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Frontline safety training LMS
Training records that hold up, on a platform crews actually use
Supervisors sign off practical work on site, every completion goes into an audit trail that stands up in an investigation, and one fee covers every worker you add. Custom-built, owned outright, run by us or brought in-house when youโre ready.
TEAMS WE BUILD FOR
โ A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER
In 12 years building Learning Management Systems Iโve talked to thousands of learning businesses, a fair few in construction, aviation and the trades. I can usually tell whatโs holding one back within minutes. Itโs nearly always one of three things.
Thin records
A lot of platforms log a completion and a score, and thatโs about it. When something goes wrong on site, an investigator wants more: what was assessed, by whom, on what date, and whether the practical part happened at all. If those sign-offs live on a clipboard, the record has a hole right where it matters.
Low uptake
Your learners arenโt at a desk. Theyโve got five or ten minutes in the van on a coffee break, on a phone. If the platform assumes a laptop, a second login for certificates and things like that, the optional stuff doesnโt get done.
Punished scale
Ten thousand users is normal, the next thirty thousand are often sitting with customers you already have, and per-seat pricing bills you for every one. Then the tech: a build carrying eighteen months of debt, a team that canโt keep pace, and the worry it buckles under a rollout.
They all come back to the same thing: the platform wasnโt built for the job site or the headcount. The fix, I think, is owning the LMS outright and building it around how your programme actually runs. Book a call and talk it through with me.

Kaine Shutler
Founder, Plume
โ A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER
In 12 years building Learning Management Systems Iโve talked to thousands of learning businesses, a fair few in construction, aviation and the trades. I can usually tell whatโs holding one back within minutes. Itโs nearly always one of three things.
Thin records
A lot of platforms log a completion and a score, and thatโs about it. When something goes wrong on site, an investigator wants more: what was assessed, by whom, on what date, and whether the practical part happened at all. If those sign-offs live on a clipboard, the record has a hole right where it matters.
Low uptake
Your learners arenโt at a desk. Theyโve got five or ten minutes in the van on a coffee break, on a phone. If the platform assumes a laptop, a second login for certificates and things like that, the optional stuff doesnโt get done.
Punished scale
Ten thousand users is normal, the next thirty thousand are often sitting with customers you already have, and per-seat pricing bills you for every one. Then the tech: a build carrying eighteen months of debt, a team that canโt keep pace, and the worry it buckles under a rollout.
They all come back to the same thing: the platform wasnโt built for the job site or the headcount. The fix, I think, is owning the LMS outright and building it around how your programme actually runs. Book a call and talk it through with me.

Kaine Shutler
Founder, Plume
โ A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER
In 12 years building Learning Management Systems Iโve talked to thousands of learning businesses, a fair few in construction, aviation and the trades. I can usually tell whatโs holding one back within minutes. Itโs nearly always one of three things.
Thin records
A lot of platforms log a completion and a score, and thatโs about it. When something goes wrong on site, an investigator wants more: what was assessed, by whom, on what date, and whether the practical part happened at all. If those sign-offs live on a clipboard, the record has a hole right where it matters.
Low uptake
Your learners arenโt at a desk. Theyโve got five or ten minutes in the van on a coffee break, on a phone. If the platform assumes a laptop, a second login for certificates and things like that, the optional stuff doesnโt get done.
Punished scale
Ten thousand users is normal, the next thirty thousand are often sitting with customers you already have, and per-seat pricing bills you for every one. Then the tech: a build carrying eighteen months of debt, a team that canโt keep pace, and the worry it buckles under a rollout.
They all come back to the same thing: the platform wasnโt built for the job site or the headcount. The fix, I think, is owning the LMS outright and building it around how your programme actually runs. Book a call and talk it through with me.

Kaine Shutler
Founder, Plume
What we build
Everything an LMS for frontline workers needs, built around your programme
The foundations are already built and tested. We custom-build whatโs specific to your customers, your sites and the products it has to talk to.

