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Showing the proof

Don’t just tell employers you can use AI. Show them.

As you complete the AI Workplace Transformation Program, you build practical AI work, verified skills, evidence and examples of the value you can create. EduSmart brings that proof together in your Career Success & Impact Portfolio and My Career Hub.

So an employer can see what you can do, not just what you studied.

An example My Career Hub record for John Goodman, a demonstration learner, issued by EduSmart Institute. Three callouts point to the skills he has demonstrated, the work that proves them and the value he created, $12,381 from two pieces of work. The web address shown is illustrative.
Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
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Issued by EduSmart Institute

John Goodman

AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator · Issued 14 August 2026

$12,381

of measured value, computed from 2 pieces of work below

Outcomes achieved in a simulation business, with full evidence provided below.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
  1. Skills you have demonstrated
  2. Work that proves them
  3. Value you created

Employers see claims every day. Give them proof.

AI skills

What you can do

  • Use AI responsibly
  • Improve workflows
  • Check AI output
  • Analyse information
  • Solve workplace problems

AI work portfolio

The work that proves it

  • Prompt and output check logs
  • Process maps
  • Workflow builds
  • Reports
  • Test runs
  • Improvement plans

Measured value

What changed because of your work

  • Time saved
  • Errors reduced
  • Faster service
  • Stronger quality
  • Lower risk
  • Increased capacity
  • Measured financial value

ClaimEvidenceProofValue

You build all three while completing the AI Workplace Transformation Program.

You build your proof as you build your capability.

The Portfolio is not something you create after the Program. It grows from the work and evidence you produce as you complete it.

Five steps in a row: 1, to complete the course. 2, capture the evidence. 3, EduSmart checks it. 4, build your portfolio. 5, share it.
  1. To complete the course
  2. Capture the evidence
  3. EduSmart checks it
  4. Build your portfolio
  5. Share it

The work you already need to produce becomes the proof you can use later.

An employer can see your capability in seconds.

One record helps employers quickly see your skills, the work behind them and the value you created.

An example My Career Hub record for John Goodman, a demonstration learner, issued by EduSmart Institute. Callout 1, skills you have demonstrated, points to eleven verified skills with their levels. Callout 2, work that proves them, points to two pieces of work and their evidence. Callout 3, value you created, points to $7,979 and $4,402, which total $12,381. The web address shown is illustrative.
  1. Skills you have demonstrated

    Demonstrated skills on the example record: AI Skills, Digital Skills and Automation & Workflows at Proficient, Cyber Security and Analytical Thinking at Applying, the first five of eleven.
  2. Work that proves them

    Two pieces of work on the example record: Automation & Workflows, a client onboarding handover rebuilt as one checked workflow, and Data Literacy, quote and margin reporting rebuilt from one query, each with its evidence.
  3. Value you created

    Measured value on the example record: $7,979 in the first year from Automation & Workflows and $4,402 from Data Literacy, a total of $12,381 from two pieces of work.

If they want to check further, they can open the evidence behind each claim.

Value can include:

  • Time saved
  • Errors reduced
  • Faster service
  • Stronger quality
  • Improved customer experience
  • Lower risk
  • Increased capacity
  • Better decisions
  • Measurable financial value

The $12,381 example is one form of value, not the whole definition.

What proving an AI skill actually looks like

Anyone can say they use AI. You can show how you used it safely and effectively.

  1. AI task

    Turn meeting notes into a client summary.

  2. What they built

    A tested prompt / instruction set.

  3. What they checked

    Eight AI-generated summaries.

  4. What they caught

    Three needed factual corrections before anything was sent.

Prompt set and output check log Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

That is the proof. The prompt alone proves nothing. The checking, correction and judgement show the capability.

Three ways a skill can appear

Anyone can write “AI skills” on a résumé.

ClaimEndorsementProof

On a résumé

You say it.

Skills: AI skills, process improvement, automation, stakeholder engagement.

Anyone can type this.

On a profile

Someone endorses it.

