Certifications
Industry Specialist Badges
The most senior credential this framework issues. A badge says that somebody who has completed all three certifications — Professional, Specialist and Expert — has demonstrated that whole competence in a named sector. Healthcare traceability is not warehouse traceability, and at this level the difference is the job.
- 3certifications required
- 8sectors
- 1badge per sectorMore than one may be held
What a badge is, and what it is not
- It is not a fourth levelA badge sits on the ladder rather than extending it. The verification page names all three certifications it stands on, each separately checkable, so anyone can follow the chain.
- It requires the complete ladderThe register refuses to issue a badge unless all three certifications are named and every one of them is valid. It also refuses to assemble a ladder out of certificates belonging to different people. Both refusals are enforced in code, not policy.
- It is publicly verifiableEvery badge carries an ID in the same shape as a certificate ID, and the same verification box checks both.
- It does not outlive its ladder quietly If any of the three certifications lapses or is withdrawn, the badge is flagged for a recorded decision rather than vanishing on its own.
The eight sectors
One badge per sector, matching the industry matrix. A practitioner may hold more than one.
Banking and Financial Services
AIDC-BNK-YYYY-XXXXXX
Courier, Express and Postal
AIDC-CEP-YYYY-XXXXXX
Energy and Utilities
AIDC-ENU-YYYY-XXXXXX
Healthcare and Life Sciences
AIDC-HLT-YYYY-XXXXXX
Logistics and Warehousing
AIDC-LOG-YYYY-XXXXXX
Manufacturing
AIDC-MFG-YYYY-XXXXXX
Public Sector
AIDC-PUB-YYYY-XXXXXX
Retail and Distribution
AIDC-RET-YYYY-XXXXXX
Checking a badge
Paste the ID into the same box that checks a certificate. It returns the sector, the holder, the certification it is held on, the framework release and whether it still stands — and nothing else.