Every member on the register is presented by what its people actually train, how current that training is and how steadily the team keeps at it. This page sets out the five indicators behind the Training Activity profile, the bands and thresholds, the four levels, the badges, the credentials a member can list and how they are verified, and what the register will never show.
The register used to show how many staff a member had on its roster. That number said nothing about training and it favoured large firms over careful ones. It has gone.
Each member card and profile shows a level (Established, Active, Highly active or Leading), four bands that describe how much of the roster is trained, how current the required training is, how fast the team is earning certificates and how many people have trained recently, plus the badges the firm has earned and a twelve month line of its activity.
Every indicator is a share of the roster or a rate per person, so a four person firm that trains everyone and keeps everything in date sits above a four hundred person firm that trains a handful. Buyers get a picture of training culture rather than company size, and members cannot improve their standing by adding names to a roster.
Four indicators are banded and shown on every published profile. The fifth, depth, is shown as two plain numbers. Raw percentages are never published; the band is what the public sees.
The share of people on the roster who hold at least one valid certificate issued through Induction Portal.
The share of the training the firm has marked as required for its roles that is in date today. Expired certificates count against it until they are refreshed.
Certificates issued in the last 90 days, divided by the number of people on the roster. A rate per person, so it is fair to firms of every size.
The share of the roster with learning activity recorded in the last 30 days: a course opened, a module completed, an exam sat.
Two plain numbers, shown as written: the average number of courses held by each trained person, and the training hours per head across the roster, rounded to the nearest hour. Depth is not banded and does not affect the level. It is there so a buyer can tell a team that holds one certificate each from a team that holds four.
A member's level is the highest one whose conditions it meets on every indicator at once. Levels are recalculated every night, so a level can go down as well as up.
Every current member with published figures starts here. It shows that the firm trains with us and that its figures are on the register.
All four of these at once:
All of these at once:
All of these, held for three consecutive months:
A Highly active member that meets every Leading condition but has not yet held them for three months is shown as "on course for Leading".
Activity badges recognise the pattern of training over time rather than any single course. Each one is checked nightly and lapses when the pattern behind it breaks.
Every person on the roster holds at least one valid certificate. Coverage at 100%.
No certificate issued to the roster has expired in the last twelve months without a replacement for the same person and course issued by the expiry date or within thirty days after it. Needs at least three certificates on record.
At least three renewals in the last twelve months, each issued before the previous certificate expired.
At least one certificate has been issued to the roster in the current calendar month.
Each trained person holds five or more different courses on average, with at least three trained staff.
Someone on the roster holds a current certificate for a manager level course: Employment Rights Act 2025 for Managers, Security First Line Manager, Operations Manager, ACS Criterion 7 Leadership or BS 10119 for Managers.
Certificates have been issued to the roster in every one of the last twelve months. The streak shown on a profile ("Trained for 7 months in a row") counts towards this badge.
A topic badge is awarded when the required share of the roster holds a valid certificate for that programme. It lapses with the certificates behind it.
On a member card the topic badges come first, then the activity badges, with the rest behind "+N more". The profile page lists both groups in full with the date each was earned.
Alongside its training activity, a member can list the credentials it holds: SIA ACS, SSIP, Constructionline, CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO certificates, BS 10119, COP 119, employers' liability and public liability insurance. Every credential is shown in one of two states and carries a live status. Verified credentials can earn the Insured seals and a membership certificate category. None of it changes the training activity level, which is computed from certificates alone.
The member entered the credential, its reference and its expiry date on its own profile. We publish it as listed and label it plainly, so a buyer knows who is making the claim. A declared credential never earns a seal or a category, and the reference is shown masked.
Our checker saw the document or the public register entry on the date shown, and the profile says what was checked. Where the entry was confirmed on the issuer's own register it carries "Confirmed at source" and a link so you can check it yourself. Verification is a paid check carried out by Induction Portal at the member's request; the fees are being finalised.
Every credential carries the expiry date the member gave or the checker saw. The status is recalculated nightly: Valid while in date, Expires in N days as the date approaches, and Expired once it has passed. An expired credential stays on the profile marked expired until the member renews or removes it, and the date it was verified never changes, so a buyer can always tell when the check was made and whether the credential is still live.
Insured means verified employers' liability and public liability cover of at least £5 million each, the level the SIA considers under its fit and proper test for approved contractors; Insured Plus means at least £10 million each. A seal is only ever drawn from verified insurance credentials: declared cover earns nothing, and the seal lapses with the policy.