Automation & Workflows

Endorsed by 27 people

Stakeholder engagement

Endorsed by 11 people

Process improvement

Endorsed by 34 people

An endorsement says someone clicked. It does not show what you did.

On your EduSmart record

You show the work.

Automation & Workflows

Verified by EduSmart · Proficient

Client onboarding handover rebuilt as one checked workflow

Current-state process map Handover defect log Build notes and test run Exception path sign-off

Measured result $7,979 in the first year

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
This had to be produced. The skill level and evidence come from work that was submitted and checked.
Your employer-ready record

One link shows the story behind your capability.

An employer can see the summary quickly, then open the skills, badges, work and evidence that matter to them.

  1. Verified Future Ready Skills
  2. Digital Achievement Badges
  3. AI and workplace projects
  4. Evidence behind each claim
  5. Measured value
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Issued by EduSmart Institute

John Goodman AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator

Measured value $12,381 from two pieces of work

Verified Future Ready Skills

11 Future Ready Skills, verified

Open any skill

Levels set from evidence produced in workplace projects, not from self-assessment.

Five of the sixteen are not on this record, and none is claimed.

The credentials

3 Digital Achievement Badges

Open a badge to see what it took

Each badge is earned only when the required skills are demonstrated and verified through workplace evidence.

AI Workplace Practitioner

Practical AI use, digital capability, critical thinking and cyber-safe workplace practice, evidenced in real work.

Issued 27 March 2026

Verify this badge

Digital Improvement Practitioner

Analysing a problem, improving the process, and measuring what the improvement was worth.

Issued 22 May 2026

Verify this badge

AI & Automation Practitioner

Designing, building and testing a workflow or automation that changed how the work runs.

Issued 14 August 2026

Verify this badge

Digital Transformation Professional

not on this record

Each badge resolves to an EduSmart record. 11 of the sixteen Future Ready Skills are verified on this record. See the skills

AI and workplace projects

Two pieces of work, in full

Open a document to read it

Verified by EduSmart · Proficient

Client onboarding handover rebuilt as one checked workflow · Operations & Service Excellence · evidenced across 3 stages

Measured result

$7,979 in the first year

Evidence behind this

Data Literacy

Checked by EduSmart

Quote and margin reporting rebuilt from one query · Finance & Sustainable Growth · evidenced across 2 stages

Measured result

$4,402 in the first year

Evidence behind this

Query and refresh log

Add the two figures: $7,979 and $4,402. That is the $12,381 at the top of the record.

Verification

Evidence Portfolio

Verify the work produced to achieve the results listed above.

AI Workplace Practitioner EXAMPLE-AWP-4K7M-2Q9X Example
Digital Improvement Practitioner EXAMPLE-DIP-8R3T-6L2V Example
AI & Automation Practitioner EXAMPLE-AAP-5N1D-7W4H Example

There is no fourth row.

Every code above opens an EduSmart record showing the issuer, the credential, its status and the date it was issued, and nothing else. No personal details, and no route into anyone’s private record.

Also on this record

Additional skills

Stated by the candidate. Anything already on the verified record is left off this list.

Process mappingMethod Stakeholder interviewingMethod Spreadsheet modellingMethod Facilitating a workshopPractice

Where they are heading

Stated by the candidate. These are intentions, not achievements.

Business improvement coordinatora coordination role with process ownership · within a year
Data Literacy onto the recordevidence from two more projects · next 6 months
Lead a department improvement cycle end to endNext Horizon rotation · this year

Also shared

The rest of the work on this link

Prompt set and output check log for client summaries

Verified by EduSmart

AI Skills · AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator · 9 April 2026

A tested prompt set for turning meeting notes into client summaries, with the correction log showing where the first drafts were wrong and what was changed by hand before anything was sent.

Risk register and incident workflow

Verified by EduSmart

Cyber Security · AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator · 21 May 2026

A twenty-four line risk register with named owners and treatment dates, an incident workflow with a four-hour first-response step, and a two-page awareness brief written for people who are not technical.

