recognising human capabilities

make the capability in your business visible, and worth something

As the world of work changes, knowing what your people can do matters more. Human Capability Credentials make that capability visible, levelled and recognised, to you and to them

USED BY   McDonald’s Australia · Telstra · TFE Hotels · HOYTS · ANZ · Engineers Australia

Where to start

Where does your people’s capability show up?

Start with one program or role. Recognise what you already do for your people.

Frontline leaders in a development session

Program recognition

You run a development program

You’ve built a leadership or development program your people value. We assess it against the Working Futures™ Human Capability Standards, verify the evidence, and credential the capability people demonstrate through it.

A duty manager briefing two front desk staff

Role recognition

You have structured roles

Structured roles in your organisation produce verifiable evidence of capability, with or without a formal program. We evidence what people demonstrate as they progress in their role, and recognise it.

Start with a capability framework or capability development

You’re still building your approach

No formal program or capability framework yet? We’ll map the capabilities your organisation needs against the Working Futures™ Human Capability Standards, then help you develop them through online learning and masterclasses. Your people grow, and recognition is ready when they are.

Capability that’s real stays invisible.

Your people build capability every day: leading shifts, coaching new starters, handling problems the manual doesn’t cover. Organisations record what people studied and which programs they attended. What people can actually do rarely makes the record.

That leaves you without the evidence to plan succession, show what development returns, or give people a visible path. As AI makes unverified claims easier to produce and harder to believe, that evidence matters more.

We have qualifications for knowledge and licences for technical skill. Human capability has never had a common currency. Human Capability Credentials, assessed against the Working Futures™ Human Capability Standards, give it one

How it works

Four steps, built on what you already have

The Human Capability Recognition System turns the capability people demonstrate at work into verified, portable credentials. Nothing needs rebuilding and no new learning platform is required.

1

Assess

review your program or role against the Human Capability Standards.

2

Verify

verify evidence of what people actually did at work.

3

Recognise

your people receive a digital, levelled Human Capability Credential through Credly, co-branded if you choose.

4

Pathways

credentials can stack toward university credit and formal qualifications with our 13 partner universities, where eligible.

A credential names the capability, not the course

A certificate says which course someone attended. A credential says what they can do.

What they get today

Certificate of completion

This certifies attendance at

Leadership Program

March 2026

Recognised inside one organisation

What they get with Capability.Co

The same program, recognised as four capabilities

Communication Foundation credential

Communication

Critical Thinking Foundation credential

Critical Thinking

Agile and Innovative Foundation credential

Agile & Innovative

Ethics Foundation credential

Ethics

  • Names the capability and its level
  • Verified from evidence of work
  • Can stack toward a qualification, where eligible

What makes a credential count

Worth more than a certificate, and here’s why

Verified from evidence

Every credential rests on verified evidence of what people actually did at work. Attendance and self-report aren’t enough. If the evidence falls short, we’ll show the mapping and how you can support further gap development.

A clear view of capability

Credentials show what your people can actually do, levelled against one standard. That gives you a credible picture of capability across your organisation to plan development and succession.

It adds up

Credentials are levelled and stack toward formal qualifications, so people can see where their development leads, and why it’s worth staying.

For industry bodies and associations

Recognising capability across a whole sector

When a credential means the same thing at every employer in a sector, people can carry their capability from one job to the next, and organisations can hire with confidence. We work with industry bodies and associations to build that common currency for their members and workforce.

Engineers Australia

We’re working with Engineers Australia to develop and recognise the leadership capability engineers need as they move into management.

Working Futures™ Human Capability Standards

Built on the only levelled framework of its kind

Every credential is assessed against the Working Futures™ Human Capability Standards. Capability.Co is the only organisation that verifies and credentials against them across 7 levels (AQF aligned).

30+ years

of research behind the Human Capability Standards

100+

organisations worldwide use the Human Capability Standards

1.7m+

participants engaged through the Human Capability Standards

University pathways

Credentials that add up

With Torrens University Australia.

8

Foundation credentials can stack toward a Diploma of Applied Management, where eligible

4

Advanced Leadership credentials can stack toward a Graduate Certificate of Applied Management, where eligible

Credit with partners beyond Torrens is assessed case by case.

What recognition supports, across our clients

2×

readiness for promotion

3×

increase in retention

9 in 10

employees value their credentials

Earned a Human Capability Credential?

School or education provider?

University or training provider?

Could your program lead to recognised credentials?

Tell us about a program or role you’re proud of. We’ll show you which capabilities it develops and what your people could walk away with.