What we build
Everything an LMS for frontline workers needs, built around your programme
The foundations are already built and tested. We custom-build whatโs specific to your customers, your sites and the products it has to talk to.
What we build
Everything an LMS for frontline workers needs, built around your programme
The foundations are already built and tested. We custom-build whatโs specific to your customers, your sites and the products it has to talk to.
HOW IT WORKS
From scope to a safety training platform you own, in 2-12 weeks
01
Strategy Blueprint
Before any code, we turn your scope into a costed plan: the records you must keep, the integrations your products need, security questions your customers will ask. Yours to keep, whether you build with us or in-house.
01
02
Designed for the job site
Our founder-led design team turns the plan into a prototype you can tap through on a phone and show a crew before anything is built
02
03
Rapid build
We build on proven components and custom-engineer the rest in short sprints your team can steer. Your engineers get API documentation early, so integration with your other products starts before launch.
03
04
Zero-disruption migration
We move learner histories, certificates and expiry dates across, so records carry over and nobody repeats training theyโve done
04
05
Phased rollout
Roll out by region, customer or crew, at a pace the business can absorb. Backed by the team behind 200+ launches.
05
06
Owned outright, run by us
You launch owning the platform outright. We host, maintain and keep building it as long as you want, or hand it to your team.
06
HOW IT WORKS
From scope to a safety training platform you own, in 2-12 weeks
01
Strategy Blueprint
Before any code, we turn your scope into a costed plan: the records you must keep, the integrations your products need, security questions your customers will ask. Yours to keep, whether you build with us or in-house.
01
02
Designed for the job site
Our founder-led design team turns the plan into a prototype you can tap through on a phone and show a crew before anything is built
02
03
Rapid build
We build on proven components and custom-engineer the rest in short sprints your team can steer. Your engineers get API documentation early, so integration with your other products starts before launch.
03
04
Zero-disruption migration
We move learner histories, certificates and expiry dates across, so records carry over and nobody repeats training theyโve done
04
05
Phased rollout
Roll out by region, customer or crew, at a pace the business can absorb. Backed by the team behind 200+ launches.
05
06
Owned outright, run by us
You launch owning the platform outright. We host, maintain and keep building it as long as you want, or hand it to your team.
06
HOW IT WORKS
From scope to a safety training platform you own, in 2-12 weeks
01
Strategy Blueprint
Before any code, we turn your scope into a costed plan: the records you must keep, the integrations your products need, security questions your customers will ask. Yours to keep, whether you build with us or in-house.
01
02
Designed for the job site
Our founder-led design team turns the plan into a prototype you can tap through on a phone and show a crew before anything is built
02
03
Rapid build
We build on proven components and custom-engineer the rest in short sprints your team can steer. Your engineers get API documentation early, so integration with your other products starts before launch.
03
04
Zero-disruption migration
We move learner histories, certificates and expiry dates across, so records carry over and nobody repeats training theyโve done
04
05
Phased rollout
Roll out by region, customer or crew, at a pace the business can absorb. Backed by the team behind 200+ launches.
05
06
Owned outright, run by us
You launch owning the platform outright. We host, maintain and keep building it as long as you want, or hand it to your team.
06
Engineered for longevity, tested under load
An outage mid-rollout costs customers and credibility, and a record that canโt be produced costs more. We build for launch-day load and for records youโll need years later.
Proven foundations
We build on thousands of components already hardened across real platforms: course flows, assessments, certificates, dashboards, tenant management. The foundation is stable on day one, and your budget goes on the parts specific to your programme.
75%
built before we start
Proven foundations
We build on thousands of components already hardened across real platforms: course flows, assessments, certificates, dashboards, tenant management. The foundation is stable on day one, and your budget goes on the parts specific to your programme.
75%
built before we start
Tested to hold up
Specialist QA engineers who know how learning platforms fail, plus regression testing, automated alerts and load testing across devices. Tenant isolation is tested too. Problems get caught in a controlled environment, before a crew finds them.
100k
users load-tested
Tested to hold up
Specialist QA engineers who know how learning platforms fail, plus regression testing, automated alerts and load testing across devices. Tenant isolation is tested too. Problems get caught in a controlled environment, before a crew finds them.
100k
users load-tested
Built to scale, by senior engineers
Senior developers design your platform for the headcount youโre heading toward, with the tenant isolation and single sign-on big customers demand. Weโve built platforms designed for over a million learners, including one for Google.
1M+
learners, in platforms weโve built
Built to scale, by senior engineers
Senior developers design your platform for the headcount youโre heading toward, with the tenant isolation and single sign-on big customers demand. Weโve built platforms designed for over a million learners, including one for Google.
1M+
learners, in platforms weโve built
Designed so crews keep coming back
Beyond the mandatory core, frontline training is optional and done on a phone between tasks. We design for that: short modules, visible progress, and gamification that gets the next one opened.
3x
increase in completions
Designed so crews keep coming back
Beyond the mandatory core, frontline training is optional and done on a phone between tasks. We design for that: short modules, visible progress, and gamification that gets the next one opened.
3x
increase in completions