Change brief and adoption plan for the new intake form

Self-declared

Communication & Influence · AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator · 28 May 2026

A one-page change brief and a three-week adoption plan, walked through with the operations lead. Recorded here as the candidate’s own account; no evidence was submitted for assessment.

Verified by EduSmart means EduSmart tested the work and determined the result. Checked by EduSmart means EduSmart checked the claim and the evidence supplied, and agrees with it. Self-declared is the candidate’s own statement.

EduSmart Institute - Digital Achievement Badges Shared via My Career Hub - this link can be revoked at any time
Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
More than a qualification

Your Diploma shows what you were assessed against. Your Portfolio shows what you actually did.

The nationally recognised BSB50120 Diploma of Business (Digital Transformation) and your Career Success & Impact Portfolio work together.

The Diploma

Shows the nationally recognised qualification you successfully completed.

About the Diploma

The Portfolio

Shows your practical AI work, Future Ready Skills, evidence, badges and measured examples of value.

The Portfolio does not replace the qualification. It helps employers see the practical capability behind it.

What your work can demonstrate

Across your workplace projects, you build practical work that can demonstrate how you:

  • Used AI responsibly
  • Solved workplace problems
  • Improved processes
  • Worked with people
  • Made decisions using evidence
  • Managed risk
  • Measured value
  • Contributed to workplace transformation

Your Career Success & Impact Portfolio brings that evidence together so you can show more than what you studied. You can show what you can do.

Employers can see exactly what has been verified.

Verified by EduSmart

EduSmart tested the work and determined the result.

Checked by EduSmart

EduSmart checked the claim and the evidence supplied and agrees with it.

Self-declared

Your own statement.

The labels are visible so employers can see how much weight to give each item.

You control the link

One record. Different links. You decide what each employer sees.

Choose what goes on a shared link, who receives it and when the link stops working.

Live

EduSmart Institute - Digital Achievement Badges Shared via My Career Hub - this link can be revoked at any time
Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
The link stays yours. Send it, and you can still switch it off. Until then an employer reads your record as it stands today, not a saved copy of you.

Revoked

This link is inactive

Please check with the portfolio owner for an updated link.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
The door closes, the work stays. A link you revoke is not a record you delete. Everything you built is still on your record for the next link you send.
Share scope - one record produces three links with different scopes for three readers YOUR RECORD Badges Operations work Finance work AI work Skills record Goals link 1 link 2 link 3 FULL LINK 6 of 6 Badges Operations work Finance work AI work Skills record Goals OPERATIONS ROLE 3 of 6 Badges Operations work Finance work AI work Skills record Goals BADGES ONLY 1 of 6 Badges Operations work Finance work AI work Skills record Goals The same record produces different links. You choose the scope; you do not choose the labels. EXAMPLE Example evidence artefact - EduSmart Institute demonstration record
One record, three linksSend an operations manager the operations work and nothing else, so nothing weaker competes for their attention. You choose what to send, not what it says, which is why an employer can weigh a good result instead of discounting it.

Shared links can be revoked, and employers see the current version of the record when they open it.

Where this is up to: public sharing is not switched on yet. The links on this page are demonstrations of how sharing is built to work, and the web address on them is illustrative.

How a shared link behaves

The link is yours. You decide what goes on it, who gets it, and when it stops working. Switch it off and the next person to open it is told the link is no longer live.

The page is built fresh every time it is opened, so no saved copy of you is in circulation. It is set to noindex: it goes where you send it and nowhere else.

  1. To complete the course
  2. Capture the evidence
  3. EduSmart checks it
  4. Build your portfolio
  5. Share it

Finish the Program with more than a qualification. Finish with proof.

Build proof employers can actually see.

Issuer, name, credential, figure. Everything skimmed can be checked afterwards. Open a numbered note to see why each part is there.

John’s record holds five pieces of work from six months of connected projects. It is built from the parts My Career Hub puts on a shared link: the issuer, measured value, badges, capability highlights, Future Ready Skills and verification.

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Issued by EduSmart Institute

John Goodman

AI & Digital Transformation Coordinator · Issued 14 August 2026

Service operations coordinator moving into digital improvement work. Everything below was produced inside a simulation business across six months of connected projects.

