Chartered Quality Institute - IRCA

IRCA

Formed in 1984 the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) is the world's original and largest international certification body for auditors of management systems. It certifies more than 15,000 auditors in over 150 countries worldwide. IRCA provides auditors, business and industry with two main services:

1. certification of auditors of management systems. These include:

• consultants assisting organizations to develop and implement quality management systems
• certification body/registrar auditors, auditing organizations against ISO 9001 and other management system standards
• internal auditors, performing audits on suppliers or auditing their own organisations
• quality managers

2. approval of training organizations and certification of their auditor training courses.

• IRCA has approved over 90 training organisations, who together provide training for over 50,000 students each year in over 100 countries.

IRCA offers certification programmes that recognise the competence of auditors who audit quality, software development, aerospace, maritime safety, pharmaceutical, food safety, environmental, information security, information technology service, occupational health and safety, social systems and business continuity management systems.