Electrical Certificate Software: More Than Just EICRs

Electrical Certificate Software for More Than Just EICRs

When people think about electrical certification software, EICRs are often the first certificate that comes to mind.

But electrical contractors complete far more than Electrical Installation Condition Reports.

From new installations and alterations to smaller electrical works, fire detection systems and visual condition reports, electricians need certification software that can support the different types of work they carry out.

That's why Certly isn't being built as simply an EICR app.

It's being developed as a broader electrical certificate software platform, with multiple certificate types available in one place — and more already in production.

EICR – Electrical Installation Condition Reports

The Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is one of the most commonly completed electrical certificates.

EICRs require electricians to record significant amounts of information, including installation details, distribution boards, circuit schedules, inspection results, test results, observations and classifications.

Digital EICR software can make that process easier to manage by keeping all of that information together and reducing unnecessary paperwork.

We've looked in more detail at how modern EICR software can help electricians complete Electrical Installation Condition Reports faster and more efficiently.

EIC – Electrical Installation Certificates

An Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) is used when certifying new electrical installations and certain additions or alterations to existing installations.

Good EIC software should make it straightforward to record installation details, circuit information, inspection results and electrical test results without repeatedly entering the same information.

For electricians completing both EICRs and EICs, having them within the same certification platform also means less switching between different systems or methods of working.

Minor Works Certificates

Not every electrical job requires a full EIC.

For smaller additions and alterations that don't include the provision of a new circuit, electricians may need to complete a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, commonly referred to simply as Minor Works.

Certly supports Minor Works certificates alongside its other electrical certificate types, allowing electricians to keep smaller jobs within the same digital certification workflow.

Multiple Minor Works

Electrical contractors can also encounter situations where numerous minor works need recording.

Certly includes Multiple Minor Works, providing another option for electricians who need to document multiple smaller electrical works efficiently.

Rather than treating every type of certification as an entirely separate process, the aim is to keep electrical paperwork simple and familiar across Certly.

Domestic Fire Detection – Testing

Electrical certification isn't limited to BS 7671 certificates.

Certly also includes certification for BS 5839 domestic fire detection testing, allowing electricians and contractors working with domestic smoke and fire detection systems to record testing within the same platform.

This helps businesses keep electrical and related fire detection certification together rather than relying on separate paperwork or disconnected systems.

Domestic Fire Detection – Installation

Certly also supports domestic fire detection installation certification.

For electricians installing domestic smoke alarms and fire detection systems, the relevant installation information can be recorded digitally and stored alongside the rest of the customer's certification.

That means a contractor carrying out electrical work and domestic fire detection work doesn't necessarily need completely separate systems to manage the paperwork.

Domestic Visual Condition Reports

Certly also includes the Domestic Visual Condition Report.

Visual condition reports provide another type of electrical record for contractors carrying out visual inspections of domestic electrical installations.

Again, the benefit of having this within the same electrical certification software is consistency.

Your clients, jobs and electrical records can remain together rather than being scattered across different apps, PDFs and paper forms.

One Electrical Certification Platform, Multiple Certificate Types

The more types of electrical work a business carries out, the more important certificate management becomes.

Using different software for EICRs, another system for EICs, separate paperwork for Minor Works and another process again for fire detection quickly becomes unnecessarily complicated.

Certly is designed to bring different electrical certificate types into one certification platform.

That currently includes:

• EICR
• EIC
• Minor Works
• Multiple Minor Works
• Domestic fire detection – testing
• Domestic fire detection – installation
• Domestic Visual Condition Report

And we're not stopping there.

Many more certificate types are already in production.

Why Does Having Multiple Certificates in One App Matter?

The benefit isn't simply having a longer list of certificates.

It's having a consistent way of working.

Electricians shouldn't need to relearn an entirely different piece of software every time the certificate type changes.

Clients, jobs, templates and certification workflows should feel familiar regardless of the work being completed.

That can make electrical certification easier for individual electricians and significantly easier to manage for electrical contractors completing different types of work across multiple engineers.

Choosing Electrical Certificate Software

Certificate coverage is therefore something worth considering when choosing electrical certificate software.

We've previously looked at the wider features electricians should consider when choosing electrical certification software for electricians.

The right platform shouldn't only work for the certificate you're completing today.

It should also be capable of supporting the wider range of certification your business carries out.

Electrical Certification That Keeps Growing

Certly is being built by electricians, around the work electricians actually do.

That means expanding beyond EICRs and continuing to add certificate types based on real electrical work and feedback from the industry.

Whether you're completing an EICR, EIC, Minor Works certificate, fire detection certificate or Domestic Visual Condition Report, the goal remains the same:

Make electrical certification quicker, simpler and easier to manage.

And with more certificates already in production, Certly will continue to grow alongside the electricians using it.

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Quickly. Simply. Certly.

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