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Audit-ready training records, without the annual scramble

Qlarity is cloud-based training and qualification management software for regulated organizations, built to support a systematic approach to training (SAT) and the full ADDIE lifecycle. Task analysis, curriculum, qualifications and compliance evidence in one place, with real-time reporting instead of a spreadsheet reconciliation every quarter.

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The record utilities have run for years, rebuilt

40+ yrs

managing training programs in regulated industries

175+

organizations across energy, utilities, nuclear and government

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phases of the work, and the application is arranged around them

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standards it reports against: PER-005, SOCCED and NERC CEH

Most compliance programs are held together by one person and a spreadsheet

The records exist. They are just in a learning system, a shared drive, an inbox and a workbook that only one person understands. It works until that person is on leave, or the scope of a role changes, or a reviewer asks for the chain rather than the certificate.

The cost isn’t usually a finding. It’s the two weeks of staff capacity spent assembling evidence, and discovering a gap at the point where there’s no time left to close it.

Qlarity puts the whole record in one system so the answer is a report, not a reconstruction.

Could you answer these today?

  • Can you prove every employee is qualified for every task they’re assigned?
  • Could you assemble a reviewer's evidence request in hours rather than weeks?
  • When a task list changes, do you know which people, courses and exams are affected?
  • Can leadership see qualification risk across sites without asking someone to build a report?
  • Is anything critical stored only in one person's head?

What Qlarity manages, across the ADDIE lifecycle

Qlarity is arranged the way the work runs, and the way the ADDIE model describes it: analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate. Analysis first, then design and development, then implementation, then evaluation feeding back into the next cycle. Same method as VISION and the same program objects. Different shape, because it is one application rather than a set of tools. More on the method itself is on the SAT and ADDIE methodology page.

Technician checking her own record at a shop floor terminal
The Employee Portal. Each person sees what they hold and what they still owe.

Job and task requirements

The validated task list each role is measured against, under version control, with a history of what changed and when.

Objectives and curriculum

Learning objectives derived from those tasks, then grouped and sequenced into the courses and lessons that teach them.

Qualifications and certifications

Who is qualified for what, when it was earned, when it expires, and what the requalification path is.

Exams, assessments and OJT

Test items tied to the objective they assess, on-the-job training records, and the evaluator behind each sign-off.

PER-005 and SOCCED evidence

The traceable path from a task to the qualified operator, and the records a NERC submission is built from.

Gaps and readiness

Real-time reporting on where qualification is missing, expiring, or concentrated in too few people.

The chain a reviewer follows

Five links. They can start at any one of them and walk in either direction. Qlarity holds all five.

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System operator and dispatch desk roles, on the record.
  1. 1

    Job task

    Validated with the people who do the work.

  2. 2

    Objective

    Derived from the task, not from the content.

  3. 3

    Training

    Built to teach that objective.

  4. 4

    Qualification

    Assessed, dated, and signed by a named evaluator.

  5. 5

    Evidence

    Pulled as a report, including the SOCCED submission.

Qlarity is the current generation of the Quality Training Database

Your programs, your data and your workflows carry over. The interface, the reporting and the deployment are what changed.

Why regulated organizations pick Qlarity

Qlarity is the current generation of the Quality Training Database, which utilities have run for years. The functionality customers depended on is intact; the interface, the reporting and the deployment are modern.

What that means in practice is that it isn’t a general-purpose learning platform with a compliance module bolted on. The data model assumes a validated task list, derived objectives and individual qualification evidence, because that’s what a reviewer asks for.

It’s also the platform our own PER-005 practice works inside, which is the shortest explanation of why it behaves the way it does.

How our PER-005 team uses it

What you get

  • Real-time reporting rather than a quarterly export
  • Automated task analysis and qualification tracking
  • Built-in compliance tracking and data analytics
  • Audit readiness as a standing state, not a project
  • Cloud scalability and continuous platform improvement
  • Professional Services inside the same system

NERC reporting is a set of reports that ship with the product, not a custom report you commission from us.

