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Accreditation tracking built for how subcontractors actually work
You did not get accredited for the fun of it. You did it to stay on site. TradeComply tracks every renewal date across CHAS, SafeContractor, SMAS, Constructionline and the Common Assessment Standard, and warns you before anything lapses — so a date you forgot never takes the work away. Every scheme, every certificate, every renewal, in one place.
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Every renewal deadline in one place
CHAS, SafeContractor, SMAS, Constructionline, Acclaim and the Common Assessment Standard each renew annually on their own clock. TradeComply tracks every expiry date and warns you at 60, 30 and 7 days, before a lapse costs you a tender rather than after. Reminders arrive by email and as a calendar feed you can subscribe to.
A reusable evidence vault
Insurance certificates, method statements, training records, RAMS, card copies. Upload once, keep them current, and attach them to whichever scheme or client PQQ asks next. The documents carry their own expiry dates too, so an employers' liability certificate that runs out in March flags in January rather than surprising you inside an assessment.
Cards tracked against the people who hold them
CSCS, CPCS, NPORS, IPAF PAL, PASMA and the CITB Health, Safety & Environment test belong to a person, not the company, so that is how they are held: a card reads as “CSCS card — Dave Halewood” and stops chasing you the day they leave. Company registrations sit beside them — Gas Safe, NICEIC, NAPIT, ELECSA, SELECT, OFTEC, HETAS — with the annual assessment each competent person scheme runs. Where a scheme publishes no fixed cycle, and CSCS does not for most card types, you set the interval rather than us guessing at one.
Share links instead of email chains
When a main contractor asks for your current certificates, send one link. It always serves what is in date, and it says so plainly if something has lapsed, which is the only version of this a compliance vault can honestly offer.
The tiers Deem to Satisfy doesn't reach
Deem to Satisfy covers the core H&S assessment shared across SSIP member schemes. It does not cover Constructionline Gold's finance checks or client-specific PQQs, and the Common Assessment Standard has its own recognition and its own annual cycle that an SSIP certificate does not grant you. TradeComply tracks each of those separately, so you can see what a new requirement actually needs rather than assuming you are covered.
What we still don't do
We don't fill in your assessment for you and we don't sell you an accreditation. The schemes assess you; we make sure you keep what you paid for. That is also why the guides on this site stay free, independent and ad-free. No scheme pays to be here, and our answer to “which scheme is cheapest” does not change based on who we sell.
Want to understand the landscape first? Start with the scheme comparison or how SSIP mutual recognition works.
Questions people ask before they have a name for this problem
- How do I keep track of accreditation renewal dates?
- Most subcontractors use a spreadsheet or a calendar reminder, and both work until a date moves and nobody updates it. You need two dates per scheme — membership expiry and compliance expiry, which drift apart — plus the expiry of every insurance and trade certificate the portals ask for. TradeComply holds all of them in one place and warns you at 60, 30 and 7 days.
- Is there software for tracking construction accreditations?
- Yes. TradeComply tracks CHAS, SafeContractor, SMAS, Constructionline, Acclaim and the Common Assessment Standard, each on its own annual cycle, and stores the evidence you re-upload to every scheme. It costs £9.90 a month for the whole company.
- What happens if my accreditation lapses?
- A main contractor's portal flags you as non-compliant, which can take you off site or out of a tender until it is resolved. Re-applying is not always the same as renewing, and some schemes charge for a new application rather than a renewal once the certificate has expired.
- Does it track CSCS cards and competent person schemes?
- Yes. CSCS cards — Labourer, skilled and supervisory types, and the CSCS Alliance Scheme cards — are tracked against the person who holds them, alongside CPCS, NPORS, IPAF PAL, PASMA and the CITB Health, Safety & Environment test. On the company side it covers Gas Safe registration, the electrical competent person scheme annual assessment, and NICEIC, NAPIT, ELECSA, SELECT, STROMA, OFTEC and HETAS, plus FENSA, CERTASS and NFRC on the building fabric. CSCS publishes no fixed renewal cycle for most card types, so TradeComply asks you to set the interval rather than inventing one.
- Why do I need to track more than one renewal date per scheme?
- Because schemes distinguish membership expiry — the date you get invoiced — from compliance or assessment expiry, the date buyers actually check. The two drift apart. A Deem to Satisfy certificate adds a third date, inherited from the scheme it came from, which can expire earlier than the one you bought it through.
Stop tracking renewals in a spreadsheet
Most subcontractors hold two or three accreditations, each with its own renewal date, its own portal, and the same certificates uploaded again. TradeComply keeps every deadline and document in one place and warns you 60 days before anything lapses. Free for 30 days, then £9.90 a month.
30 days free, then £9.90 a month or £99 a year. Cancel any time. Your documents stay exportable either way.