Best Construction Training Compliance Software UK (2026)
The Site Book is the best training-compliance choice for small and mid-sized UK builders: add workers once, track CSCS cards, first aid, IPAF and right-to-work evidence with automatic expiry alerts, from £39 a month on the Pro plan alongside the generated CDM pack. Competency Cloud fits contractors that want official CSCS Smart Check verification at scale, Altora fits induction-led competency tracking, and GoContractor fits large multilingual pre-arrival onboarding.
The Site Book is the best training-compliance fit for small and mid-sized UK builders — cert and right-to-work evidence tracking with expiry alerts on the Pro plan (£39/month) alongside the generated CDM pack; Competency Cloud fits contractors that want official CSCS Smart Check verification at scale, Altora fits induction-led competency tracking, and GoContractor fits large multilingual pre-arrival onboarding.
Based on The Site Book plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Competency Cloud, Altora and GoContractor reviewed on 2026-07-01; Altora pricing re-verified at altora.com/uk on 2026-07-28.
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
From £3.50 per user/month (third-party listings); demo-led on the vendor site
Starts from £116/month excluding VAT for onboarding; demo/free-trial routes remain available for detailed fit and requirements.
Subscription, quote-only; a GetApp directory listing indicates ~$4,485/year (indicative, not vendor-published), with no public setup fee
Team size
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
Mid-to-large contractors managing many workers' credentials and competency records across one or more sites
Mid-sized UK contractors managing inductions and contractor competencies across multiple sites
Mid-to-large contractors and multi-project owners managing big, multilingual subcontractor pools
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - who need CDM documents plus lightweight site H&S operations: RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, toolbox talks, site attendance, site files, document review evidence, subcontractor evidence and worker/visitor portal access.
UK contractors that want to track and verify CSCS and competency credentials at scale, with CSCS Smart Check verification built into a compliance platform
UK construction firms that want online inductions combined with contractor management and competency tracking
Larger general contractors and asset owners who need workers fully inducted, oriented and credential-checked in multiple languages BEFORE they arrive on site, then feed that compliance into an existing access-control or badging system.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Does not author the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH; it tracks and verifies credentials, it does not produce the compliance documents.
Does not generate the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH document creation.
Narrow point solution: it owns onboarding/orientation but does not generate UK CDM documents (RAMS/CPP/COSHH) or run site operations after arrival.
RAMS
AI-generated, site-specific, edit in-browser.
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CPP
Full Construction Phase Plans - not just RAMS.
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COSHH
Standalone COSHH document + site-specific register, SDS upload with extraction, and construction-focused library entries that appear in search only after review.
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Method statements
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Site inductions
Workers sign from their phone - on Business, key H&S details are readable in 9 languages.
Compliance and competency tracking can support induction prerequisites, but it is not a fixed induction-gating engine that hard-stops entry.
Online induction is a core product, with reusable induction content workers complete before site access.
Core strength: standardized online site orientations/inductions completed before arrival, and only 100%-compliant workers are granted access via integrated badging. Source: gocontractor.
Multilingual inductions (9 languages)
On the Business plan, workers read and acknowledge key H&S details in 9 languages; the language used is recorded in the audit trail and translations are site-team reviewable.
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Worker cert tracking
Cert plus right-to-work evidence records, with expiry reminders.
Official CSCS Smart Check IT Partner; verifies CSCS/CPCS/NPORS/EUSR.
Competency and credential tracking for workers and contractors is part of the contractor-management suite.
Monitors and manages worker qualifications/training and automatically alerts workers and subcontractors about expiring certifications. Source: gocontractor.com general-contractors page.
Incident log
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No incident logging/reporting described; the product does not extend into safety event capture after the worker is on site.
Permits to work
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No permit-to-work workflow surfaced on vendor pages; the platform is focused on onboarding, orientation and credential compliance rather than live permit issue/close.
Site diary
Pro includes editable daily entries; owner/admin deletion is permanent, while a Business Site Supervisor's delete can be restored. Live entries and photo counts appear in the Audit Pack.
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Subcontractor tracking
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Toolbox talks
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No broadcast-and-acknowledge toolbox-talk feature surfaced; content delivery is framed as structured orientation/training courses, not recurring talks.
Site attendance
Business includes check-in/check-out and live H&S attendance.
Induction and access records show who is cleared to work; live attendance/sign-in is not the primary focus.
Provides worker check-in/check-out showing who is and isn't on site, but is positioned as compliance access rather than full T&A hours/timesheet capture. Source: gocontractor.
