Certificates anyone can check by their number

When someone completes a course, they earn a numbered certificate issued by your organisation. A site manager, client or auditor can check it at any time, with no account, and see whether it is valid in words.

Valid

Valid until Fri, 7 Sept 2029

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Harbourline Freight

SAMPLE-0000-0000

Name at issue (as printed on the certificate)
Priya Nand
Issued
Signed off by
Sam Hollis, Site training lead
Expires
Example

The public check

One number, one answer

Each certificate carries its number and a QR code that opens its public record. The check shows the person, the course, who issued it, when, and whether it is valid now.

  • No account needed to check
  • Validity is always stated in words, never by colour alone
  • A replaced certificate points to the one that replaced it
  • Checks are rate-limited, so numbers can’t be guessed in bulk

Check a certificate

Enter the number printed on it, or scan its QR code, to see whether it’s valid, who issued it and when. No account needed.

For example FR-20261010-1A2B3C4D

Lifecycle

Valid, expired, revoked or replaced

Set how long a certificate lasts. Revoke one if training needs to be redone; the check says so straight away. Recertification brings people back before their certificate lapses.

  • Expiry you set per course
  • Revocation with a recorded reason
  • Recertification rules that bring people back before a certificate lapses

What a check can say

Valid

Valid until Tue, 19 Sept 2028

Valid, expires soon

Expires Tue, 10 Nov 2026, in 21 days

Expired, not valid

Expired Thu, 10 Sept 2026

Revoked, not valid

Revoked on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 by Harbourline Freight. This certificate no longer counts as current training.

Replaced, not valid

A newer certificate replaces this one

Example

Also in Certificates and verification

  • A PDF people can keep

    Each certificate downloads as a PDF with the organisation’s name, logo, signatory and QR code.

  • A record for every learner

    Learners keep their certificates, completed courses and transcript in Record.

  • Requirements met, stated

    The record says what was met, such as all lessons completed or a passed assessment.

  • Every change audited

    Issue, revoke and replace are recorded in the organisation’s audit log.

Questions

Is a certificate a licence?

No. A certificate records completed training. It isn’t a licence, a high-risk work licence or proof of competency, and the check says so.

What happens when someone leaves?

Their certificates stay on the organisation’s record and stay checkable, as issued.

Book a walkthrough

See a certificate issued and checked, end to end

In the walkthrough we complete a course, issue its certificate and check the number from a phone, the way a gatehouse would.