Proof
A credential here says what you can do, and how sure we are
Most credentials prove attendance. A Safua credential is built from observed work that is scored and summarized, and it states its own confidence level so it is never read as more than it is.
The pipeline
Observation produces evidence. Evidence is scored. Scored evidence becomes proof.
Each stage is distinct. Being watched is not a credential. Scoring is what turns a record of work into a signal, and only the final stage is proof.
Observation
With your consent, the instructor watches you do real work. Observation is the input, not the credential.
Evidence
Observation produces evidence: a record of the task, your steps, the corrections, and the help you used.
Scored
Evidence is scored for independence, assistance level, correctness, and integrity. Scoring is what makes it mean something.
Proof
Scored evidence that clears the bar becomes proof, carrying a confidence level so it is read for exactly what it is.
Confidence levels
Three levels, and they are not equivalent
Every credential states its level. The highest is reserved for sustained, independent, correct work across a role, anchored by a capstone under stronger integrity conditions.
Observed practice
You practiced a skill and your work was observed. The lightest level of confidence: it shows you did the work, not yet that you can do it unaided.
Verified applied task
You completed a real, applied task and the evidence was scored for independence, assistance level, correctness, and integrity. A practical signal that you can apply the skill.
High-assurance credential
The strongest level: sustained, independent, correct work across a role, scored end to end. Reserved for career-path completion.
Inside a proof artifact
Four things every credential carries
A credential is not a single badge. It is a record you and an employer can interrogate.
Independence Score
How independently you worked. Heavier help means a lower score, because proof measures what you can do unaided.
Assistance Level
Which rungs of the assistance ladder you used, from a light hint to a full solution.
Evidence Summary
A plain-language account of the task you did and what the work showed.
Integrity Notes
The conditions the work was done under, so a reader can judge how to weigh it.
For employers
What an employer sees, and how to read it
A credential is designed to be interpreted, not taken on faith. An employer gets the evidence, the standard, and the conditions, so they can judge what a result is worth.
Evidence summaries
A readable account of what the candidate did, not just a badge that a course was finished.
Skill rubrics
The standard the work was scored against, so the bar is visible rather than implied.
Artifact samples
Real examples of the work behind the credential, shared only with the learner consenting.
Confidence levels
Whether a skill is observed practice, a verified applied task, or a high-assurance credential.
Integrity notes
The conditions the evidence was produced under, so a credential is never read as more than it is.
Want to see the shape of a credential? View a sample credential on the verification page.