Site portal
Business includes up to 50 active site portal users.
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Site files
Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information.
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Document review
Business review status and history, plus optional named-approver routing (accept/reject each version with recorded reasons before issue) and client review via share links.
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Subcontractor evidence
Business evidence record, review and archive workflow.
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Site inspections
Business inspections with checklist items.
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No site inspection workflow on vendor pages; scope is onboarding, credentials and access compliance.
Corrective actions
Business corrective actions with owner, due date and completion state.
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PCPP import
Upload an existing PCPP and reuse the structure.
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Document checking
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Data export
Includes the Audit Pack: one merged PDF covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
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AI chat
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RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation
The flagship: generates site-specific UK RAMS, CPP and COSHH from a plain-English brief.
No UK CDM document generation — Competency Cloud verifies and tracks credentials; it does not author RAMS, CPP or COSHH.
Altora delivers inductions and contractor management; it does not generate UK RAMS/CPP/COSHH documents.
GoContractor distributes and tracks orientation/training content and lets workers upload documents, but it does not generate UK CDM documents (RAMS, CPP, COSHH, method statements).
Right to work
Right-to-work evidence records with expiry reminders, alongside cert tracking.
No native right-to-work check.
Contractor onboarding captures documents; not positioned as a dedicated right-to-work share-code workflow.
Workers upload credentials and documents during onboarding, but vendor pages do not describe a formal UK right-to-work share-code verification flow specifically.
Mobile app
Workers sign and get inducted from their phone browser with nothing to install; a native builder app is in development, not yet in the public app stores.
Native iOS/Android app.
Mobile induction completion and contractor onboarding.
Mobile-first: workers complete orientation and carry a scannable QR profile from their phone. Source: gocontractor.com product pages.
QR / mobile sign-in
Site Control (per-site tier) adds a permanent entrance QR for sign-in/out from the worker's phone.
Induction completion gates access; on-site sign-in is lighter than dedicated VMS sign-in tools.
Every worker gets a scannable QR code tied to their worker profile; software-only with no proprietary hardware. Source: gocontractor.com/who-we-serve/solutions-general-contractors.
Contractor self-onboarding
Site Control (per-site tier) adds contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval.
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Contractors self-onboard, complete inductions and submit competencies before working.
Designed around self-service pre-enrolment: workers and subcontractors complete onboarding and upload credentials online before reaching site. Source: gocontractor.com product pages.
RFIs
Site Control (per-site tier) adds RFIs - create, attach, comment, answer and close.
No request-for-information workflow — the platform is scoped to competency and CSCS verification compliance.
No request-for-information workflow — Altora focuses on induction and contractor management.
No request-for-information workflow; GoContractor is an onboarding/orientation point solution, not a site collaboration or project-comms tool.
RAMS sign-off (per worker)
Per-worker RAMS sign-off is tracked on Business; an optional 4-digit PIN adds shared-link identity evidence, and Site Control can block check-in until the current version is signed.
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Live people-on-site
Business adds a live people-on-site H&S view plus evacuation and muster roll-call.
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Check-in/out shows who is and isn't on the worksite, but vendor pages do not describe a dedicated muster/evacuation roll-call view.
Document-review evidence
Business keeps version history with a per-version record of review, issue and worker acknowledgement.
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Captures completion of orientation/training modules and credential uploads, which evidences acknowledgement, but is not a version-specific document read/acknowledge audit chain.
Multi-site dashboard & exports
Unlimited projects with account-wide exports and the merged Audit Pack; no cross-site rollup dashboard below the Site Control tier.
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Central management of inductions and contractor competencies across sites and projects.
Provides automated multi-project reporting and analytics across onboarding/compliance without manual compilation. Source: gocontractor.com product/general-contractors pages.
SSOW
Delivered as the method statement inside the RAMS rather than a separate safe-system-of-work document.
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Biometric access
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Software compliance platform; no biometric hardware.
Software-only induction and contractor management; no biometric hardware.
No biometric (fingerprint/facial) capability; GoContractor is software-only and integrates into third-party access control rather than supplying it.
Physical access control
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No turnstiles or gates — verification feeds compliance records, not a physical access decision at the perimeter.
No turnstiles or gates — access is governed by induction completion, not physical control.
Does not supply turnstiles/gates; instead it integrates compliance status INTO existing access-control and badging platforms. Source: gocontractor.com general-contractors page.
Multi-company isolation
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Contractor companies are managed per client; test-verified per-company data isolation is not a published claim.