One system of record for training
Clients usually arrive with systems that donโt talk to each other. We connect them, or build it as one.
One record per worker: completions, practical sign-offs and certificates in one place, so a safety manager answers an investigator or insurer from one screen
One login for the crew: training, certificates and progress under one login and one brand, on their own phone, so the next module is a tap away
Bend it around your stack: connects to your HR system, membership database or the other products you sell, through documented APIs your engineers can build against
One source of truth: one reporting layer across every tenant, so the figures you send a customer match what they pull themselves

One system of record for training
Clients usually arrive with systems that donโt talk to each other. We connect them, or build it as one.
One record per worker: completions, practical sign-offs and certificates in one place, so a safety manager answers an investigator or insurer from one screen
One login for the crew: training, certificates and progress under one login and one brand, on their own phone, so the next module is a tap away
Bend it around your stack: connects to your HR system, membership database or the other products you sell, through documented APIs your engineers can build against
One source of truth: one reporting layer across every tenant, so the figures you send a customer match what they pull themselves

One system of record for training
Clients usually arrive with systems that donโt talk to each other. We connect them, or build it as one.
One record per worker: completions, practical sign-offs and certificates in one place, so a safety manager answers an investigator or insurer from one screen
One login for the crew: training, certificates and progress under one login and one brand, on their own phone, so the next module is a tap away
Bend it around your stack: connects to your HR system, membership database or the other products you sell, through documented APIs your engineers can build against
One source of truth: one reporting layer across every tenant, so the figures you send a customer match what they pull themselves
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NATA, VP Education and Safety, via Clutch
It feels like working with a team that is genuinely invested in the project.
Paul, Trustpilot, September 2025
As a growing training provider, we needed a digital infrastructure solution that could support our evolving business needs. After working with Plume, we now have a fully customised learning platform that scales with us.
NATA, VP Education and Safety, via Clutch
It feels like working with a team that is genuinely invested in the project.
Paul, Trustpilot, September 2025
As a growing training provider, we needed a digital infrastructure solution that could support our evolving business needs. After working with Plume, we now have a fully customised learning platform that scales with us.
NATA, VP Education and Safety, via Clutch
It feels like working with a team that is genuinely invested in the project.
Paul, Trustpilot, September 2025
As a growing training provider, we needed a digital infrastructure solution that could support our evolving business needs. After working with Plume, we now have a fully customised learning platform that scales with us.
Frequently asked questions
Have more questions? Send us a message or schedule a call with our founder by clicking here
Who owns the code of a custom safety training LMS, and can our engineers work in it?
You own every line of custom code we write for you, outright. The platform runs on Plumeโs foundation, which you hold under a perpetual licence covering unlimited users, so the fee stays the same as your headcount grows. Your engineers get documented APIs and webhooks from the start, which is how your other products exchange data with the training platform. When you want it in-house, we fork your implementation, hand over the source with the documentation, and walk your developers through it. You can self-host from day one or let us run it. Either way, youโre never locked in.
How does Plume work alongside an in-house development team that owns other products?
Your team keeps building your products while we build the training platform, and the two meet at documented APIs, webhooks and a data model agreed in the Blueprint. We walk your engineers through the architecture early, so single sign-on, reporting feeds and the integrations your other products rely on are designed in from the start. A client put it well: โweโll need to understand your code quite well, because our other products will communicate with it.โ That is what the Blueprint is for. When you take the platform in-house, your developers get a full handover, and ours stay available afterwards.
Does a custom LMS hold up under load?
Yes, because it is designed for your projected headcount before a line of code is written. Load testing is part of every build, and weโve tested to 100,000 users. Weโve designed platforms for over a million learners, including one built for Google that serves a million teachers across a dozen countries. Architecture, caching and hosting are sized to your rollout plan, with headroom for the next tranche of customers. Ten thousand workers across a few hundred companies is well inside what the foundation already handles.
How do you answer our enterprise customersโ security questionnaires and tenant isolation questions?
Every platform is built and hosted to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 control standards, with tenant isolation tested, an audit trail, role-based access, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and encryption built in. Security documentation and questionnaire support are included, so when a customerโs procurement team sends the spreadsheet, you have the answers.
Can an LMS record on-the-job sign-offs and practical assessments?
Yes, when itโs built for it. A supervisor opens the learnerโs record on a phone at the job site, works through the checklist, and signs it off with their name, the date and the location attached. That sign-off sits in the same audit trail as the online modules, so an investigator or insurer sees one workerโs whole record in one place: what they studied, what they were assessed doing, who assessed them and when. Expiry dates and recurring assessments are driven from the same record, so renewals are flagged before a certificate lapses.
