"RE: RE: RE: site orientation". Same email chain with HR, every project, in someone else's template.
HR email tennis
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Mike Stenhouse
Pipefitter · Red Seal · Fort McMurray, AB
H2S Alive
Energy Safety Canada
Confined Space Entry
Astec Safety
Standard First Aid
St. John Ambulance
Fall Protection
Inline Group
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01Sound familiar?
The trade hasn’t changed.
The paperwork around it has.
We built TradePass because every one of these landed for us first. If any of them land for you — you’re our person.
Half my tickets are blurry photos in my camera roll. The other half are PDFs from 2022 buried in old emails.
The folder of last resort
Whatever software the contractor's running glitches out. Or it's Microsoft Forms from 2014. Nobody's updating any of it.
Glitchy compliance software
No reminder system. Tickets lapse without warning. You find out at the gate, three weeks too late.
No heads-up before lapse
The biggest unlockLive now
Onboard once. Carry it everywhere.
Every project starts the same: the same orientations, the same paperwork, the same email chain with an HR rep who’s as tired of it as you are. TradePass keeps the records. New contractor? New site? Add what’s actually new — don’t redo what’s already done.
The old way
Re-do it every project.
HR — Site Lead
RE: RE: RE: site orientation video
HR — Compliance
RE: RE: send me your tickets again
HR — Onboarding
RE: in our template please
HR — Compliance
RE: drug test scheduling — please confirm
Onboarding form (vendor portal · v2014)
“An error occurred. Please refresh and try again.”
- Same orientations every project.
- Same paperwork in someone else’s template.
- Three days unpaid waiting on certificates you’ve already done.
With TradePass
Carry it. Add what’s actually new.
Project: Suncor Fort Hills
7 of 9 readySite orientation
Suncor Christina Lake (2024)
WHMIS
Carried in your wallet
Fall Protection
Carried in your wallet
H2S Alive
Carried in your wallet
PPE issued + signed
Confirmed today
Site-specific induction
New for this project
Drug test (scheduled)
Tomorrow, 8:00 AM
Onboarding progress78%
HR sees the same view in real-time.
- Records from past projects travel with you.
- New project lists what’s actually new.
- Both sides see live progress. No email tennis.
Both sides see live progress. No more “did you finish that thing?” chains. The record travels with you, the new project adds what it needs.
02The platform
One profile. The whole career.
Tickets are where it starts. TradePass becomes the record of every cert, every site, every role — owned by you, never by a single employer.
Wallet
Live now“Half my tickets are blurry photos. The other half are PDFs from 2022.”
Every ticket, one profile.
H2S Alive, CSO, Fall Protection, WHMIS, First Aid — every ticket you've earned, photo or PDF, with the original kept as your proof.
Active
Certification
WHMIS
Astec Safety
TRADEPASS
Active
Certification
Confined Space
Inline Group
TRADEPASS
Active
Certification
H2S Alive
Energy Safety Canada
TRADEPASS
Active
Certification
Fall Protection
Inline Group
TRADEPASS
Active
Certification
First Aid
St. John Ambulance
TRADEPASS
Status & reminders
Live now“No reminder system. Tickets lapse. You find out at the gate.”
Always know what’s expiring.
Color-coded countdowns on every ticket. Heads-up well before anything lapses — not the morning of the job.
H2S Alive
Active · 8 moFall Protection
Active · 14 moStandard First Aid
Expires in 23 daysWHMIS
ExpiredShare
Live now“Same ticket package, in someone else's template, six times a year.”
One link, one tap, site-ready.
Share link or QR code on a hard-hat sticker. Site supervisor sees what they need in seconds. No more rebuilding the package every Sunday night.
Scan from any phone
mytradepass.app/p/mike-sCOPY
Hard-hat sticker ready
Resume
Live now“My resume lives in six versions — Word, an old PDF, email, LinkedIn.”
Carry your resume with you.
Upload it once or paste the raw text. TradePass pulls out your trades, tickets, and project history automatically — into a verified profile you share with any employer in one tap. No reformatting, no re-typing.
Resume · smart-paste
Pasted from Word · parsed in seconds
Trade
Journeyman Pipefitter
Ticket
H2S Alive · Energy Safety Canada
Project
Suncor Fort Hills · 2023 – Now
Project
Cenovus Christina Lake · 2021 – 2023
AI pulls out your trades, tickets & projects — you confirm each one.
Project history
Live now“Can't prove I worked three Suncor projects when contractors ask.”
Every site. Every role. Owned by you.
A real career record — sites, roles, scopes, dates. Paste your existing resume to start, or add by hand. A record you actually own.
Suncor · Fort Hills
Pipefitter2023 – NowCenovus · Christina Lake
Pipefitter2021 – 2023CNRL · Horizon
Apprentice2019 – 2021Imperial · Kearl
Apprentice2018 – 2019
Onboarding
Live now“Same orientations every project. Endless email chains with HR reps as tired of it as you are.”
Onboard once. Carry it everywhere.
HR sends a checklist; you tick items off in your TradePass. Both sides see live progress. No more email tennis. Records travel with you to the next project.
Onboarding · Suncor Fort Hills
Set by HR · 4 of 6 cleared
Site orientation
Suncor Christina Lake (2024)
WHMIS
Carried in your wallet
Fall Protection
Carried in your wallet
Site-specific induction
New for Fort Hills
Drug & alcohol test
Scheduled · pending
PPE issued + signed
Confirmed today
Verified credentials
Soon“Companies don't trust photo copies of tickets.”
Verified by the issuer.
The vision: training providers attest tickets directly — a green-checked record at the gate, not a JPEG. We're starting conversations with Canadian and US safety-training bodies. Not a partnership claim yet; a commitment to get there.
Verified
Certification
H2S Alive
Energy Safety Canada
Issuer attested
Verified directly with Energy Safety Canada — no re-uploading, no questioning whether it’s the real cert.
03The unlock
The industry changes when we do.
Every TradePass strengthens the next one. Site supervisors recognize it on sight. Contractors ask for it by name. Onboarding shrinks for everyone — because the record came with the worker.
1worker carrying their TradePass
The first thousand of us decide what TradePass becomes.
Coming · worker-owned community fund
We’re building toward a TradePass community fund — for trades families who’ve lost a loved one on the job — drawn around the international Day of Mourning on April 28. Requires the right charitable-gaming licensing and a vetted charity partner. Not live yet; signposting the work.
Set the new standard. One profile, every site.
04Built by a tradesman
Why I’m building TradePass.
C
Chris Holwell
Founder · Jman Pipefitter · Oil & Gas
I can’t stand the industry standard for onboarding. I’m literally doing it as I’m writing this blurb — no joke. Same tickets emailed to a new HR coordinator who’s as tired of it as I am. Same orientation videos. Same liability paperwork in somebody else’s template. By the end of every job I’m already dreading the next one. The industry can do better — I’m still waiting.
The system is backwards.
So as a Jman pipefitter and father, I’ve spent every spare hour building TradePass. It’s bigger than a wallet for tickets — it’s a living record of your skills and experience, owned by you, private by default, trusted by the companies hiring you. ONE platform both sides actually trust. That’s the vision.
I need your help to get this right. I really dislike this process and the best way to change it is with your adoption of TradePass. You guys stay free, forever. The people doing the work shouldn’t pay to prove they can do it and we shouldn’t have 10 hours taken from us unpaid when we work so hard.
Your tickets. Your record.
Your career.
Create your TradePass — free
You’d be #2. The first thousand of us decide what TradePass becomes.
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