Built around prequalified subcontractors and per-worker profiles, implying contractor-scoped data, but no test-verified multi-company isolation model is publicly documented.
GPS clock-in
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No geofenced GPS clock-in described; check-in is QR/badge-based via the worker profile rather than location-verified time capture.
CIS payroll
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No CIS or timesheet-to-pay/payroll functionality; the platform stops at onboarding, compliance and access, not labour cost or pay.
Handover sign-off
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Plant / asset management
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No plant or asset management; GoContractor manages people (workers/subcontractors), not equipment.
Workforce scheduling
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No dispatch/rostering or scheduling capability; it qualifies and onboards the workforce rather than allocating it to shifts/sites.
Offline mode
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Offline behaviour is not clearly documented on vendor pages; treat as unknown rather than a confirmed offline-capable mode.
Reading this table: a tick means supported, a dash means partly supported, and a cross means we checked and it is not supported. An em dash (—) means we have not verified that capability for that product either way — treat it as unknown, not as a missing feature, and check with the vendor.
Why this matters
Training compliance is the quiet half of CDM competence: the cards and certificates are easy to collect on day one and easy to let lapse by month six. The tools in this comparison attack that differently — The Site Book keeps a per-worker evidence record with expiry alerts inside the same tool that writes the CDM pack, Competency Cloud verifies credentials against the official CSCS Smart Check rail at scale, and Altora and GoContractor fold competency tracking into induction and onboarding flows for bigger contractor pools.
Who each tool is for
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
The Site Book
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - who need CDM documents plus lightweight site H&S operations: RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, toolbox talks, site attendance, site files, document review evidence, subcontractor evidence and worker/visitor portal access.
Not ideal for
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Team size
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
Competency Cloud
Best for
UK contractors that want to track and verify CSCS and competency credentials at scale, with CSCS Smart Check verification built into a compliance platform
Not ideal for
Does not author the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH; it tracks and verifies credentials, it does not produce the compliance documents.
Team size
Mid-to-large contractors managing many workers' credentials and competency records across one or more sites
Altora
Best for
UK construction firms that want online inductions combined with contractor management and competency tracking
Not ideal for
Does not generate the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH document creation.
Team size
Mid-sized UK contractors managing inductions and contractor competencies across multiple sites
GoContractor
Best for
Larger general contractors and asset owners who need workers fully inducted, oriented and credential-checked in multiple languages BEFORE they arrive on site, then feed that compliance into an existing access-control or badging system.
Not ideal for
Narrow point solution: it owns onboarding/orientation but does not generate UK CDM documents (RAMS/CPP/COSHH) or run site operations after arrival.
Team size
Mid-to-large contractors and multi-project owners managing big, multilingual subcontractor pools
The bottom line
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
Choose The Site Book if…
Choose The Site Book if you run a 1-25 person crew and want worker cert tracking that just works: CSCS cards, first aid, IPAF tickets and right-to-work evidence recorded once per worker, expiry alerts before anything lapses, and the records travelling with each worker onto every project — in the same tool that generates your RAMS, CPP and site inductions, on the Pro plan at £39 a month.
Recommended for: Small and mid-sized builders tracking certs across a crew
Choose Competency Cloud if…
Choose Competency Cloud when verified-against-the-official-rail matters more than document generation: it is an official CSCS Smart Check IT Partner, so card checks run against the live CSCS/CPCS/NPORS/EUSR record rather than a photo of the card, with a training-matrix/LMS behind it. It does not author RAMS, CPP or COSHH, so the CDM pack lives elsewhere.
Recommended for: Contractors verifying CSCS credentials at scale
Choose GoContractor if…
Choose GoContractor when the problem is high-volume pre-arrival onboarding: workers are inducted, oriented and credential-checked in their own language before they reach the gate, with credential-expiry alerts and compliance reporting across many projects. It is quote-only and aimed at large general contractors and asset owners.
Recommended for: Large contractors onboarding multilingual subcontractor pools
Full breakdown per product
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
Starter £0; Pro £39/mo or £360/yr; Business £199/mo
Best for
UK builders and principal contractors - from sole traders to builder-run firms of around 50 staff - who need CDM documents plus lightweight site H&S operations: RAMS, CPP, COSHH, inductions, toolbox talks, site attendance, site files, document review evidence, subcontractor evidence and worker/visitor portal access.
