Qualification Certificates

[SBF]

When I moved out of my parent's house circa 6 years ago to live at my partner's family's place, I left most of my belongings for safe keeping, such as my certificates for qualifications I did (apprenticeship, college course, etc).

It appears they were kept so safe they appear to have eluded all of us, and now my work situation may be changing and it's likely I'm going to have to replace them all at significant cost, likely £800+.

Is there any other method for a new employer to verify my qualifications? I was hoping there may be a service like the DVLA license check that you can do for hire car companies.

They are for example: City & Guilds apprenticeship papers, Pearson NVQs, among other things.

I don't particularly want to have to pay out a grand just to put them in a folder and never have to use them..

[SydneyBridge]

I have never been asked, more looked at experience

I do not have a degree certificate, had tons of problems and eventually got a pass and did not go back to recieve anything

[Truckosaurus]

I'd wait until you actually need them, and then agree with whoever wants them what the minimum number of certificates they'd need (eg. most recent/highest level) and just reapply for those.

I'm sure plenty of us have qualifications from exam boards that no longer exist (even if we could remember what they were).

[the-norseman]

Never been asked for any of mine.

[SBF]

Thanks both.

I have been asked for them, hence my question.

I'll see which in particular they want to see as a minimum and go from there I suppose. There's also the lead time involved but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[StevieBee]

I had this same issue recently - first time in close to 40 years of work! Was for a small consulting assignment with a major international development agency.

I was missing three important ones. What I established was the need to find out the name of the exam board, not the college or course provider. This was tricky because, such was the time, the College had no record of one particular course I did.

I managed to get three but not the most important one. The college still exists but had no record of my attending the course or taking any exams but I did - and have photographic evidence to prove it.

I'm not saying that Google Image Search and Photoshop were used or that they weren't used but the problem was solved one way or another

[rog007]

This is a very common issue but one that usually is only pertinent to professional qualifications or where a lesser qualification is required for governance or safety reasons.

So for example, if applying for a role to be a chiropodist, then one could agree it would be reasonable to provide evidence of qualification and potentially registration.

If one was applying for a role where number inputting was key and was safety critical and maths A level was deemed essential by the employer, then again it would be reasonable to provide evidence.

It gets a little more murky when claiming to have certain qualifications and that potentially puts you ahead of other applicants, then it would again be reasonable to ask you to prove you do have such qualifications.

Another aspect is if you put down qualifications in your CV, be prepared to provide evidence, otherwise it could be claimed that you’re not telling the truth:

https://money.cnn.com/2012/05/13/technology/yahoo-...

[SBF]

Just to round out the thread - I had a bit of a brainwave last night and remembered back when I did my apprenticeship and college courses, my employer at the time received a copy of each of my certificates for their own records. I emailed them yesterday and this morning they send me copies of everything.

Complete non-issue in the end