You take their word for it. An inspector won't.
Most GCs ask trades if their workers are certified, and trust the answer. With OHSA fines reaching $2,000,000 per offence, that trust is a liability. SiteFolio verifies every worker's certificates against your site's requirements and keeps the records that show due diligence.
When the inspector asks
Site inspection · Follow-up
Records request
Provide the following for review. Due: end of day.
Working at Heights certificates for every worker on site
Taken on the trade's word
WHMIS 2015 records for all workers
Never collected
Signed site-specific acknowledgements for all trades
Unsigned
The cost of non-compliance
- $2,000,000
- maximum fine per offence for a corporation under Ontario's OHSA
- No court required
- recent OHSA amendments let inspectors issue administrative penalties directly
- The constructor
- carries broad responsibility for site health and safety. On your projects, that's you.
When an inspector, auditor, or incident investigator arrives, the question is simple: can you show the records?
SiteFolio supports the administrative workflow behind your health and safety obligations. It doesn't replace them.
One setup. Every trade knows exactly what to do.
Define your site's requirements once. SiteFolio turns them into a guided workflow for every subcontractor you invite, and into records you can stand behind.
Step 1 · You set the bar
Set up your site requirements once
Contracts, business documents, and the certifications each trade needs, with required, recommended, and optional levels and deadlines. Requirements for "all trades" apply automatically to everyone on site. This becomes your documented standard for the project.
- WHMIS 2015*
- Working at Heights*
- Site Orientation VideoRecommended
- Add requirement…
- Electrician License (309A)*
- Arc Flash Awareness*
- Aerial Work PlatformOptional
- Add requirement…
Step 2 · Trades self-serve
Trades get a guided checklist, not another email chain
Each subcontractor accepts an invite, signs agreements, uploads business docs, adds their workers, and attaches certifications, step by step, with nothing left to interpretation. They always know what's done and what's still missing.
- Master Subcontractor AgreementSigned May 12
- Certificate of Insurance (COI)Expires Mar 2027
- WSIB Clearance CertificateUploaded
- Add your workers2 of 6 workers added
- Worker certificationsWaiting on workers
Step 3 · Compliance checks itself
Certifications matched to trade types, automatically
SiteFolio matches every worker's trade type against your site's required certifications, and tracks expiry dates. Gaps surface before a worker walks on site, not after something happens.
Marco Rossi
Trade: Electrical
- Electrician License (309A)via Electrical
- Arc Flash Awarenessvia Electrical
- WHMIS 2015via All trades
- Working at Heightsvia All trades
Matched automatically from the site's trade requirements. No spreadsheet cross-checking.
Leo Tran
Electrical · Apex Electrical Ltd.
- Master Subcontractor AgreementReviewedMissing
- Certificate of Insurance (COI)ReviewedMissing
- WHMIS 2015ReviewedMissing
- Working at HeightsReviewedMissing
- Electrician License (309A)ReviewedMissing
Leo Tran
Electrical · Apex Electrical Ltd.
- Master Subcontractor AgreementReviewedMissing
- Certificate of Insurance (COI)ReviewedMissing
- WHMIS 2015ReviewedMissing
- Working at HeightsReviewedMissing
- Electrician License (309A)ReviewedMissing
The GC dashboard
Compliance isn't what you did. It's what you can show.
See which trades are cleared for site, which workers are missing documents, what needs your review, and who can walk on today. Every record reviewed, dated, and stored against its project.
Documents Updated
Northline Plumbing updated their insurance and it's ready for your review.
Worker Compliance Card
3/5Marco Rossi
Electrical · Apex Electrical Ltd. · WK-A4F2
- Electrician License (309A)
- WHMIS 2015
- Working at Heights
- Arc Flash AwarenessMissing
- Aerial Work PlatformMissing
Drill down to any worker
Every worker has a compliance card: what's uploaded, what's missing, and what's expiring, with previews and downloads one click away. When someone asks for proof, you have it.
Built for how trades actually work.
The best compliance system is the one your subcontractors don't have to think about.
No software for trades to learn
Trades follow a link to a checklist. If they can answer an email, they can finish onboarding. This time they only have to do it once.
No accounts for workers
Trade managers add their crews and upload certifications on their behalf. Workers never log in, install anything, or reset a password.
No scrambling when someone asks for proof
Every submission is reviewed, dated, and stored against its project. When an auditor or inspector asks, you pull the record, not an email thread.
Why SiteFolio exists
SiteFolio was built inside a working general contractor to fix its own trade compliance problem on active residential sites. Not by a software company guessing at construction.
Compliance is what you can show. SiteFolio is how you show it.
See it on a real site workflow, from trade invite to cleared for site, in 15 minutes.
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