Inspector previews
Updated 1 Nov 2026
What you need to know
- When to use it
- When an inspector wants to see the training itself, not just the course specification. Usually the specification is enough, and this is always your call.
- Authorising one
- Open Inspector access under Inspection, choose the course, and give the inspector's name, email, firm and inspection reference. They receive an invitation and verify their email.
- What they see
- The inspector ticks one acknowledgement of the preview access terms, then opens the learner's lessons and assessment. No photo or signature is required. A faint watermark identifies the preview session in lesson content.
- No real certificate
- Even if they pass, only a clearly marked specimen can be shown or sent. Your employees' training records remain unchanged.
- What is recorded
- The session shows the acknowledgement time and access terms version, activity timeline, IP address and browser information. Download its inspection report for your records. Shog does not record the inspector's screen. Historical identity evidence remains available where it was collected under the earlier flow.
- Leaving or revoking access
- Exit preview signs the inspector out of this browser. They may reopen a valid invitation and verify their email again. Revoking a session from Inspector access ends its access immediately; its record is retained.
One preview per course per twelve months. Access expires at the time shown in the invitation. If you need another sooner, submit a request from the same form and our team will review it.
