Development and maintenance of National Standards in the areas of Mechanical Engineering and metallurgy 1. Carry out standards need assessment for identification of priority standards to be developed 2. Map of priority topics with already existing relevant international, regional, or other national or foreign standards 3. Prepare yearly standardization work programs 4. Prepare preliminary draft standards 5. Convene and conduct Working Group, Subcommittees, and Technical committee meetings and act as secretary to the Committees 6. Prepare Committee drafts, Rwanda Draft Standards, and Final Draft Rwanda standards Represent RSB in Regional/international technical committee meetings (ISO, ARSO, COMESA, EAC, etc.) and represent Rwandan interests 1. Propose and provide a working draft for regional/international technical committee consideration as new work items 2. Consider and approve proposals from member States as new items 3. Convene and conduct National Consultation meetings or Mirror Committee meetings and act as secretary to the committees 4. Act as Secretary of the regional/international technical committee for which Rwanda hosts the secretariat Conduct training, standards awareness, and certification audits 1. Prepare training materials 2. Conduct training, seminars, and workshops for Stakeholders 3. Conduct certification audits and assessments of companies to determine standards compliance level