$12,381

of measured value, computed from 2 pieces of work below

Outcomes achieved in a simulation business, with full evidence provided below.

Calculated on the organisation’s own rates and hours, discounted for realisation and ramp-up. Every figure below traces to submitted evidence.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Automation & Workflows

Verified by EduSmart · Proficient evidenced across 3 stages

Client onboarding handover rebuilt as one checked workflow — Operations & Service Excellence

Mapped the client onboarding handover end to end across three teams and found six points where the same information was re-keyed by hand. Rebuilt the flow around one intake form and two automated handoffs, and wrote the exception path by hand, because two of the six cases needed a person to decide.

Onboarding fell from an average of nine working days to four. The coordinator role stopped spending Monday mornings reconciling three separate lists, which returned 5.5 hours a week to a team of four.

Evidence behind this

Measured result

$7,979

in the first year

5.5 hours a week × 52 weeks at the coordinator role’s rate ($62.00). Gross $17,732, discounted to 60 per cent realisation and a three-month ramp.

Computed from the department’s own hours and rates

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
  1. The skill, not the project — A project name means nothing to somebody who was not in the room. An employer can see what you can do and whether you have done it more than once, and open the project when they want to see how you did it.
  2. How good, and who decided — Proficient is a judgement, and Verified by EduSmart says whose. There is a named party standing behind the word, so it means to an employer exactly what it meant to the assessor who chose it.
  3. What you did, and what it changed — Plenty of people can describe a project. Far fewer can say what was different afterwards. You give an employer both, so what they weigh is the result of your work and not your description of it.
  4. One of these is your own, and it still shows — You submitted it, it is listed, and EduSmart has not checked it. An employer who finds it stops looking for what you left out, and reads the three that were verified straight.
  5. The money, and the working behind it — Hours the department was already counting, at rates it already pays. An employer can rebuild the figure themselves, then agree with it or tell you where it is wrong. Either answer beats a number nobody can test.
01The work
One department project, run across three stages.
02The evidence
A process map, a six-week defect log, build notes with a test run, a sign-off.
03The check
EduSmart tests the work against the claim and sets the level. The department’s own hours and rates compute the figure.
04What appears
This card. The lead skill, the level, the stage count and the money are all computed. Only the two paragraphs are his.

Your own first card starts with one department project.

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Data Literacy

Checked by EduSmart evidenced across 2 stages

Quote and margin reporting rebuilt from one query — Finance & Sustainable Growth

Replaced a hand-assembled monthly spreadsheet with one query and a two-page report: win rate by service line, quote age at decision, and the reason given for each loss. Wrote the definitions down first, because two teams had been counting a quote differently for a year.

The monthly pack is now produced from one query instead of three and a half hours of assembly, and the duplicate quote-chasing that came out of the two definitions stopped. That had been costing the team about two hours every week.

Evidence behind this

Query and refresh log

Measured result

$4,402

in the first year

3.5 hours a month of report assembly × 12, plus 2 hours each week of duplicate quote chasing × 52, at the analyst role’s rate ($67.00). Gross $9,782, discounted to 60 per cent realisation and a three-month ramp.

Computed from the department’s own hours and rates

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
  1. Checked, not yet tested — EduSmart checked the claim and the evidence supplied, and agrees with it. It has not tested the skill, so no level is shown. An employer who sees that line drawn has reason to trust the verified ones, because a record that shows what is still to come is not waving anything through.
  2. The money is settled even when the level is not — The money was counted from the department’s own hours and rates, so it stands on its own. What is still to come is a tested level. An employer can bank the value today, instead of discounting both.

Add the two figures, $7,979 and $4,402, and you have the total at the top of the record.

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None of them was made for a portfolio. A process map is how you find the re-keying. A defect log is how you size the problem. A correction log is how you know an AI draft was safe to send. You produce these to do the work, and the record is what is left behind. Here are seven of John’s, drawn at readable size.

