Publicert is a library of short online training courses for people at work: food hygiene and HACCP, health and safety, manual handling, fire safety, COSHH, safeguarding, data protection, WHMIS, HIPAA, HazCom and more. There are 73 courses for the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada and nine European countries, each in the country's own language.
Every lesson and the final test are free, with no account to create. Only the PDF certificate is paid, and only after passing. It carries the learner's name, score and date and a QR code that anyone, an employer or an inspector, can check in Publicert's public register. The certificate confirms that the course was completed and its test passed; it is not an accredited qualification.
Workers were asked for a food hygiene or safety certificate and found only paid courses behind sign-ups and subscriptions. We wanted the learning itself to be free in the worker's own language, with a certificate an employer can check if they need one.