Find out more about the UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024 standard

The UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024 standard: a pillar for skills certification

29 August 2025

The international benchmark for certifying skills

The ISO 17024 standard refers to the certification of personal skills. Certifying professional skills offers multiple advantages for both individuals and companies.

What is professional certification?

ISO 17024: 2012 “certifies that a specific person, assessed by an independent third party according to pre-established rules, possesses the necessary and sufficient requirements to operate with competence and professionalism in a specific field of activity“.

In an increasingly complex and constantly evolving market, the certification of professional skills therefore takes on crucial importance: not only does it guarantee quality and reliability, but it also protects the impartiality and transparency of processes.

Who can issue the certification?

The certification is issued by an Accredited Body that must operate in accordance with the standard and meet the following requirements:

  • Independence

  • Transparency

  • Impartiality

  • Absence of conflicts of interest

  • Participation of “market stakeholders”

  • Balance in decisions

  • Competence

The UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024 standard therefore rigorously defines the general requirements for bodies that certify individuals, allowing:

  • consistency and reliability in certification processes

  • clear criteria to ensure competence, impartiality, absence of conflicts of interest, and confidentiality

  • adequate systems for assessing and maintaining competence through structured certification schemes

The added value of this standard lies in its ability to offer confidence—both at an individual and corporate level—as it ensures that those who are certified possess recognized, objective skills that are protected by a rigorous process.

ACS Italia is an ACCREDIA-accredited Personnel Certification Body, operating in accordance with the requirements of UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024.

This means that ACS Italia guarantees certification issued in full compliance with accreditation criteria, offering credibility and added value to the professionals and organizations that rely on it:

  • Impartial and transparent operations, free from any conflict of interest

  • Valid and consistent processes, supervised by ACCREDIA, the only official accreditation body in Italy

In a world where certifications are essential, ACS Italia offers the competitive assurance that makes the difference.

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