Team size
1 internal user on Pro; 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users on Business. Any invited seat can be a field-only Site Supervisor limited to assigned sites/projects. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; Business can optionally require a 4-digit PIN for shared-link sign-off, and project workers count as active portal users while assigned
Sweet spot
A builder-run principal contractor on a domestic or commercial project who needs ready-to-sign CDM documents, worker sign-off, a live people-on-site view, practical site files, subcontractor evidence records and lightweight inspections/actions - without a dedicated H&S department to run them.
Strengths
UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions (readable and acknowledgeable in 9 worker languages on Business, with the language audit-recorded) + worker sign-off, including optional 4-digit shared-link PIN evidence on Business, plus site attendance, portal users, site files, document reviews, subcontractor evidence and inspections/actions.
Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a natural-language brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review - not a template library you hand-fill.
Controlled document workflow without an enterprise contract: version history and a recorded issue confirmation before a document is shared with a client or downloaded in the app on every plan, re-sign on revision with superseded signatures preserved plus PCPP import, cert tracking and document checking from the £39/month Pro plan - and on Business, optional named-approver routing (a designated approver accepts or rejects each version, with recorded reasons, before it can be issued) plus client approve/reject/request-changes via share links.
Transparent pricing: Starter £0, Pro £39/month or £360/year, Business £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; project workers count as active portal users while assigned.
Build RAMS for any trade - add your own work types and method statements alongside the built-in library, reusable across projects, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group. Save a finished job as a reusable project template, or clone it, so the next job of the same shape starts from your own setup.
COSHH goes deep: a standalone COSHH assessment document, upload-a-Safety-Data-Sheet extraction, a site-specific substance register and an expert-reviewed library - plus per-worker RAMS sign-off and a one-click Audit Pack covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
Weaknesses
New product (launched 2026) -smaller customer base and shorter track record than established tools like HandsHQ.
Procore integration is in final testing rather than publicly launched -until it ships, compliance docs export as PDFs rather than syncing into Procore. A public REST API and signed webhooks are live on the Site Control tier; Autodesk Construction Cloud is not integrated.
Site files are a practical portal for drawings, plans and procedures, not formal drawing revision control.
UK-focused content (CDM 2015, HSE guidance) -international contractors on non-UK projects would need to adapt the output.
Check the product detail
These maintained Help Centre guides show exactly how the controls behind this comparison work.
From £3.50 per user/month (third-party listings); demo-led on the vendor site
Best for
UK contractors that want to track and verify CSCS and competency credentials at scale, with CSCS Smart Check verification built into a compliance platform
Team size
Mid-to-large contractors managing many workers' credentials and competency records across one or more sites
Sweet spot
A contractor whose priority is a clean, auditable record of every worker's CSCS and competency status, verified against the official Smart Check rail
Strengths
Official CSCS Smart Check IT Partner, so card checks run against the official rail (CSCS/CPCS/NPORS/EUSR) rather than a manual or photo-based process.
Strong credential and competency tracking at scale with a training-matrix/LMS — a clean, auditable record of every worker's status.
A compliance-first fit for contractors whose main job is proving who is qualified and trained, not running the gate hardware.
Native mobile app plus QR sign-in and on-site presence complement the credential-verification core.
Weaknesses
Does not author the UK CDM pack — no RAMS, CPP or COSHH; it tracks and verifies credentials, it does not produce the compliance documents.
Per-user pricing (from £3.50/user/month on third-party listings) can add up for large workforces versus a flat per-site model.
No RFI workflow or document-review evidence chain, so project Q&A and acknowledgement audit live elsewhere.
No native right-to-work share-code check, so RTW verification needs a separate tool.
Subscription, quote-only; a GetApp directory listing indicates ~$4,485/year (indicative, not vendor-published), with no public setup fee
Best for
Larger general contractors and asset owners who need workers fully inducted, oriented and credential-checked in multiple languages BEFORE they arrive on site, then feed that compliance into an existing access-control or badging system.
Team size
Mid-to-large contractors and multi-project owners managing big, multilingual subcontractor pools
Sweet spot
High-volume pre-arrival onboarding and orientation across many subcontractors, with credential expiry tracking and integration into third-party site access hardware.
Strengths
Best-in-class pre-arrival onboarding and orientation: workers are fully inducted and credential-checked before they ever reach the gate, cutting day-one delays.
Genuinely strong multilingual delivery, onboarding can be served in any language, which suits large, diverse subcontractor workforces.
Software-only with per-worker QR codes and credential-expiry alerts, so it deploys without hardware and slots into existing access-control/badging platforms.
Automated multi-project compliance reporting reduces manual paperwork for large general contractors and asset owners.
