INTRODUCTION
This guide explains how builders use Onsite and Certify Network to manage contractors, workers, projects, compliance obligations, and workplace health and safety (WHS) requirements across construction projects.
Welcome to Onsite, the mobile and web application that provides access to Certify Network, the construction safety, compliance, and project management platform used by builders, contractors, supervisors, and workers.
Certify Network is a compliance service that maintains contractor, worker, compliance, and project records in a shared database. It enables builders and contractors to manage licences, training records, insurance certificates, Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS), inductions, inspections, incidents, hazards, and other compliance information within a single system.
Registered builders, contractors, and workers can use the Onsite app free of charge with unlimited access. The app is available on desktop and mobile devices at:
https://onsite.certify.net.au
Onsite can also be accessed by scanning the QR code displayed on site signage. For convenient access on mobile devices, add the app to your home screen using your device's browser options.
This guide is intended for users who have been assigned the role of Administrator or Supervisor and are responsible for managing projects, contractors, workers, compliance requirements, and safety processes.
About Onsite
Onsite provides builders with the tools required to manage construction projects, workforce compliance, and site safety from any device.
Using Onsite, builders can:
- Connect and manage contractors across multiple projects
- Issue and manage subcontract agreements
- Review and approve Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)
- Conduct worker and contractor inductions
- Monitor site attendance using QR codes and GPS
- Manage permits, inspections, hazards, incidents, defects, and non-compliance
- Maintain project documentation and compliance records
- Communicate with workers through safety alerts, toolbox talks, email, and SMS
Administrators and supervisors can also:
- Monitor workforce compliance and project activity
- Track corrective actions and outstanding safety issues
- Conduct audits and inspections
- Manage project registers and permits
- Account for workers during emergencies
- Generate compliance and management reports
Work Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Management
Supporting compliance is a primary function of the Onsite platform.
Onsite helps organisations implement and manage the processes required by:
- Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation and regulations
- Construction Work Codes of Practice
- Federal Safety Commissioner requirements
- Company WHS Management Plans
- ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
Through configurable workflows, registers, inspections, permits, audits, incidents, corrective actions, and document control processes, Onsite provides a practical framework for managing safety, environmental, and quality obligations across construction projects.
Certify Network
Certify Network maintains contractor, worker, compliance, and project records within a secure central database.
By connecting contractors and workers with multiple builders and projects, Certify Network reduces duplication of administrative effort and helps ensure compliance information remains current and readily available when required.
Compliance records such as licences, training qualifications, insurance certificates, and other supporting documentation can be shared across authorised projects, while project-specific information remains visible only to approved participants.
Contractors and Subcontract Agreements
Builders use Certify Network to establish and manage contractual relationships with contractors through online subcontract agreements and compliance processes.
These processes help ensure contractors:
- Meet prequalification requirements
- Maintain current compliance records
- Receive company policies and site requirements
- Acknowledge contractual obligations
- Complete required inductions before work commences
Where compliance records already exist within Certify Network, they can be reused across multiple projects, reducing administrative effort and eliminating duplicate data entry.
Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)
Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) are a key risk control on construction projects and should be developed in consultation with workers performing the work.
Onsite enables builders to request, review, approve, and manage SWMS submitted by contractors. Approved SWMS can then be linked to worker inductions to ensure workers have read and understood the required control measures before commencing work.
Single Residential Projects
Single residential projects are typically managed through a subcontractor-led safety model in which subcontractors manage the risks associated with their own work and workers.
Onsite supports this approach by enabling builders to:
- Qualify subcontractors
- Review and approve generic SWMS
- Conduct online worker inductions
- Monitor site attendance
- Conduct inspections
- Manage incidents, defects, and non-compliance
This provides builders with a practical means of monitoring the effectiveness of subcontractor safety arrangements.
Multi-Residential and Commercial Projects
Multi-residential and commercial projects generally require a greater level of supervision and project-specific risk management.
Onsite supports these projects by enabling construction teams to:
- Manage project-specific SWMS
- Conduct site-specific inductions
- Control site access
- Manage permits and inspections
- Record hazards and incidents
- Track corrective actions
- Maintain project registers and documentation
- Monitor workforce compliance in real time
Getting Started
The best place to begin is by setting up your projects, connecting contractors, reviewing compliance requirements, and ensuring that SWMS and worker inductions have been completed before work commences.
The following sections of this guide explain each feature and workflow in detail.