01 Reading the result
What a verification does and does not establish
A confirmed result means the number matches a credential record and reports its current status, term and program. It confirms the record.
It does not confirm the person. Anyone can quote a number that belongs to someone else. If identity matters to your decision, check it separately — a credential number is not an identity document.
It also does not describe competence beyond the scope shown. A credential attests that its holder met a certifying body's requirements at a point in time, within a defined scope. Read the scope before relying on it.
02 Absence of a record
Why "no match" is not proof of anything
Publication is optional and off by default. A credential holder chooses whether their record appears in the public register, and many decline for ordinary privacy reasons.
So an unmatched number has at least three explanations the register deliberately cannot tell apart: it was mistyped, it was never issued, or its holder did not consent to public listing. Distinguishing them would leak whether someone holds a credential they chose to keep private, which would make the privacy choice worthless.
Treat an unmatched number as not confirmed here. If you need certainty, ask the holder to obtain confirmation from the certifying body directly.
03 Reading a badge result
What a badge check settles
A confirmed badge means three separate things held: the signature is one Qualeron made, the badge is on the record, and the record does not show it revoked or replaced. A badge is a document that verifies on its own, so an altered one fails here even if the credential behind it is perfectly good — ask the holder to download it again.
Replaced is not withdrawn. A badge is reissued whenever what it says changes, most often a renewal moving the expiry date. The older badge stays genuine and stops being current; the holder has a newer one to send you.
A badge from another platform is not a forgery. Qualeron can only vouch for badges Qualeron signed, and says so plainly rather than implying anything about a badge it did not issue. Check that one with whoever issued it.
As with a credential number, a badge confirms the record and not the person. The optional holder check narrows that — it confirms the badge was issued to an address you already knew — but it is still not an identity document.
04 Scope of this register
One number at a time, by design
There is no name search and no browsable list of credential holders. A register that answers "who is certified?" is a directory of people, and publishing one would expose every holder to anyone curious enough to page through it.
This register answers a narrower question: is the number I was given valid? That is the question a verifier actually has, and answering only that keeps the register useful without turning it into a lookup service.