Weaknesses
Narrow point solution: it owns onboarding/orientation but does not generate UK CDM documents (RAMS/CPP/COSHH) or run site operations after arrival.
No RFIs, toolbox talks, inspections, incident log, or T&A/CIS payroll, so most on-site workflows live in other tools.
Pricing is quote-only; the only public figure (~$4,485/yr) is a third-party GetApp directory estimate, not vendor-published, making budgeting opaque.
Relies on integrating into separate access-control hardware rather than providing a no-hardware permanent entrance QR out of the box.
Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
What should construction training compliance software track?
Each worker's cards and certificates (CSCS, first aid, plant tickets such as IPAF), the expiry date of every one, and evidence that you checked them, plus right-to-work records where you engage workers directly. The practical test is whether the tool warns you before something lapses rather than after. The Site Book keeps cert and right-to-work evidence per worker, with automatic expiry reminders and records that follow the worker onto every project.
Is tracking worker training a legal requirement under CDM 2015?
CDM 2015 requires anyone appointing a worker to a construction site to ensure they have, or are obtaining, the necessary skills, knowledge, training and experience for the work. The regulations do not mandate specific software, but you must be able to demonstrate the checks were made, which in practice means keeping current records of cards, certificates and training against each worker, with expiry dates that someone is actually watching.
Does The Site Book verify CSCS cards against CSCS Smart Check?
No. The Site Book records the card: workers upload a photo of their CSCS card, your team reviews it, and expiry reminders fire before it lapses. Verification against the official CSCS Smart Check rail is a separate step you can run with the free official app, or through an official IT Partner platform such as Competency Cloud. Many firms pair the two: verify on first contact, then track the evidence.
What is a training matrix and do I need one?
A training matrix is a grid of workers against qualifications: who holds what, when it expires, and where the gaps are. Principal contractors and auditors ask for one because it answers the competence question at a glance. You need the information rather than the spreadsheet. Competency Cloud builds a full matrix and LMS; The Site Book keeps the same per-worker cert picture with expiry alerts and exports it in the Audit Pack.
How much does construction training compliance software cost?
The spread is wide. The Site Book includes cert and right-to-work tracking on the Pro plan at £39/month or £360/year, with Business at £199/month. Competency Cloud starts around £3.50 per user/month on third-party listings, which scales with headcount. Altora publishes onboarding from £116 a month excluding VAT, while GoContractor is quote-only enterprise sales. For a small UK crew, a flat monthly plan that already includes the CDM document generation usually beats per-user pricing.
How we built this comparison
Based on The Site Book plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Competency Cloud, Altora and GoContractor reviewed on 2026-07-01; Altora pricing re-verified at altora.com/uk on 2026-07-28.
Every pricing, feature, and fit claim in this comparison is checked against public vendor documentation and, where relevant, independent sources. The “source basis” footer on each product card lists the exact URLs and the date we fetched them. The internal freshness dashboard flags source evidence after 45 days; priority pricing is scheduled for monthly review and feature or ownership claims for quarterly review. Last reviewed on .
UK construction compliance tool that ships RAMS + CPP + COSHH + inductions (readable and acknowledgeable in 9 worker languages on Business, with the language audit-recorded) + worker sign-off, including optional 4-digit shared-link PIN evidence on Business, plus site attendance, portal users, site files, document reviews, subcontractor evidence and inspections/actions.
Generate a site-specific RAMS first draft from a natural-language brief in under five minutes, ready for competent-person review - not a template library you hand-fill.
Controlled document workflow without an enterprise contract: version history and a recorded issue confirmation before a document is shared with a client or downloaded in the app on every plan, re-sign on revision with superseded signatures preserved plus PCPP import, cert tracking and document checking from the £39/month Pro plan - and on Business, optional named-approver routing (a designated approver accepts or rejects each version, with recorded reasons, before it can be issued) plus client approve/reject/request-changes via share links.
Transparent pricing: Starter £0, Pro £39/month or £360/year, Business £199/month with 10 management logins and 50 active site portal users. Worker document signing has no per-signature charge; project workers count as active portal users while assigned.
Build RAMS for any trade - add your own work types and method statements alongside the built-in library, reusable across projects, including a ready-made Commercial Solar PV group. Save a finished job as a reusable project template, or clone it, so the next job of the same shape starts from your own setup.
COSHH goes deep: a standalone COSHH assessment document, upload-a-Safety-Data-Sheet extraction, a site-specific substance register and an expert-reviewed library - plus per-worker RAMS sign-off and a one-click Audit Pack covering documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