What does a custom LMS cost compared with per-seat pricing for 10,000 workers?
A custom LMS from Plume is a one-time fee, sized to whether you need a single programme or a multi-tenant platform, payable upfront or over three years, covering unlimited users. To compare it with per-seat pricing, multiply your per-seat rate by ten thousand workers and five years, then add the next thirty thousand waiting at the same customers. At frontline volumes that sum often passes the cost of a build before year three, and it climbs with every worker you add. The Blueprint fixes the exact number for your scope before anyone commits to anything larger.
Can we migrate from our current LMS without losing training records or features?
Yes, because migration is planned in the Blueprint: we map every feature your customers rely on, certifications included, against the new build, so nothing goes live without an equivalent. Learner histories, certificates, expiry dates and video content move across and are checked record by record before cutover. The switch can be phased by customer or region, so a worker finishes a module on the old system on Friday and finds it marked complete on the new one on Monday.
How do you track certification expiry and renewals across hundreds of member companies?
We build each certification as a record against a worker and their company, so expiry is tracked at both levels. Reminders go to the worker, supervisor and company administrator, and recurring training is assigned automatically when a renewal falls due. Company administrators manage their people and org structure in their portal, and reporting shows who is current, lapsing or lapsed, per company or programme-wide. Itโs what weโre building for a 30-year aviation trade association running safety training for around 600 member companies and 10,000 users.
Frequently asked questions
Have more questions? Send us a message or schedule a call with our founder by clicking here
Who owns the code of a custom safety training LMS, and can our engineers work in it?
You own every line of custom code we write for you, outright. The platform runs on Plumeโs foundation, which you hold under a perpetual licence covering unlimited users, so the fee stays the same as your headcount grows. Your engineers get documented APIs and webhooks from the start, which is how your other products exchange data with the training platform. When you want it in-house, we fork your implementation, hand over the source with the documentation, and walk your developers through it. You can self-host from day one or let us run it. Either way, youโre never locked in.
How does Plume work alongside an in-house development team that owns other products?
Your team keeps building your products while we build the training platform, and the two meet at documented APIs, webhooks and a data model agreed in the Blueprint. We walk your engineers through the architecture early, so single sign-on, reporting feeds and the integrations your other products rely on are designed in from the start. A client put it well: โweโll need to understand your code quite well, because our other products will communicate with it.โ That is what the Blueprint is for. When you take the platform in-house, your developers get a full handover, and ours stay available afterwards.
Does a custom LMS hold up under load?
Yes, because it is designed for your projected headcount before a line of code is written. Load testing is part of every build, and weโve tested to 100,000 users. Weโve designed platforms for over a million learners, including one built for Google that serves a million teachers across a dozen countries. Architecture, caching and hosting are sized to your rollout plan, with headroom for the next tranche of customers. Ten thousand workers across a few hundred companies is well inside what the foundation already handles.
How do you answer our enterprise customersโ security questionnaires and tenant isolation questions?
Every platform is built and hosted to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 control standards, with tenant isolation tested, an audit trail, role-based access, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and encryption built in. Security documentation and questionnaire support are included, so when a customerโs procurement team sends the spreadsheet, you have the answers.
Can an LMS record on-the-job sign-offs and practical assessments?
Yes, when itโs built for it. A supervisor opens the learnerโs record on a phone at the job site, works through the checklist, and signs it off with their name, the date and the location attached. That sign-off sits in the same audit trail as the online modules, so an investigator or insurer sees one workerโs whole record in one place: what they studied, what they were assessed doing, who assessed them and when. Expiry dates and recurring assessments are driven from the same record, so renewals are flagged before a certificate lapses.
What does a custom LMS cost compared with per-seat pricing for 10,000 workers?
A custom LMS from Plume is a one-time fee, sized to whether you need a single programme or a multi-tenant platform, payable upfront or over three years, covering unlimited users. To compare it with per-seat pricing, multiply your per-seat rate by ten thousand workers and five years, then add the next thirty thousand waiting at the same customers. At frontline volumes that sum often passes the cost of a build before year three, and it climbs with every worker you add. The Blueprint fixes the exact number for your scope before anyone commits to anything larger.
Can we migrate from our current LMS without losing training records or features?
Yes, because migration is planned in the Blueprint: we map every feature your customers rely on, certifications included, against the new build, so nothing goes live without an equivalent. Learner histories, certificates, expiry dates and video content move across and are checked record by record before cutover. The switch can be phased by customer or region, so a worker finishes a module on the old system on Friday and finds it marked complete on the new one on Monday.
How do you track certification expiry and renewals across hundreds of member companies?
