Capability ranking

The 100-point capability ranking

The ranking is a two-minute way to see how completely your technical capability is recorded, scored out of 100 across four bands: tickets, capability, readiness and proof. It exists because the things that decide whether you can do a piece of work are usually missing from a resume.

Rank my capability How Poachd works

Free for tradespeople, permanently. Companies pay for access and on a confirmed placement.

The four bands

Tickets

The licences, authorisations and site tickets you hold, and where they are valid. This band rewards the permissions that are genuinely hard to get - switching authority, jointing, high-risk work licences - rather than counting certificates.

Capability

The systems and classes of work you have actually done: switchgear and busway, UPS and static switches, generator paralleling, protection and controls, commissioning support. This is the part a CV records worst and companies want most.

Readiness

Whether you could take work if it appeared: your region, how far you will travel, roster tolerance, and when your current commitment ends. Capability nobody can mobilise does not help a programme.

Proof

How much of the above is backed by something verifiable - a scanned licence, a named project, a reference - rather than self-declared.

What the score does not claim

Being clear about the limits is part of the point. A score that overclaims is worth nothing to the people relying on it.

It is not a prediction of how good a tradesperson you are. Nothing scored from a form can measure that, and we will not pretend otherwise.
It is not a credit score or an industry-wide standard. It is Poachd's own way of describing how complete and how visible your capability record is.
It does not rank you against your colleagues in public. Nobody sees your score as a league position.
A lower score does not mean less capable. Most commonly it means a capable person has not finished recording what they have done.

How to move it up

Add the systems, not just the employers. Naming the switchgear, UPS platform or protection scheme you worked on moves the capability band more than another job entry ever will.
Verify what you can. A scanned licence or a named, checkable project lifts the proof band and makes every approach you get more serious.
Be honest about mobility and availability. Overstating them wastes everyone's time; stating them accurately gets you the approaches you would actually accept.
Keep it current. Availability is the part that decays, and it is what decides whether the right approach reaches you at the right moment.

Create a capability profile - turn the score into a Passport companies can find.
What workforce capability means - why a job title does not describe what someone can do.
For tradespeople - what stays private and what companies can see.

Rank your capability

Two minutes, no account needed to start, and you keep the result.

Rank my capability