How it Works
Heavy Industry
Enhance workforce safety and operational efficiency by enabling the secure verification of worker credentials, certifications, competency and site authorizations thereby ensuring only qualified people are assigned to safety-critical tasks, before permits are issued and work begins. Because in safety-critical environments, assumed competency is not good enough.
Where the system breaks down today
Workers in Hazardous Zones
Mining fatalities in early 2025 ran at more than triple the rate of the same period in 2024. When identity and credentials cannot be verified at the point of access, the risk is structural, not incidental.
Unverified Access Permits
The cost of one missing permit and one unverified worker in a hazardous zone. When the Permit to Work process relies on paper rather than verified identity, no procedure can compensate for the gap.
Redundant Reverifications
of energy infrastructure projects miss schedule commitments. When every mobilization re-verifies the same worker from scratch, the process slows and projects fall behind.
1. MSHA Safety Alert, 2025, 2. HSE / VinciWorks, 2024, 3. Accenture Blueprint for Success: Energy Capital Projects, 2025
How does UWI Help
Reduced Contractor Fraud Risk
UWI verifies worker identity and credentials against the original issuing sources at the point of access. By ensuring every qualification comes from a trusted, verified source, only the right people are authorized to proceed thereby reducing fraud and improving safety across every site and operation.
Stronger HSSE Compliance
UWI connects Permit to Work authorization directly to verified worker identity and live credential status. HSSE managers see a real-time dashboard of who is qualified and authorized, and they even have the option to monitor credentials that are nearing their expiry. Every permit decision is backed by confirmed competency, not assumed compliance.
Faster Workforce Mobilization
UWI ensures verified worker identity, certifications, and safety training are recognized instantly across every site and project. A worker cleared for one project does not need to be re-verified for the next. Redundant checks are eliminated, mobilization accelerates, and qualified workers spend less time waiting for approvals.
AI-Powered Credential Intelligence
As AI becomes embedded in industrial workflows, knowing who or what is acting — and whether they are authorized — becomes as critical as verifying the workers on the ground. UWI is built to extend the same verified identity and credential framework to AI-driven systems, ensuring every actor in your operation can be governed, audited, and trusted.
Enabling Verified Workforce Readiness with UWI
Frequently Asked Questions
No. UWI works as a connective layer across the platforms you already run. It adds a verified identity and credential layer on top of existing systems without requiring you to replatform or replace what is already operational.
UWI is the infrastructure that makes credentials portable. Workers carry verified qualifications, certifications, and site authorizations in a digital wallet powered by UWI across any site, operator, or project — recognized instantly, without repeated validation.
UWI links a worker's verified identity directly to their certifications, site clearances, and safety training at the point of access. Before a permit is issued, the HSSE manager can confirm in real time that the individual standing at the gate is qualified, authorized, and current — not on the basis of paperwork, but on the basis of verified credentials.
Credentials issued through UWI are authorized by the issuing organization — whether that is a training provider, certification body, or employer. This means they cannot be forged, tampered with, or transferred between individuals.
Yes. Because UWI is modular and integrates with existing systems, it works for organizations of any size. A small contractor using UWI benefits immediately — their workers' credentials are portable and instantly recognized by any operator in the ecosystem, removing the overhead of repeated re-verification that disproportionately affects smaller businesses.
The individual. Credentials are held in the worker's own digital wallet and shared only with their consent. Employers and site operators can request verification but cannot access, store, or transfer a worker's credentials without their explicit approval.
UWI alerts both the worker and site operator before a credential expires. If it lapses, the worker is automatically flagged as unauthorized for the affected task, preventing non-compliant assignment.
Yes. UWI is designed to operate in remote and low-connectivity environments without dependence on a continuous live connection.
Get in Touch with Us
If you have any further inquiries, please contact us using the form linked below. Someone from the UWI Support team will reach out to you. We also welcome any feedback or insights regarding UWI. If you prefer to reach out to us directly, please email us at UWI.support@accenture.com.