Verified employers' liability cover of at least £5,000,000 and verified public liability cover of at least £5,000,000, both in date. Shown with the policy expiry on the profile and as a chip on the member card.
Verified employers' liability cover of at least £10,000,000 and verified public liability cover of at least £10,000,000, both in date. The Insured filter on the register includes Insured Plus members; the Insured Plus filter shows only them.
A member's category is printed on its membership certificate and shown on its profile and card. Registered Member is the category every current member holds. The three above it are earned only by verified credentials, and a category falls back to Registered Member when the credential behind it expires.
A current training membership and a place on the register. No credential is needed.
A verified, in date SIA ACS, SSIP, Constructionline, CHAS or SafeContractor credential.
A verified, in date ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or ISO 27001 certificate from a certification body.
A verified, in date BS 10119 or COP 119 credential covering the provision of security labour.
A member can show that the people on its rota were paid through PAYE for a recent payroll month. The company admin sends the figures and documents through a five step wizard and the result is one of two badges, each valid for six months from the check. Neither is an accreditation, approval or licence: the badge says what was checked and when, and a buyer can read exactly that on the profile.
Included in membership. The submission passes the automated checks below and the director's declaration is signed. The profile shows a blue outline badge and says plainly that the evidence is held and has not been checked by Induction Portal. Self Verified appears on the profile only, never on the member card in the register.
A paid check carried out at the member's request. The checker works through the submission and records what was reconciled. The profile shows a gold badge with the date of the check and the date the next check is due, and the member card in the register carries "PAYE Verified". A verified PAYE also counts towards the Labour Provision Assured category. The checker reconciles:
Either badge is valid for six months from the date of the check. The profile shows the payroll month, the valid until date and, for a verified PAYE, the date the next check is due. When the six months pass the badge comes off the profile and the card until the member sends a new month, and a lapsed verified PAYE stops counting towards Labour Provision Assured.
Payroll documents are stored privately and seen only by Induction Portal checkers. They are never published and never shown to buyers. Members redact National Insurance numbers, home addresses and bank account numbers before upload. The documents are deleted automatically 90 days after the decision; an audit record of the outcome, the dates and the figures reconciled, never the documents, is kept. The full wording is in our terms.
The SIA's Get Approved guidance (July 2026) lists the same evidence for approved contractors: the Employer Reference Number, HMRC returns showing PAYE and National Insurance paid when due, and an RTI reference. PAYE Verified gives a buyer that evidence, checked on a stated date, without the member sending its payroll to every tender.
Verification is a paid check by Induction Portal: our checker looked at the document or the register entry on a stated date and recorded what was seen. It is not an audit of the member's business and it does not stand in for your own checks. The register never calls a member accredited, approved or licensed; it reports the credential, who issued it, whether we checked it and whether it is in date. Members may describe their credentials, seals and category in those words and no others.
The member has no hand in any of it. There is no form, no self-declaration and no way to buy a level.
Every indicator, band, level and badge is recomputed overnight from that day's records. The "Updated" date on a profile tells you when its figures were last refreshed. A level can fall as well as rise, and a badge lapses when the certificates behind it expire.
Certificates are issued by our servers on a genuine exam pass and carry an ID anyone can verify. The learning record is the portal's own log of courses opened, modules completed and exams sat. Nothing typed by a member enters the calculation.
Buyers who need detail ask the firm for the certificate IDs of the people it proposes and verify each one.
A level, a band or a badge is training evidence: a record of what a member's people have trained with us and how recently. The register is not an accreditation, approval or licence, a level is not a certificate of compliance, and no part of it stands in for an inspection, a contract requirement or your own due diligence. Members may describe their level in those words and no others.
Straight answers about the Training Activity profile.
Headcount measured size, not training, and it tilted the register towards large firms. It also revealed something about a member's business that has nothing to do with training. Every indicator that replaces it is a share of the roster or a rate per person, so a small team that trains everyone outranks a large one that trains a few.
Yes. Leading needs the whole roster trained, required training at least 95% in date, at least 0.50 certificates per person in 90 days and a third of the roster active in 30 days, held for three months in a row, with at least five trained staff. A firm of six that does that is Leading; a firm of six hundred that does not is not.
No part of the profile can be typed or bought. Levels, bands and badges are recalculated every night from server-issued certificates and the learning record. If a member believes a figure is wrong it can ask us to check the underlying records, and the next nightly run reflects any correction.
No. The register and everything on it is training evidence. It is not an accreditation, approval or licence and it is not a compliance certificate. Use it alongside your own checks, and verify the individual certificates of the people a firm proposes for your contract.