We build each certification as a record against a worker and their company, so expiry is tracked at both levels. Reminders go to the worker, supervisor and company administrator, and recurring training is assigned automatically when a renewal falls due. Company administrators manage their people and org structure in their portal, and reporting shows who is current, lapsing or lapsed, per company or programme-wide. Itโs what weโre building for a 30-year aviation trade association running safety training for around 600 member companies and 10,000 users.
Frequently asked questions
Have more questions? Send us a message or schedule a call with our founder by clicking here
Who owns the code of a custom safety training LMS, and can our engineers work in it?
You own every line of custom code we write for you, outright. The platform runs on Plumeโs foundation, which you hold under a perpetual licence covering unlimited users, so the fee stays the same as your headcount grows. Your engineers get documented APIs and webhooks from the start, which is how your other products exchange data with the training platform. When you want it in-house, we fork your implementation, hand over the source with the documentation, and walk your developers through it. You can self-host from day one or let us run it. Either way, youโre never locked in.
How does Plume work alongside an in-house development team that owns other products?
Your team keeps building your products while we build the training platform, and the two meet at documented APIs, webhooks and a data model agreed in the Blueprint. We walk your engineers through the architecture early, so single sign-on, reporting feeds and the integrations your other products rely on are designed in from the start. A client put it well: โweโll need to understand your code quite well, because our other products will communicate with it.โ That is what the Blueprint is for. When you take the platform in-house, your developers get a full handover, and ours stay available afterwards.
Does a custom LMS hold up under load?
Yes, because it is designed for your projected headcount before a line of code is written. Load testing is part of every build, and weโve tested to 100,000 users. Weโve designed platforms for over a million learners, including one built for Google that serves a million teachers across a dozen countries. Architecture, caching and hosting are sized to your rollout plan, with headroom for the next tranche of customers. Ten thousand workers across a few hundred companies is well inside what the foundation already handles.
How do you answer our enterprise customersโ security questionnaires and tenant isolation questions?
Every platform is built and hosted to SOC 2 and ISO 27001 control standards, with tenant isolation tested, an audit trail, role-based access, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and encryption built in. Security documentation and questionnaire support are included, so when a customerโs procurement team sends the spreadsheet, you have the answers.
Can an LMS record on-the-job sign-offs and practical assessments?
Yes, when itโs built for it. A supervisor opens the learnerโs record on a phone at the job site, works through the checklist, and signs it off with their name, the date and the location attached. That sign-off sits in the same audit trail as the online modules, so an investigator or insurer sees one workerโs whole record in one place: what they studied, what they were assessed doing, who assessed them and when. Expiry dates and recurring assessments are driven from the same record, so renewals are flagged before a certificate lapses.
What does a custom LMS cost compared with per-seat pricing for 10,000 workers?
A custom LMS from Plume is a one-time fee, sized to whether you need a single programme or a multi-tenant platform, payable upfront or over three years, covering unlimited users. To compare it with per-seat pricing, multiply your per-seat rate by ten thousand workers and five years, then add the next thirty thousand waiting at the same customers. At frontline volumes that sum often passes the cost of a build before year three, and it climbs with every worker you add. The Blueprint fixes the exact number for your scope before anyone commits to anything larger.
Can we migrate from our current LMS without losing training records or features?
Yes, because migration is planned in the Blueprint: we map every feature your customers rely on, certifications included, against the new build, so nothing goes live without an equivalent. Learner histories, certificates, expiry dates and video content move across and are checked record by record before cutover. The switch can be phased by customer or region, so a worker finishes a module on the old system on Friday and finds it marked complete on the new one on Monday.
How do you track certification expiry and renewals across hundreds of member companies?
We build each certification as a record against a worker and their company, so expiry is tracked at both levels. Reminders go to the worker, supervisor and company administrator, and recurring training is assigned automatically when a renewal falls due. Company administrators manage their people and org structure in their portal, and reporting shows who is current, lapsing or lapsed, per company or programme-wide. Itโs what weโre building for a 30-year aviation trade association running safety training for around 600 member companies and 10,000 users.
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Let's explore your options
After you submit, our AI assistant will call you for a quick 2-3 minute chat about your project, so we can work out which options fit. You can book a call with our founder now, or after your chat with the assistant.
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About Plume
As the leading custom learning platform provider serving training businesses in the US, UK and Europe, we help businesses design, build and grow pioneering learning tech that unlocks limitless growth potential.

Plan your next learning platform with our founder
About Plume
As the leading custom learning platform provider serving training businesses in the US, UK and Europe, we help businesses design, build and grow pioneering learning tech that unlocks limitless growth potential.

Plan your next learning platform with our founder
About Plume
As the leading custom learning platform provider serving training businesses in the US, UK and Europe, we help businesses design, build and grow pioneering learning tech that unlocks limitless growth potential.
