit), and the Personal Attribute Assessment examination
(personal traits). A quality auditor must meet requirements to conduct quality audits; an environmental auditor
must meet environmental education and experience requirements to conduct environmental audits. The same
is true for auditors in other sectors such as aerospace, medical, and automotive.
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