AttendIQ Skills Matrix gives you a live view of every CSCS card, trade cert and training qualification across your entire workforce - with automatic expiry alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days. No spreadsheets. No chasing.
Free forever on Foundation. Upgrade only if you want enforcement at the gate.
The problem
Most contractors have it all in one spreadsheet. The problem is not where it lives - it is what a spreadsheet cannot do.
"A worker shows up at 6am. His CSCS card expired three weeks ago. It was in the spreadsheet - but the spreadsheet never told anyone."
Nobody missed it on purpose. The spreadsheet just does not send alerts. It does not watch expiry dates. It does not do anything unless someone opens it and checks - and nobody checked.
Skills Matrix watches every expiry date for every worker, automatically. And it is free.
How it works
Import your workforce, load qualifications, and your first expiry alerts are live before the end of the week.
Import your existing worker list by CSV. Each worker gets a profile where qualifications, cards and documents are stored. You upload records on their behalf, or they can do it themselves once on Essential.
Upload card photos and documents, or let workers do it themselves via the app. AttendIQ automatically tracks expiry dates and sends alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days.
Your dashboard shows every worker, every qualification, every expiry - live. Generate a compliance report for any site in under a minute.
What you get free
The Foundation tier includes the full Skills Matrix at no cost. No trial period. No restricted features. No bait and switch.
CSCS, CPCS, IPAF, PASMA, First Aid, asbestos awareness, Right to Work and more - all tracked in one dashboard instead of spread across multiple spreadsheets and inboxes.
AttendIQ watches every expiry date for every worker and sends alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days - to you and to the worker. Three thresholds give you the runway to book training and get the card renewed in time.
Upload card photos and documents directly via the web portal. Add records individually or in bulk via CSV. No chasing workers. No relying on anyone else to keep things current.
Generate a full qualification compliance report for any site or your whole workforce in under 60 seconds. Card status, expiry dates and document history - everything an auditor needs, already compiled.
Workers can view their own qualification passport on the AttendIQ mobile app - all their cards, certs and documents in one place. Read-only on Foundation. Useful for PC gate checks and proving compliance on site.
The Foundation tier - Skills Matrix, expiry alerts, worker passports, compliance reports - costs nothing. No credit card. No trial period. The free tier does not expire or get restricted over time.
How we compare
Both are free. Only one actually keeps you compliant.
| Feature | AttendIQ Skills Matrix | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free forever | Free |
| Tracks expiry dates | Automatic | Manual only |
| Advance expiry alerts | 90, 60 and 30 days | If someone remembers |
| Covers all card types | 20+ types out of the box | Whatever you add manually |
| Workers upload own records | Yes - web portal upload | No |
| Audit-ready reports | Instant | Manual - half a day |
| Full workforce live view | Live dashboard | Depends on the sheet |
| Upgrade to gate enforcement | Yes - Access Rules add-on | No |
What contractors say
"We had four spreadsheets for different card types and none of them were fully up to date. Skills Matrix replaced all of them in a week. Now I get an alert when something is coming up for renewal - I don't have to go looking for it."
"A PC asked for a compliance report with about two hours' notice. I ran it in AttendIQ and sent it across. They were surprised - most of our competitors would have been scrambling."
"The thing that got me was it's free. I kept waiting for the catch. There isn't one - the free version genuinely does what we needed."
When you are ready for more
Skills Matrix is free forever. If you want time and attendance tracking or automatic gate enforcement, those are optional upgrades - available when you need them.
Common questions
The Skills Matrix is free on the Foundation tier with no time limit and no credit card required. That includes all worker qualification tracking, all card types, expiry alerts at 90/60/30 days, worker digital qualification passports and compliance reports. The paid upgrades are optional and only relevant when you want to go further. The free tier does not get restricted or expire.
CSCS, CPCS, IPAF, PASMA, First Aid, asbestos awareness, Right to Work documents, site-specific inductions and any custom qualification type you define. More than 20 types are supported out of the box.
AttendIQ watches every expiry date for every worker and sends automatic alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days before a qualification expires. Alerts go to the manager and to the worker via email, SMS or push notification. Three thresholds give you enough runway to book training, get the card renewed and have it uploaded before it becomes a problem.
Most teams are up and running within a day. Import your existing worker list by CSV, invite workers to upload their own records via the AttendIQ app, and your first expiry alerts are configured before the end of the week.
On Foundation, you manage records via the web portal and workers get read-only access to their qualification passport on the mobile app. Worker self-upload and clock-in are available on Essential and above.
Exactly for you. The biggest compliance risk is not with large contractors who have dedicated H&S teams - it is with small and medium contractors managing qualifications manually. Skills Matrix is free at 12 workers, 50 workers, and up to 250 on the Foundation tier.
The Essential plan adds clock-in, attendance and site inductions. The Complete plan adds full site operations: automatic access enforcement, payroll integrations, drug and alcohol programme, custom forms, fatigue monitoring and scheduled reports. Both are optional upgrades available when you are ready - there is no pressure to move off the free tier.
Yes. AttendIQ is built to UK data protection standards. Data is stored in UK-based infrastructure. Workers own their own records and you access them only in the context of their employment with your organisation.
Skills Matrix tracks every CSCS card, trade cert and training qualification across your entire workforce. Expiry alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days. Audit-ready reports in seconds. Free forever on Foundation.
Takes minutes to set up. No contract. No sales call required.