CertSafe in construction
Two kinds of construction issuer. One product.
Construction has two distinct CertSafe issuer types: training companies that deliver OSHA 30, scaffold tickets, working at heights, and trade certifications across many GCs and subs; and the GCs and subs themselves, who issue site-specific safety orientations and in-house competency tickets to their own crews. CertSafe is the credential layer for both — same portal, same pricing, same trust badge at every gate.
The compliance landscape
The regulatory and contractual backdrop.
Construction sits at the intersection of OSHA, provincial OH&S, GC site rules, and a stack of contractor-prequal programs. Whichever side of the issuer line you're on, CertSafe's verification layer maps cleanly to what your customers and your regulators want to see.
- OSHA 29 CFR 1926 (Construction) and 1910 (General Industry) for US worksites.
- Provincial OH&S regulations across Canada (Ontario, Alberta, BC, Quebec, etc.).
- Local jurisdictional requirements: SST in NYC, Common Core in Ontario, equivalents elsewhere.
- Contractor-prequal programs that follow workers across sites — CertSafe exports for the major ones.
- GC-specific site orientations that need to be issued and verified on entry.
- Trade-union and certifying-body credentials that skilled trades carry across multiple employers.
Tickets that matter
Certs and orientations that show up on a construction site.
Out of the box CertSafe supports every common construction credential, and you can define industry- or company-specific custom types in a few clicks.
- Working at Heights / Fall Protection (e.g. CSAO Working at Heights in Ontario)
- Scaffold user and erector training
- Confined space entry, attendant, and rescue
- MEWP / aerial work platform operator (CSA B354)
- Forklift / powered industrial truck operator
- Hot work permits and fire watch
- Standard First Aid + CPR + AED
- WHMIS (Canada) and HazCom (US)
- OSHA 10 / OSHA 30
- Asbestos and lead awareness, silica training
- Trade journeyperson certifications and apprentice papers
- GC-issued site-specific orientation tickets
Who feels this in your industry
Two issuer types. Both fit CertSafe.
In construction, the issuer can be a third-party training company or the GC themselves. CertSafe serves both with the same product and the same per-recipient pricing.
Runs Working at Heights, Confined Space, MEWP, OSHA 30 cohorts for crews from many different GCs. Spends hours each month re-issuing PDFs that students have lost, with no visibility into who's still current.
Owns site-specific safety orientations for every worker entering the project. Currently uses paper sign-off sheets or PDFs that don't survive a wet glove. Needs supervisors to verify at every gate without calling head office.
Receives a verified cert from a training company and an orientation from a GC, carries both in CertSafe, shows the QR at any gate. Doesn't pay anything.
What CertSafe does for this industry
Built for how construction actually runs.
Same product as every other CertSafe industry, but tuned for the workflows that decide whether a shift produces or stops.
Mobilisation in hours, not days
Roll out CertSafe to a sub or a single crew first, bulk-import the credential or roster data you already have in a spreadsheet, start issuing the same day.
GC site orientations as first-class credentials
Issue site-specific orientations from your CertSafe dashboard with custom expiry rules. Workers see them in the same app as their other tickets; supervisors verify them with the same QR scan.
Sub-by-sub visibility for GCs
If you're a GC issuing your own orientations, see workforce readiness across every sub on the project at once — without exposing more than each sub needs to see.
Verifications that survive the field
QR verification works offline, in sun glare, on cracked screens, with gloved hands. We tested every assumption against the conditions you actually work in.
Common questions
I'm a GC, not a training company. Can I still apply?
Yes — this is exactly the second issuer sub-segment. GCs issuing site orientations, scaffolding inspections, or in-house competency tickets fit the same product and pay the same per-recipient pricing.
Do you handle GC-issued site orientation tickets?
Yes. Issue site-specific orientation credentials directly from the dashboard with optional expiry rules and per-site scoping. Workers see them in the same app as their personal tickets, and they verify with the same QR scan supervisors use for every other cert.
Can I roll CertSafe out to one sub or one crew first?
Yes. Most construction customers start with a single crew or a single sub before expanding. Per-recipient pricing means you can scope the trial as tightly as you want.
How does CertSafe handle workers holding tickets from multiple jurisdictions?
We store the issuing jurisdiction with each credential. A worker who holds Working at Heights in Ontario and Fall Protection in Alberta carries both; both verify cleanly at the appropriate sites.
See it on your crew, not in a brochure.
14-day free trial. No credit card. Real workers, real tickets, your supervisors. Decide from there.