Arbetsmiljöforum: Certificates Straight From the CRM

Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum runs around fifteen work environment courses and trains more than 4,000 people a year. The same system now issues membership proofs and certifications too.
Arbetsmiljöforum logotype, the Swedish occupational health and safety training provider issuing certificates with TRUE

TL;DR: Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum develops and runs around fifteen work environment courses and trains more than 4,000 people every year. TRUE connects directly to the organisation’s CRM, so a change to a diploma is made in one place and recipients can correct their own details. The same system also issues membership proofs and certifications.

Jonas Gustafsson develops and organises everything around the occupational health and safety training at Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum. About 15 courses. Over 4,000 people trained every year, in a field where the material has to keep pace with the regulations behind it.

How do I check a certificate from Arbetsmiljöforum?

Click the certificate where the participant shared it, on LinkedIn for example. The page shows that Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum issued it and that it has not been altered. You can also paste the link into TRUE Verify. The answer comes in a few seconds, and you do not need an account.

What did Arbetsmiljöforum do before TRUE?

It carried the data across by hand. Participant records lived in a CRM system, certificates lived in Word and PDF, and a person stood between the two retyping what the systems could not pass to each other. The obvious cost of that is time, and time was not the cost that mattered.

Jonas Gustafsson, Education Manager, Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum

“Before TRUE, there was manual handling between the CRM system and certificates in Word and PDF, which meant that each change took a long time and led us to avoid making changes and renewals.”

Jonas Gustafsson, Education Manager, Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum

Why does a slow process end up shaping the courses?

Because it prices every improvement, and nobody writes that price down. No invoice records the course that was not refreshed, the wording that stayed wrong for another year, or the certificate design that aged quietly in the background. A process that makes change expensive decides what an organisation stops doing, without anybody choosing it.

Fifteen courses and 4,000 participants a year is the scale at which that trap shuts. One edit multiplies across every future send, and nobody is employed to absorb it.

What does it look like now?

One connection, and one place to edit. TRUE reads the CRM Arbetsmiljöforum already runs, so a change to a diploma is made once and every send after it carries the change.

“Now that we have direct connections to our CRM and can create many different diplomas, changes are made in only one place. When diplomas are sent, it is easy for each employee to find and modify their own diplomas.”

Jonas Gustafsson, Education Manager, Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum

The organisation can also see whether a participant received their diploma, and a recipient can correct their own details. A misspelled name now gets fixed by the person who spotted it, which is the shortest possible route and the one that never reaches the office at all.

What else is Arbetsmiljöforum issuing this way?

More than course certificates, which is what happens once issuing stops hurting. The organisation has started using the same system for membership proof and for licences, and is still finding uses for it.

“We are constantly looking for new ways to use TRUE, such as for membership certificates, licences and so on. It is much easier to issue certificates, diplomas or membership proofs than it was before.”

Jonas Gustafsson, Education Manager, Arbetsmiljöforum by Metodicum

A new certification training for safety representatives runs on it too, alongside new networks in different areas of occupational health and safety. Participants receive the certificate through TRUE and post it on LinkedIn as proof of competence, which is a use a Word file never had. On the membership side specifically, see how membership certificates work.

Where to read more

Arbetsmiljöforum publishes its courses on its own site: Arbetsmiljöforum. For what a direct connection to an existing system involves, see certificate API integration or the TRUE API. Another membership organisation that automated proof for several thousand members: Di Close.

More on compliance training certificates.

Frequently asked questions

How many people does Arbetsmiljöforum train each year?

Over 4,000. Its education manager develops and organises about 15 occupational health and safety courses in total.

How were certificates handled before TRUE?

Manually, between the CRM system and certificates in Word and PDF. Each change took a long time, which led the organisation to avoid making changes and renewals at all.

What changed with the CRM connection?

Edits happen once. TRUE connects directly to the CRM, many different diplomas can be created, and each employee can find and modify their own diplomas when they are sent.

Does Arbetsmiljöforum use TRUE for anything besides course certificates?

Yes, for membership certificates and licences as well. The organisation says issuing certificates, diplomas or membership proofs is much easier than it was before.

What do participants do with the certificate?

They publish it. Participants in the certification training for safety representatives receive the certificate via TRUE and share it on LinkedIn and other social media as proof of competence.

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