Automation & Workflows

Data Literacy

AI Skills

Client onboarding current-state process map - example evidence artefactClient onboarding - current stateOperations & Service Excellence · mapped before any change · 3 teamsClientCoordinatorService teamyesnoyesnoyesnonoyesexceptionSignsagreementReceiveswelcome packOpens fileRe-keysclientdetailsBuildsservicescheduleConfirmsstart dateChasesmissing infoRe-keysinto rosterRe-keyscontactsinto CRMComplete?Capacity?Approved?Exception?D1D2D3D4rework path123456Re-key points found6Rework path1EXAMPLEExample evidence artefact - EduSmart Institute demonstration record
Current-state process mapHe measured the process before he changed it, which is what makes the after-figure mean anything.Verified by EduSmartEvidence for
01The work
You run the project.
02What you produce
The map, the log, the test run, the brief. You were going to produce these anyway.
03You upload them
To the piece of work they belong to.
04What appears
The document appears on your record by name, with its label: verified or checked by EduSmart, or your own until EduSmart has checked it.

Every document here came out of a department project in Next Horizon.

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Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
Digital Achievement BadgeAI Workplace Practitioner

Issued 27 March 2026 · Verified by EduSmart

AI Workplace Practitioner

Practical AI use, digital capability, critical thinking and cyber-safe workplace practice, evidenced in real work.

What the issuer required

The issuer requires evidence of all of the following, verified by the issuer:

  1. One genuine AI-assisted workplace task
  2. A tested prompt or instruction plus the final checked output
  3. Evidence of correction or human judgement
  4. One practical digital-system or business-software task
  5. A responsible AI, privacy and cyber check
  6. A short reflection or walkthrough

All six. Each of the other badges has its own published criteria and is earned the same way.

Why an employer can rely on it

  • The part you could not have made yourself. Everything else here is your work in your words. A badge is issued by somebody else, against criteria anyone can read. So an employer can go to the standard rather than to you: the one claim on your record that stands up without you.
  • A person read your evidence. It means a person went through your evidence and found that it held. Nothing more is claimed by it, which is why an employer can read it as a fact about your work rather than a rating you set yourself.

How it was earned

The work
One genuine AI-assisted task inside a department project.
The evidence
All six required documents, listed above.
The check
The issuer verifies every one of them against the published criteria.
What appears
A crest, an issue date, and a code that resolves to an EduSmart record.

Why it mattersThe one claim on your record that stands up without you.

Verification code EXAMPLE-AWP-4K7M-2Q9X

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Digital Achievement Badges are professional development recognition issued by EduSmart. They are separate from any nationally recognised qualification, and nothing on this record lets them borrow that standing.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
Digital Achievement BadgeDigital Improvement Practitioner

Issued 22 May 2026 · Verified by EduSmart

Digital Improvement Practitioner

Analysing a problem, improving the process, and measuring what the improvement was worth.

What the issuer required

This badge has its own published criteria, and each one is verified against the work before the badge is issued. The reporting work behind it is on this link.

Why an employer can rely on it

  • Two questions, two answers. An employer can confirm the badge is real, then read exactly what you had to do to earn it. Most credentials answer the first question and leave the second to you: from memory, out loud, in the interview.

Why it mattersA measured improvement, with the arithmetic an employer can redo.

Verification code EXAMPLE-DIP-8R3T-6L2V

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Digital Achievement Badges are professional development recognition issued by EduSmart. They are separate from any nationally recognised qualification, and nothing on this record lets them borrow that standing.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
Digital Achievement BadgeAI & Automation Practitioner

Issued 14 August 2026 · Verified by EduSmart

AI & Automation Practitioner

Designing, building and testing a workflow or automation that changed how the work runs.

What the issuer required

This badge has its own published criteria, and each one is verified against the work before the badge is issued. The onboarding workflow behind it is on this link, with its test run.

Why an employer can rely on it

  • They can check it without asking you. A badge can be checked at its source by anyone who cares to. Being asked to chase proof is where a good application starts to feel like hard work, and yours never does.

Why it mattersA workflow you built and tested, not a tool you once used.

