WorkAxle is a workforce management platform built for security and guarding operations: forecasting, scheduling, time & attendance, compliance, and payroll export in one system. An expired license is flagged before the assignment, guard qualifications map to site requirements, and billing-rate-aware scheduling keeps every post covered by someone qualified and billed at the correct rate.
Every guard licensed. Every post covered. Every shift billable.
Expiring permissions, lone guards, multiple sites, contractual SLAs. Your scheduling tool should understand all of it. WorkAxle does.
We know what running a guard operation actually looks like.
When credentials, coverage, and billing are three different problems.
Overnight report: one guard called out at Site 7, and the replacement wasn't armed-certified. You're in SLA breach for four hours, and the client will ask about the billing impact before you've worked it out.
Three guard licenses expire this month. Two of those guards are scheduled across five sites. Every shift one of them works after the expiry date is a liability that can void the contract.
Site 3 wants a six-month audit: every guard, their qualifications per shift, SLA proof. The data lives in three systems. Assembling it by hand will eat a week.
New site contract starts Monday. Armed, first-aid certified, lone-worker protocols. Your system shows you who's available. It can't show you who's qualified.
Finance flags a billing discrepancy. You invoiced for three armed guards; one of them worked the shift unarmed. Qualifications aren't tied to billing rates in your system, so you can't tell whether you overbilled or underbilled.
When credentials, coverage, and billing are one system.
The callout at Site 7? The system checked qualifications before it suggested a replacement. The guard who picked up the shift from the open-shift queue was armed-certified for that post. The SLA held. The invoice matched the work.
The expiring licenses? The rule engine flagged them weeks ahead of expiry. Renewal alerts went to the guards and their supervisors with time to act. The two guards nearing expiry were reclassified automatically and flagged before new assignments until renewal was logged.
The client audit? One export. Every guard, every shift, every credential status at the time of assignment, every SLA check, timestamped. It's ready in minutes.
The new site contract? You filter by armed, first-aid certified, lone-worker certified, available, and under the overtime threshold. The qualified list appears. You schedule from it. Every assignment is verified before it publishes.
The billing discrepancy? It never happened. Qualification-aware scheduling tied billing rates to guard tiers the moment the shift was assigned.
A tool that treats credentials, coverage, and compliance as three separate problems can't run a guard operation. WorkAxle treats them as one.
Your security problems. Solved at the system level.
| Your problem | How WorkAxle handles it |
|---|---|
| License & certification expiry | Expiry triggers automatic reclassification, and the rule engine flags it at assignment time; every override is logged. Renewal alerts fire before the expiry date, with time left to act. |
| Post coverage SLAs | Minimum coverage, qualifications, armed/unarmed, and time-of-day rules are checked at scheduling time, so the breach is surfaced before the shift publishes, and the scheduler can act. |
| Multi-site qualification matching | Moving a guard to cover another site automatically checks certifications for that site, client, and role. |
| Billing accuracy | Every shift is assigned at the correct guard tier. Qualifications are tied to billing rates, so invoices match contracts. |
| Lone worker compliance | Single-guard assignments are flagged for check-in protocols, solo-work certifications, and fatigue management rules. |
| Client audit readiness | Every assignment, credential status, and override is logged. A six-month audit report comes out in minutes. |
| High turnover + onboarding | New guards become assignable only after every required credential is verified. The compliance gap from day one closes. |
| Overtime across sites | Hours accumulate centrally across every site. Overtime thresholds apply to the guard's total assignments, regardless of which site each shift sits on. |
Four modules. One operational reality.
A guard contract is a chain. The post gets scheduled, the license gets verified, the hours get captured, and the invoice gets supported. WorkAxle runs that chain in one system, so the data your billing depends on is born clean at the schedule.
Compliance & Rule Engine
A lapsed credential voids a contract. Armed certs, licenses, first aid, site clearances, tracked, enforced, and audit-ready per client, per site, per role.
Learn more →Scheduling & Rostering
Multi-site, multi-qualification, 24/7, with lone-worker protocols. The engine fills each shift with the right person, verified against every rule before it publishes.
Learn more →Time & Attendance
Guard hours are captured and validated per site, per client, per billing tier, with exceptions flagged at the punch. Time worked and time billed always match.
Learn more →Payroll Export
Hours, qualifications, and billing rates are aligned from the moment a shift is assigned. Payroll prep goes from a weekly reconciliation to a validated export.
Learn more →Security operations, after WorkAxle.
One of the largest security-services companies in the world runs WorkAxle under multiple collective agreements. The deployment went live in a fraction of the usual timeline.
Frequently asked questions about workforce management for security companies
What is the best workforce management software for security companies?
WorkAxle is built for multi-site guard operations. It covers license and certification tracking, post coverage SLA enforcement, qualification-based scheduling, billing-rate-aware assignments, and audit readiness in one platform. Expired credentials are flagged before assignment. Guard qualifications are mapped to site requirements, so every shift is covered by someone qualified and billed at the correct rate.
How does WorkAxle track guard certifications and licenses?
Every license and certification is tracked with effective-dated fields. Expiry triggers automatic reclassification, and the rule engine flags it for the scheduler at assignment time, with every override logged. Renewal alerts fire ahead of the expiry date, with time left to act. When a guard moves to cover another site, the system automatically checks certifications for that site, client, and role. Audit-ready credential records are exportable on demand.
Can WorkAxle handle multi-site guard scheduling?
Yes. The engine fills shifts across multiple sites by matching guard qualifications to site requirements: armed/unarmed, first-aid certified, lone-worker protocols, and client-specific clearances. Hours accumulate centrally across every site, so overtime thresholds apply to a guard's total assignments regardless of site. Post coverage SLAs, minimum staffing, and time-of-day rules are enforced at scheduling time.
How does WorkAxle prevent timesheet fraud in security operations?
Guard hours are captured and validated per site, per client, per billing tier, so time worked and time billed match. Qualifications are tied to billing rates, and invoices reconcile to contracts automatically. Every assignment, credential status, and override is logged, which turns a six-month client audit into a matter of minutes.
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