For Regulators & Insurers
The evidence you need to enforce competence. Generated automatically.
yfor produces individual-level, timestamped, auditable competence records — as a by-product of how the construction workforce learns and works.
yfor produces the evidence your framework requires.
BSA Enforcement
The Building Safety Act requires dutyholders to evidence individual workforce competence. yfor generates that evidence automatically.
Retrofit Inspections
PAS 2035:2023 defines competence requirements for four retrofit roles. yfor maps and evidences them all.
Insurance Underwriters
Workforce competence is unquantified risk. yfor turns it into auditable, structured data you can price against.
CSCS Scheme Bodies
Card schemes verify qualifications. yfor evidences the competence that sits behind them — task-level, employer-verified, continuously maintained.
CITB & Levy Bodies
Levy investment is disconnected from workforce outcomes. yfor closes the loop — linking training spend to evidenced competence at individual level.
Local Government
Building control and planning authorities need assurance that the workforce delivering construction is competent. yfor provides the evidence trail.
Individual competence is now a legal requirement. Most employers have no system to evidence it.
The Building Safety Act 2022 placed the obligation to evidence individual workforce competence on the dutyholder. PAS 2035:2023 extended it to retrofit. Licence to practise is coming for multiple trades. The direction of travel is clear — but the evidence infrastructure does not exist.
Company records are not individual evidence
Most employers hold training records at company level. Regulators need individual-level, task-specific, timestamped evidence of competence. The gap between what employers have and what frameworks require is enormous.
CVs and statements are not audit-ready
Self-declared competence statements and CVs are not verifiable, not timestamped and not structured against any framework. They are the standard today — and they are not fit for purpose.
Insurance risk is unquantified
Insurers price construction risk without individual competence data. Workforce capability is a material factor in project risk — but it has never been measurable. Until now.
Individual. Timestamped. Framework-mapped. Auditable.
Every piece of evidence in yfor is generated by a specific individual, linked to a specific task, signed off by a named supervisor, timestamped at point of capture, and mapped to a specific skill area within a recognised construction competence framework.
What each evidence record contains
Individual identity
Named worker, CSCS card reference, employer details
Task description
Specific work performed, site location, date
Competency framework mapping
Skill area (one of six) and competency level (I–IV)
Supervisor sign-off
Named supervisor, employer-side, timestamped at point of sign-off
Training provider linkage
Apprenticeship unit reference where applicable (ESFA-compliant)
Immutable audit trail
Every edit, every sign-off, every change logged — cannot be retrospectively altered
The six skill areas — framework basis
Qualifications & Training
Qualifications, certifications and academic pathways
Green & Retrofit Skills
Retrofit, PAS 2035 and net zero competencies
Digital & Technology
Technology literacy 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
1,000+ construction roles mapped
The yfor skills ontology covers over 1,000 construction roles across all six skill areas — built from the ground up for the built environment.
How yfor maps to each framework.
Requirement
Dutyholders must ensure the people they appoint are competent for the tasks they carry out. The obligation applies to every tier of the supply chain. Individual-level evidence of competence must be produced on request.
What yfor produces
Individual competence records mapped to 1,000+ construction roles. Evidence generated automatically as work happens — timestamped, supervisor-verified, audit-ready. Competence gaps visible before they become liabilities.
Requirement
Defines specific competence requirements for four retrofit roles: Retrofit Coordinator, Assessor, Designer and Installer. All must demonstrate evidenced competence — not just hold a qualification.
What yfor produces
yfor's Green & Retrofit Skills area maps PAS 2035 competence requirements to every relevant role. Evidence is generated and held in the platform. When a funder, a principal contractor or a regulator asks, the answer is already there.
Requirement
CSCS cards verify that individuals hold recognised qualifications for their role. Increasingly, card schemes are moving toward ongoing competence verification — not just point-in-time qualification checks.
What yfor produces
Continuous, task-level competence evidence that sits behind the card. yfor does not replace CSCS — it provides the evidence infrastructure that makes ongoing verification possible.
Requirement
Construction insurance pricing does not currently account for individual workforce competence. As regulatory frameworks tighten, insurers need structured data to quantify workforce capability as a factor in project risk.
What yfor produces
Structured, auditable competence data at individual and workforce level. For the first time, insurers can see what a contractor's workforce can actually evidence — and price accordingly.
Requirement
Emerging frameworks requiring individuals to demonstrate and maintain competence to legally carry out specific work. Multiple trades are expected to move toward mandatory licensing within the next decade.
What yfor produces
Individual-level, continuously maintained competence records aligned to role-specific requirements. yfor's badge and evidence infrastructure is built for exactly this requirement — producing the records these frameworks will demand.
Built alongside the bodies that shape construction.
CITB
Construction Industry Training Board. Responsible for the Levy, workforce forecasting and skills standards across construction.
CSCS
Construction Skills Certification Scheme. The industry standard for verifying that individuals hold recognised qualifications.
Build UK
The representative body for the UK construction industry, working to improve performance, productivity and workforce standards.
CABE
Chartered Association of Building Engineers. Sets professional competence standards for building engineers and surveyors.
CIOB
Chartered Institute of Building. The world's largest professional body for construction management and leadership.
HSE
Health and Safety Executive. Regulates workplace health and safety across UK construction sites.
BSA
Building Safety Regulator (within HSE). Oversees building safety, competence requirements and dutyholder obligations under the Building Safety Act 2022.
NFRC
National Federation of Roofing Contractors. Represents the roofing industry and sets competence standards for roofing trades.
Ufi VocTech Trust
Funds and supports technology innovation in vocational education. yfor is a 2025 VocTech portfolio company.
Understand how yfor’s evidence maps to your framework.
We will walk you through the evidence structure, the data model and how yfor's records align to your specific regulatory or underwriting requirements.