Standards it’s built for

  • NERC PER-005
  • SOCCED
  • NERC CEH

Your people can see their own record

The Employee Portal gives every person their own view: what they are qualified for, what expires when, and what they still owe.

That takes a standing queue off your training coordinator. It also means a supervisor who wants to know whether someone is current does not have to ask the one person with database access.

What each person sees

  • Their own qualifications and expiry dates
  • Training assigned and still outstanding
  • Completed courses and evaluation records
  • Email notification when something is due

MADDIE AI is coming to Qlarity

MADDIE is our supervised, domain-trained AI assistant. It runs today on cloud-hosted VISION, inside a fully isolated cloud instance so data and processing never leave it. Qlarity integration is on the roadmap, not shipped.

We would rather say that plainly than imply it’s available. If AI assistance is a requirement for you now, not later, that’s a reason to look at cloud-hosted VISION.

High voltage electrical distribution substation

The evidence a reviewer asks for

Task, objective, training, qualification, evidence. Qlarity holds all five, so the answer is a report rather than a reconstruction.

Utilities that trust FOCUS Learning

  • AEP
  • TVA
  • Dominion
  • Duke Energy
  • Constellation
  • PSEG
  • MISO
  • SoCalGas
  • Wolf Creek
  • Energy Northwest
  • FirstEnergy
  • APS

Product documentation

The Qlarity knowledge base documents every phase of the work, the NERC reporting set, the Employee Portal, data exchange, and the migration path from legacy QTD.

Analysis · Design and development · NERC · Employee Portal · Migrating from legacy QTD. Customer sign-in required.

In a customer’s own words

Qlarity is a product that is designed specifically for System Operations and NERC compliance. I would, and do, recommend this to any of my colleagues in Systems Operations Training. Using this product allows all training departments to better keep track of their programs, their students, and their records.

Vicki Von RichterTraining Specialist, New Brunswick Power System Operator

A NERC program, end to end

Two operators monitoring systems on screen overnight
System operators whose qualification is itself a compliance obligation
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Task sign-offs recorded where the work actually happens
Close reading of a printed record, pen in hand
And a SOCCED submission built from those same records

Frequently asked questions

What utilities ask before moving off QTD or a spreadsheet.

Is Qlarity the same product as QTD?

Yes. Qlarity is the current generation of the Quality Training Database. The functionality, your programs, your data and your workflows carry over; the interface, reporting and deployment are modernised. If you ran QTD, you already know what this does.

What is the difference between an LMS and a training and qualification management system?

An LMS delivers and records course content. A training and qualification management system manages the program around it: the validated task list, the objectives derived from it, who is qualified for which tasks, and the evidence that proves it. Completion isn’t qualification, and in regulated work only one of those is defensible.

Should I use Qlarity or VISION?

They cover the same lifecycle and hold the same program objects. Qlarity is one cloud application arranged around the phases of ADDIE, it carries the NERC reporting set, it has a self-service portal for employees, and it is the current generation of QTD, so if you run QTD today this is your upgrade path. VISION is modular and goes deeper where qualification chains are long, and it is where MADDIE runs today.

The short version: what do you run now, which regulator, how long is the chain, and do you need AI assistance this year rather than next.

Does Qlarity handle NERC SOCCED submissions?

Qlarity holds the records that SOCCED submissions are built from, and our training administration service submits and reconciles them on your behalf if you would rather not own that task. The utility remains responsible; the work can be delegated.

Is MADDIE AI available in Qlarity?

Not yet. MADDIE runs today on cloud-hosted VISION inside a fully isolated cloud instance. Qlarity integration is on the roadmap. If AI assistance is a requirement now, cloud-hosted VISION is the option that has it.

Can you migrate our existing records into Qlarity?

Yes, scoped as its own engagement. We audit the source system, map legacy structures, migrate in validated stages, and reconcile qualification records against where they came from. You see the step list before you sign it. Migrating from legacy QTD is a documented path rather than a bespoke project, which is the main reason it is predictable.

See Qlarity against your own qualification process

A working session, not a product tour. Tell us which standard you report against, when your next review lands, and how you track qualification today. We will show you exactly what changes.

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