NICEIC Certification Scheme protecting your NICEIC certificates

[chris day]

just a quick question

quite possibly a question for the NIC however i have been wondering what would stop someone simply copping my certificates and putting different client details on? i have managed to edit PDFs in the past so that wont stop anyone.

essentially what would prevent someone using one of my certificates on multiple jobs privately ?

 

[Wilko]

I keep them sequenced and dated so that I know immediately what went where etc, but unfortunately fraud is always possible.

 

[Octopus]

I use a 3rd party certificate software and I allocate the invoice number as the certificate number....

So fraudulent use would be easy to spot

 

[HandySparks]

just a quick question

quite possibly a question for the NIC however i have been wondering what would stop someone simply copping my certificates and putting different client details on? i have managed to edit PDFs in the past so that wont stop anyone.

essentially what would prevent someone using one of my certificates on multiple jobs privately ?

Are you actually expecting that one of your customers will do this? If so, why?

 

[SparkyChick]

If you're concerned about people changing the content of documents in PDF format, you can digitally sign the document using Acrobat Reader. You have to setup a digital ID, but for my Minor Works Certs, I generate a PDF from my Excel template, then digitally sign the document using Acrobat Reader. When you sign it, you can select a 'Lock the document' option which then means it cannot be changed.