Compliance & Safety

Store And Issue Compliance Certificates The Easy Way

The Gaffer Team··3 min read

Every regulated trade runs on certificates — Gas Safe records, EICRs, FENSA notifications, F-Gas logs, LOLER examinations, the lot. Get them wrong or lose them and it is not just admin, it is your registration and your insurance on the line. Yet most of them still live on clipboards, in gloveboxes and half-finished on kitchen tables.

Gaffer's compliance certificates put the whole lot in one place.

The Right Certificate, Built In

Gaffer ships with over 900 trade-specific forms and certificates across 58 trades. So you are not building compliance documents from scratch or bending a generic template to fit — the correct, up-to-date certificate for your work is already there, ready to complete on site.

Complete It On The Job, Issue It On The Spot

Fill the certificate in on your phone where the work happens, capture readings and photos, take the customer's signature, and email them a clean, branded PDF before you leave. No "I'll post it on," no forgetting, no chasing.

This changes the customer experience noticeably. A landlord who gets their gas safety certificate the same afternoon, rather than "sometime next week," is far more likely to trust you with the next job and recommend you to other properties they manage.

Locked To The Right People

Regulated certificates carry qualification gates, so the documents that require Gas Safe, NICEIC, OFTEC or similar registration are only completed by qualified staff. It protects your business and keeps your compliance honest — nobody can accidentally issue a certificate they are not registered to sign off, which matters if you run a team with a mix of qualifications.

Findable In Seconds

Every certificate is stored against the job, the customer and the property — not in a drawer. When a landlord, a customer or an auditor asks for a copy, you find it in seconds from your phone instead of digging through paperwork.

What This Looks Like At Audit Time

If your scheme membership body ever asks to review your recent certificates, or a customer needs a copy from three years ago for a property sale, the difference between a paper-based system and Gaffer is stark. Instead of hunting through old job sheets or a filing cabinet, you search the customer or property and every certificate you have ever issued them is right there, dated and complete.

  • 900+ trade certificates built in
  • Completed and issued on site as branded PDFs
  • Qualification-gated for regulated work
  • Stored forever, found instantly

FAQs

Which certificates does Gaffer cover?

Over 900 forms across 58 trades, including Gas Safe records, EICRs, FENSA notifications, F-Gas logs, LOLER examinations and many more trade-specific compliance documents.

Can unqualified staff accidentally issue a regulated certificate?

No. Certificates that require specific registration are gated to staff with that qualification recorded against their profile.

How do customers receive their certificate?

As soon as you complete and issue it on site, a branded PDF is emailed to the customer directly from the app.

Can I find old certificates if a customer loses their copy?

Yes. Every certificate is stored against the job and customer record permanently, so it can be found and resent at any time.

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