Electrical Compliance — 18th Edition, ECS Gold Card & NFPA 70E Tracking
Stay ahead of 18th Edition updates, ECS card renewals, and NFPA 70E arc flash requirements — automated alerts for every electrician on your books.
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Electrical contractors face a dual compliance burden: technical standards that change with every IET amendment cycle and ongoing worker certification requirements. Letting an ECS card lapse can disqualify a sparks from site entry on the same morning. Certivenza tracks every electrician's qualifications in one place so nothing gets missed during a busy contract.
18th Ed
BS7671 — current UK wiring standard
Every 5yr
ECS Gold Card renewal cycle
$19,933
Max OSHA electrical fine per violation (US)
The compliance challenges electrical contracting businesses face
Without a dedicated system, lapsed certifications and missed renewals put your business at risk.
18th Edition Amendment 2 caught teams off guard
When the 18th Edition Amendment 2 came into force, many contractors discovered their electricians' qualifications referenced the 17th Edition. Failed JIB grading checks and rejected tenders followed.
ECS cards expire with no employer notification
ECS cards expire every 5 years, but the renewal notice goes to the individual worker — not the employer. Workers renew late or not at all, and the first sign is a site access refusal.
State electrical licences have different renewal cycles
In the US, electrical contractor licences vary by state from 1 to 3 years, with different CE requirements. Multi-state contractors routinely miss renewals in states where they're less active.
NFPA 70E arc flash retraining is often skipped
NFPA 70E requires arc flash safety training whenever the standard is updated or when workers are assigned to new tasks. Without a system, retraining cycles are managed ad-hoc and rarely documented.
How Certivenza helps your team stay compliant
Purpose-built features that address the specific challenges of your industry.
Automated expiry alerts
Get email alerts 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before any certification expires. Managers and admins are automatically escalated as expiry approaches. You never need to manually check anything.
Cleared-to-Work status
Define which certifications are required per role. Certivenza shows a real-time green/red Cleared-to-Work indicator for every worker. Know instantly who can and cannot work.
Mobile certificate upload
Workers upload renewal certificates directly from their phone — photo or PDF. Managers review and approve in one click. No email chains, no chasing, no lost paperwork.
One-click audit report
When an inspector arrives, generate a full compliance report in under 60 seconds. Show every worker, every certification, and every expiry date in a clean, printable format.
Certifications Certivenza tracks for Electrical Contracting
All pre-built in the system. No manual setup required.
United States
United Kingdom
Know instantly who can and can't work
Every morning before your team starts, you can see exactly which workers are fully compliant and which have a lapsed or missing certification. One glance. No spreadsheet required.
CLEARED TO WORK
All required certifications valid
NOT CLEARED
1 or more certifications expired or missing
Frequently asked questions
Does Certivenza track the 18th Edition amendment version on an ECS card?
You can add a custom field for qualification reference number and amendment version. When Amendment 3 publishes, you can bulk-flag which workers need to complete the update training before their next site deployment.
How do I track electricians across multiple states with different licence requirements?
Each document type can be scoped to specific workers. You can create a 'California Electrical Licence' type separate from 'Texas Electrical Licence' and assign them only to workers active in those states, so alerts only fire for relevant workers.
Can subcontractor electricians use the employee self-service portal to upload their own cards?
Yes. You can send a portal invite to any worker. They log in, see only their own documents, and upload their ECS card renewal directly. You approve it in one click from the pending review queue.
What happens when a worker fails to renew their ECS card before it expires?
Certivenza marks their Cleared-to-Work status as NOT CLEARED automatically on the expiry date. Site managers see the red status before assigning the worker to a contract, preventing the site access rejection.
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