Verification code EXAMPLE-AAP-5N1D-7W4H

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Digital Achievement Badges are professional development recognition issued by EduSmart. They are separate from any nationally recognised qualification, and nothing on this record lets them borrow that standing.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can use AI to improve real workplace tasks, check the results and take responsibility for the final work.

The work behind it

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can confidently use workplace technology and learn new digital systems as work changes.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can identify work that could be improved and use workflows or automation to make it faster, easier or more reliable.

The work behind it

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can recognise common digital risks, protect workplace information and follow safe cyber practices.

The work behind it

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can break down a workplace problem, analyse the evidence and identify what is really happening.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can question information, verify evidence and make considered decisions rather than simply accepting what they are given.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can generate practical solutions, explore better ways of working and turn useful ideas into action.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can communicate clearly, adapt their message to different people and gain support for ideas or change.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can work effectively with others, share information and contribute reliably across teams and digital workplaces.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can understand what creates value and show how their work improves outcomes for customers, employees or the organisation.

The work behind it

The work behind this level is on John’s full record, not on this link, so the link does not offer it. A claim never leads to an empty page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Capability level

  1. Developing
  2. Applying
  3. Proficient
  4. Leading

Set by EduSmart from evidence produced in workplace projects. John does not choose his level, and nothing on his record is at Leading.

What this means

This verified skill shows that the holder can turn an improvement idea into action, measure the result and keep improving what works.

The work behind it

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
Sixteen Future Ready Skills - eleven present on this example record Sixteen Future Ready Skills eleven on this record AI Skills Data Literacy Digital Skills Automation & Workflows Cyber Security Analytical Thinking Critical Thinking Creative Problem Solving Systems Thinking Communication & Influence Collaboration Leadership & Change Adaptability & Resilience Learning Agility Business Value Continuous Improvement Five are not on this record. EXAMPLE Example evidence artefact - EduSmart Institute demonstration record

A badge is a category. This is the person.

Sixteen Future Ready Skills sit behind the badges. Eleven of them are on John’s record. Each is placed at one of four levels: Developing, Applying, Proficient or Leading. The level is determined from evidence produced across the program’s workplace projects. It is not selected by the learner, it is not set by the items on any one shared link, and it does not come from a questionnaire.

His levels are his. They are what his evidence supported, not what the program awards. Nothing on his record is at Leading.

  1. Four levels, and you did not pick yours — Developing, Applying, Proficient, Leading. An assessor set the level from your evidence, not you. So Proficient arrives on your record already decided, and an employer weighs it as a finding rather than a claim.
  2. Nothing here reaches Leading — Leading is not handed out for finishing a program. An employer who can see it withheld has reason to credit the levels you do hold as judgements somebody made rather than marks everyone gets.
  3. The claim links to the work behind it — An employer can go from the claim to the work that earned it, and never has to request it. Where you have nothing to show for a skill on a link, nothing is offered, so no promise of proof ever leads to an empty page.
  4. Five of the sixteen are not here — He has not evidenced them, so they are not claimed. Every one of the eleven has something behind it, so an employer can read the list straight through without stopping to work out which ones are real.
  5. Plain English for whoever is reading — The wording is the framework’s, not yours. An employer from outside your field can tell what you can actually do at work, and reads the same sentence on your record as on anyone else’s, so your claim is something they can check rather than interpret.

16 Future Ready Skills across 12 capability areas. The skills are what you build and prove; the areas are where you apply them.

01The work
Projects across the program’s departments. Each one evidences several skills at once.
02The evidence
Produced by the project. Nothing is claimed by ticking a box.
03The check
An assessor sets the level from what the evidence shows.
04What appears
A named skill, a level on a four-point ladder, and a link to the work behind it where such work is on the link.
Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate

Everything on the record carries a label saying what EduSmart has done with it. The label is read from EduSmart’s own record and from nothing else: the page never infers trust from the presence of evidence, or a figure, or anything else it can see.

