Training, Certification & Skills Compliance worked example

Certification Compliance Score with severity if an expired or missing certification is used of 15 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the certification compliance score calculation on the strong side: severity if an expired or missing certification is used of 15 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when certification compliance in training, certification and skills compliance needs a defensible ranking against other training, certification and skills compliance risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if an expired or missing certification is used: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood a lapsed certification goes unnoticed: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Ability to detect the lapse before the task is performed: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Certification compliance risk score = certification compliance severity score × certification compliance occurrence score × certification compliance detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for certification compliance risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for certification compliance severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for certification compliance occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for certification compliance detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if an expired or missing certification is used sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • Use it when you manage many certifications and need to decide which lapses to audit, alert on, or hard-gate first. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Certification compliance risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Certification compliance severity score: 15 score
  • Certification compliance occurrence score: 4 score
  • Certification compliance detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Certification Compliance Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.