Verify a credential
Is this certificate real?
Find out in one click.
Every AI-Ready Tradesman certificate we issue carries a credential ID derived from the recipient's name, cohort, and completion date. Enter those four values below and we'll tell you whether the ID matches what BCL would have generated.
How this works
No database. The math is the proof.
1. Deterministic IDs
When BCL issues a certificate, the credential ID is a SHA-256 hash of
the recipient's name, cohort, and completion date — truncated to six
hex characters and prefixed with BCL-AIRT-.
Same inputs always produce the same ID.
2. Verifiable in the browser
When you submit the form above, this page re-derives what the ID should be and compares it to what's printed. The check happens entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to a server.
3. Reissue-safe
A grad who loses their certificate gets a reissued copy with the same credential ID — because the math doesn't change. So a ✅ today is a ✅ ten years from now.
A note on what this proves
A match means BCL would have issued this exact ID. It doesn't mean we did.
The check above confirms that, given those four inputs, BCL's issuance script would produce that credential ID. That's strong evidence the certificate is authentic. If you have any doubt — for example, you received the cert from a third party rather than from the grad themselves — email support@bluecollarlabs.org and we'll confirm against our issuance log.