Verified by EduSmart
EduSmart tested it and determined the result. Assessed work, and anything EduSmart issues, such as a badge.
Checked by EduSmart
EduSmart checked the claim and the evidence supplied, and agrees with it.
Self-declared
The learner’s own statement. EduSmart has not checked it.

An automated check confers no label. There is no fourth label, no percentage and no score.

Measured result

$7,979

Computed from the department’s own hours and rates

Stated result

$3,200

Stated by the candidate, not computed by EduSmart

Two figures on the same record, at two warrants. The stated one is excluded from the total at the top of the page.

Demonstration example — John Goodman is not a graduate
No computed total

Nothing is shown at all. Not a $0: a zero would tell an employer the work was measured and came to nothing, when the truth is that nobody measured it.

No evidencing work shared

The badge carries no “See the proof” link. The page never offers a route it cannot honour.

Nothing in the section

The heading does not render as “0 pieces of work”. The section simply is not there.

  1. Checked by a person — EduSmart checked your claim and the evidence you supplied, and agrees with it. It has not tested the result, and an employer can see exactly that. Your work counts from the day it is checked, and nothing you show ever has to be walked back.
  2. Said by you — Some of what you show will always be your own account, and none of it is wasted. An employer can tell your account from the checked work without either one weakening the other, so you never have to leave out the parts only you can tell.
  3. Tested by EduSmart — EduSmart tested the work and determined the result. Where there is doubt you get the weaker label, never the stronger, so this is the part of your record an employer is not taking on your word.
  4. A number you only stated does not count — Your own estimate still goes on the record, but it is left out of the total. Nothing reaches that figure without having been counted first, so any part of it an employer tests leads back to the working.
  5. No figure is invented — Where no figure was computed there is no figure, not a zero. A zero would tell an employer the work was measured and came to nothing. Work you never measured is never read as work that failed.
01The work
Everything you finish, not only the pieces that carry a figure.
02The evidence
Submit what you have. Some items will have none, and they go on the record anyway.
03The check
Each item gets its own label. Goals never get one; they are always your own.
04What appears
A thinner row that keeps its label, and a claims block the record refuses to dress up.

A claim you are invited to break reads as a claim that survives breaking. Each row prints a code as well as a link, because a code an employer can read and re-type is worth more than a link they have to trust. A code opens facts about a credential. It never opens a route back to you.

What a verification code opens: a verification page showing only issuer, credential, status and issue dateedusmart.example/verify/EXAMPLE-AWP-4K7M-2Q9XEXAMPLEISSUEREduSmart InstituteCREDENTIALAI Workplace PractitionerSTATUSValidISSUED27 March 2026NOT SHOWN, BY DESIGNHolder nameMarks or gradesCohort or intakeAssessorEvidence documentsEmployerAny route into a private recordExample evidence artefact - EduSmart Institute demonstration record
What a verification code opensIssuer, credential, status, date. Nothing else.Open Badges 3.0
  1. Demonstration codes only — An employer who types a code off your record gets their answer from EduSmart, without coming back to you for it. These ones say EXAMPLE and lead nowhere, because there is nobody real behind them.
  2. On a real record this is a link — One click, at whatever hour an employer happens to be reading you: no call, no email, no office hours to wait for. Here it reads Example, because there is nothing behind it to look up.
  3. Qualifications are checked separately — John is a demonstration learner, not a graduate, so no qualification appears here. A nationally recognised qualification is verified separately and a badge is never folded into one, so an employer is never left working out whether you are claiming something you do not hold.
  4. What they get, and what they do not — Issuer, credential, status, date: that is all an employer gets back. No name, no marks, no cohort, no employer, no way back into anything private of yours. You are handing over a fact, not access.
  5. It is built fresh every time — What an employer checks is true the moment they check it. A withdrawn credential stops appearing, and no out-of-date version of you is still sitting in somebody’s inbox.
01The work
You run the project and produce the evidence. This happens once.
02The evidence
EduSmart tests it against the published criteria.
03The issue
The credential is written to an EduSmart record with a code.
04What appears
A row an employer can read, re-type and check without asking you for anything, and which stops appearing if the credential is ever revoked.