Built for Construction

Every skill across your workforce. Visible. Evidenced. In one place.

yfor gives construction employers real-time workforce intelligence, from boardroom to building site, and auto-generates the competence proof regulators are starting to ask for.

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Recognised & Partnered with

Why now

Your workforce is shrinking. Do you know what skills you're actually losing?

The industry cannot recruit its way out of this. The answer is visibility — knowing what skills your people have, what they're missing, and how to close the gap before projects are at risk.

47,860

New workers needed per year 2025–2029

CITB Workforce Outlook 2025–29

82%

Of firms report recruitment difficulties — worst of any UK sector

BCC Q3 2024

50%+

Apprenticeship non-completion — Levy investment unaccounted

DfE / DART 2024/25

£215bn

UK construction output — against a workforce that has shrunk 13% in 20 years

BCIS / ONS 2025

The employers who build workforce visibility now will recruit better, retain longer, comply faster, and win more work. yfor is how they do it.

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Who it's for

One platform. Four perspectives.

yfor works for employers who need workforce visibility, workers who want to grow, and training providers who want to reach the right people.

For Employers

Finally see what your workforce can actually do.

You can't evidence what you've never measured. And you can't retain people whose skills you can't see.

Real-time workforce skills visibility — every site, role, project
BSA competence evidence, auto-generated
Apprenticeship Logbook — employer-side visibility
Succession planning and talent search
PAS 2035 retrofit competence mapping

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For Workers & Apprentices

Own your career

Your skills record shouldn't sit on a CV or multiple spreadsheets.

Skills profile — portable and verifiable
Competency badges (Levels I–IV)
Apprenticeship logbook — on your phone
Career pathways matched to your skills

Your skills. Your record. Your career →

For Training Providers

Connect to demand

Stop chasing evidence that employers never had a system to produce.

Real-time evidence flows from your e-portfolio
Training & Apprenticeship marketplace
Integration available to e-portfolios
Across all five UK & Irish Regions

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For Regulators & Insurers

Verify competence at source

You can't regulate what the industry can't evidence.

Structured, auditable competence records
BSA / PAS 2035 / CSCS alignment
Immutable evidence trail

See the evidence structure →

Skills Ontology

1,000+ roles. 6 skill areas. Built for construction.

Every role in construction, mapped across the six skill areas that matter most — from safety to sustainability. Built from the ground up, not borrowed from a generic HR database.

Qualifications & Training

Qualifications, certifications and academic pathways mapped at role level.

Green & Retrofit Skills

Retrofit, sustainability, PAS 2035 and net zero competencies by role.

Digital & Technology

Technology literacy and digital tools mapped across every workforce role.

Legal & Compliance

Legal, regulatory, contract and task requirements specific to each role.

Role Experience

Role-specific practical experience and evidence of work carried out on site.

Human Skills

Essential behavioural skills including communication, teamwork, leadership and professionalism.

The Apprenticeship Logbook — finally built for the employer.

On any phone. On any site. Signed off in 60 seconds. Evidence flows to the training provider automatically. See how it works →

Ready to see what your workforce can actually evidence?

Book a 30-minute walkthrough. Bring your SHEQ manager. We’ll show you how yfor maps your workforce, auto-generates BSA evidence, and gives you the visibility to develop, retain and deploy your people.

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