NATA. Adding business and community value
We are pleased and proud to add genuine value both directly and indirectly to Australian businesses and the community.
Members
For our members, our accreditation services improve the consistency and quality of their products and services. It helps improve their performance, drives consistency, mitigates risk, facilitates trade, and increases public confidence in the products and services they offer.
As part of our mandate, we are always seeking to accredit suitable industry organisations and facilities. The continuing growth of accredited organisations increases the products and services that can be confidently used in the community.
Public
For the public, our accreditation services provide confidence. From buying food, electrical appliances and even toys for children – NATA accreditation provides the assurance our members’ products and services can be used with safety and confidence.
Training
NATA enjoys a global reputation for its training courses. In addition to national training, we play a leading role in the international accreditation community and have trained organisations from over 20 countries in Standards, quality, auditing and assessor knowledge and skills.
Economic
Independent research by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has found that NATA accreditation contributes up to $712 million to Australia’s economy each year, or nearly $2 million every day.
The report, Beyond Compliance: The Economic and Social Value of NATA Accreditation in Australia, shows that accreditation strengthens confidence in Australian goods and services, supports market access, reduces risk and helps industries operate more efficiently.
Commissioned by NATA, the research builds on the 2018 UTS study, which estimated the value of accreditation at around $1 million a day. The new findings highlight accreditation’s growing importance in supporting trust, quality, regulatory assurance, resilience and innovation across the economy.
Importantly, the 2026 UTS report also shows that the value of NATA accreditation extends well beyond economics. It strengthens confidence in the technical results, systems and services Australians rely on every day, while supporting efficiency, innovation, market access, regulatory assurance and trust in technical information.
As Emeritus Professor Roy Green notes in his preface to the report: “Modern economies rely on trust.” He further observes that “accreditation contributes to this trust by providing independent assurance of competence and capability.”