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Training software for field teams
When you’ve got crews working across many sites at once, every one of them has to know how the job is done. Howio puts your procedures on their phone whenever they need them, and gives you a record of who’s trained that stands up when you’re asked.
A national trade regulator runs its online CPD on Howio. 7,339 practitioners completed it in 2025.
The bigger the team, the harder it is to see where training has slipped
With a large team spread across sites, you’re relying on dozens of people you can’t watch to do the job the same way. A new starter, a contractor’s crew or a refresher that quietly lapsed is enough for one person to be on a job they haven’t been trained for. Health and safety law in both New Zealand and Australia requires your business to give workers the training and supervision they need to work safely. Directors and other officers also have a personal duty of due diligence, under New Zealand’s Health and Safety at Work Act and Australia’s model WHS laws. When a client, an insurer or a regulator asks who was trained and when, the answer needs to be ready.
Close the gaps before they turn into incidents
Where training risk sits in a large team, and what Howio does about it.
New starters arrive every few weeks
Everyone gets the same induction before their first job, sent as a link they open on their phone.
Contractors and subcontractors come and go
They complete your site induction before they arrive, with no app to install and no account to set up, and their record sits alongside your own team’s.
A procedure changes
You update the course once, send it to everyone who needs it, and see who’s completed the new version.
Tickets and refreshers lapse
Automated reminders go out before training is due, and certificates renew automatically when they’re due.
Someone asks you to prove it
Every worker has a record with their progress, scores and completion dates, and Howio verifies learner IDs and email addresses automatically.
The procedure is there when the job needs it
Courses open on whatever screen is closest, from a phone on site to a screen fixed beside the equipment, so people can check the steps at the moment they need them. Learners can find their courses again in their learner portal, and modules can be offered in more than one language, so everyone on the crew can follow them.
Know where your whole team is up to
Reporting shows completions across every team, site and role in one place. A supervisor can search for anyone by name before they start a job and see what they’ve completed. Training paths mean each role sees only the courses it requires, so you can set out what an apprentice, a qualified tradesperson, a supervisor and a contractor each have to complete.
How it works
You build courses from the SOPs, manuals, videos and photos you already have, using the AI course builder, then send them by link and track completion in one place.
Case study
Built to work at the scale of a national register
The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board is the national regulator for around 15,000 plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers in New Zealand, and it runs its online CPD on Howio. Each module is recorded as it’s finished, so the Board can see where the whole register is up to at any point. Your business gets the same record for every person on your team.
- 7,339
- practitioners completed the Board's CPD online in 2025.
- 4 years
- Four licensing years on Howio.
Looking for something else?
If you run a trade business, see Howio for plumbers, gasfitters, electricians and builders.
If you train installers or partners outside your business, see Howio for manufacturers and channel partners.
Questions about training software for field teams
- What is training software for field teams?
- It’s software a business uses to train people who work away from an office, on site, on the road or on the factory floor, and to keep a record of who has completed each course. Howio courses open in a phone browser, so people can do them wherever they’re working.
- How do I show an insurer, a client or a health and safety regulator who’s been trained?
- Search for any worker by name to see what they’ve completed, the date and their score. Each learner’s record also holds their receipts and email history.
- Can a supervisor check someone’s training before they start a job?
- Yes. A supervisor can search for the person by name on their phone and see their completed courses.
- What happens when a procedure changes?
- You update the course once and send it to the people who need it. Automated reminders follow up anyone who hasn’t completed it.
- Can we track contractors alongside our own staff?
- Yes. Contractors open courses from a link with no account to set up, and their completions are recorded in the same place as your team’s.
- We already have an LMS. Can Howio work with it?
- Yes. Howio connects to any SCORM-compliant LMS, as well as payment, sign-in and CRM systems and Simpro.
See where your team’s training stands
Book a demo and we’ll show you how a business with crews across many sites would set it up, or start a free trial with your site induction.