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The registered provider mark

How a registered provider shows its IVOSA registration, and how to use the mark honestly.

Example only. Every file on this page carries the example number 000000. A registered provider receives its own mark, with its own number, when it registers. Registration is not open yet.

The mark

The IVOSA lock-up with your registration number beneath it. It says one thing: you are on the IVOSA register. Registration is your own declaration that you understand the guidelines and comply with them. It is not an inspection.

Example IVOSA mark: IVOSA lock-up with REGISTERED PROVIDER · No. 000000 beneath, for light backgrounds

For light backgrounds.

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Example IVOSA mark for dark backgrounds

For dark backgrounds.

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The AUDITED mark

A provider that passes an IVOSA audit may show this version, with the month of the audit, for 12 months. It is withdrawn automatically when the 12 months end. A provider marked "Needs improvement" has no AUDITED mark. The audit is planned, not yet running, so the version below is an example only.

Example AUDITED IVOSA mark, No. 000000, AUDITED · NOVEMBER 2026, for light backgrounds SVGPNG
Example AUDITED IVOSA mark for dark backgrounds SVGPNG

Link it to your entry

Wherever the mark appears online, link it to your live register entry, at an address of the form ivosa.org/register/ followed by your number. Anyone who clicks it then sees your current status, so a copy of the mark can never say more than the register does. Once the register opens, the address works.

Size

Keep the icon at least 24 pixels high on screen and 8 mm high in print. The number line must stay readable: if it is not, use the mark larger.

Example mark at minimum on-screen size Minimum on-screen size: icon 24 px high.

Do and don't

Do

  • Use the mark on your website, in proposals and on the back page of your course certificates.
  • Always show your number.
  • Link the mark to your register entry.

Don't

  • Alter, recolour, stretch or stack the mark, or separate the number from it.
  • Use it while your registration has lapsed or after removal from the register.
  • Use it on a course certificate as if IVOSA issued the qualification. IVOSA does not issue qualifications.
  • Describe your registration as more than it is. IVOSA does not approve, license or certify providers: registration is your own declaration, published on the register.
  • Use the AUDITED mark without a current audit pass.
Misuse of the mark is handled like a false declaration: a provider shown to have misused it is removed from the register.

Certificate of registration

Each registered provider also receives a certificate of registration showing its name, number, registration date, renewal date and the course types it covers, with a link and QR code to its live entry. See an example certificate →