5 Best Software Options for OFTEC Oil Heating Engineers in the UK (2026)
Five UK platforms genuinely support OFTEC’s CD11 and CD12 oil heating certificates. Compare Checker, Tradify, Powered Now, Joblogic and ServiceM8 for 2026.
5 Best Software Options for OFTEC Oil Heating Engineers in the UK (2026)
Five UK job management platforms now offer genuine OFTEC-specific certificate support for oil heating engineers: Tradify, Checker, Powered Now, Joblogic and ServiceM8. Each handles CD11 and CD12 documentation differently, at a different price. This guide compares them directly so you can pick the one that fits your oil heating workload.
By Daniel Sedgwick, Founder and Managing Director of Checker
Search for the best software for OFTEC engineers and most results are general trade apps that mention oil heating once, in passing, somewhere under a broader “heating” category.
That’s a real problem if your actual paperwork is a CD11 after every service, a CD12 whenever a landlord asks for one, and a tank risk assessment that has nothing to do with a boiler at all. Generic job management software handles invoicing and scheduling fine. Whether it handles OFTEC’s specific documentation is a different question, and one that’s easy to discover only after a year’s subscription is already paid.
We checked five UK job management platforms directly against their own OFTEC-specific pages, form libraries and support documentation, not just their general marketing copy about “heating”. All five have something genuinely built for oil documentation, and Checker’s own oil heating page is one of them. Here’s what each one gets right, what it costs, and where the gaps are.
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What does OFTEC actually require from an oil heating engineer’s paperwork?
OFTEC, the Oil Firing Technical Association, is the UK and Ireland’s competent person scheme for oil-fired heating. It was established in 1991 as a not-for-profit trade body, and it still runs the registration scheme that lets a technician self-certify oil heating work against Building Regulations.
Self-certification only works if the paperwork behind it is right. Industry-standard OFTEC documentation includes several named report types: the CD/10 installation completion report, the CD/11 servicing and commissioning report completed after most service visits, the CD/12 landlord oil installation check, the CD/14 warning and advice notice, and the TI/133D tank spillage and fire risk assessment. OFTEC’s own guidance on tank siting near flood risk references the TI/133D and TI/133ND forms directly, which confirms these aren’t codes invented by software vendors.
A CD/11 records combustion readings, nozzle and pressure settings, and the general condition of the appliance every time an oil-fired boiler is serviced or commissioned, so the customer has documented evidence the work was done to standard. A CD/12 does a similar job for a landlord: a dated, documented check that an oil installation in a rented property is safe. It isn’t a legal requirement in the way a gas landlord safety check is, but it’s the standard way an OFTEC-registered engineer gives a landlord that reassurance in writing.
None of this shows up in a generic “trade software” feature list. It’s specific enough that a platform either has named CD11 and CD12 support built in, or an engineer is filling in a paper form and scanning it, which is exactly the gap this guide is checking for.
5 things OFTEC-specific software needs to get right
Before comparing individual platforms, these are the five things that actually separate genuine OFTEC support from a generic trade app with “heating” in its category list.
Tradify
Tradify has built a dedicated page for every major OFTEC form: the CD/10, CD/11, CD/12, CD/14 and TI/133D each get their own page describing exactly what the form covers and how to complete it in the app. That’s the most complete named OFTEC library of any platform checked for this guide.
Every certificate is created, signed and emailed as a PDF from the same digital forms area used for job management, covering both domestic and commercial oil work. Pricing runs per user though, from £34 a month on the Lite tier up to £44 on Plus, so the OFTEC library comes bundled into a cost that climbs with every engineer added to the account.
Checker
Checker’s own oil heating page lists the same core OFTEC document set as the specialist platforms above: domestic oil storage tank spillage and fire risk assessments, CD/11 servicing and commissioning reports, CD/12 landlord safety checks, oil firing installation completion reports and oil warning and advice notices, all completed on a phone and synced automatically once signal returns.
Pricing is flat rather than per seat, from £10.99 LITE up to £25.99 PRO+ a month, with no fixed contract and a 30-day free trial that doesn’t need a card to start. Checker’s reports follow the standard OFTEC format and are accepted by landlords, letting agents and insurers, the same template-compliance basis every platform in this guide works on. None of them, including Checker, submit anything directly into OFTEC’s own registration system.
Powered Now
Powered Now’s own support library documents the CD/11 Oil Firing, Servicing and Commissioning Report as a named certificate type, and confirms it can be completed offline once downloaded to a device.
Certificate work unlocks from the Professional tier at £32 a month; the Business tier at £28 a month has no Forms & Certificates access at all. Powered Now’s own certificates directory also groups oil work under general “installation and commissioning” categories rather than naming every OFTEC form on its marketing pages, so the CD/11 is easier to find in its support library than on its pricing or features pages.
Joblogic
Joblogic hosts sample reports for the CD/10, CD/11, CD/12 and CD/14, plus the TI/133D, directly on its own site, and its support documentation lists a dedicated Plumbing & Heating industry pack covering the same forms.
That’s a genuinely broad named OFTEC set, but it comes at a higher commitment than the other platforms here. Standard pricing starts at £45 per user a month, and Joblogic itself says most customers commit to a 24 or 36-month term, though shorter terms are available on request.
ServiceM8
ServiceM8 offers CD/10, CD/11, CD/12 and TI/133D oil forms through its own official UK Form Store, the add-on marketplace for extending the core app, built by an approved ServiceM8 forms partner and restricted to OFTEC-registered businesses.
ServiceM8 prices by job volume rather than by seat, from £25 a month on Starter with unlimited users, which can suit a small team better than a per-user model. The oil forms themselves are a separate purchase from the Form Store rather than something built into the core subscription, so the real cost of full OFTEC coverage is the plan plus the form.
All 5 OFTEC software options compared side by side
A quick side-by-side of what’s actually confirmed, live, on each platform’s own site as of August 2026. Entries are listed in the order they’re discussed above, not as a scored ranking.
| Software | OFTEC forms confirmed | Offline | Pricing from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD10, CD11, CD12, CD14, TI/133D, each on its own page | Yes | £34/user/month | Widest named OFTEC form library |
| CD10, CD11, CD12, completion reports, warning notices, tank risk assessment | Yes | £10.99/month flat | Flat pricing across gas, electrical and oil in one app |
| CD11 documented; broader forms from Professional tier | Yes | £32/month (Professional) | Two-way accounting sync bundled with certificate work |
| CD10, CD11, CD12, CD14, TI/133D report samples | Yes | £45/user/month | Larger compliance-heavy teams on a longer contract |
| CD10, CD11, CD12, TI/133D via Form Store add-ons | Yes | £25/month, unlimited users | Small teams wanting per-job rather than per-seat pricing |
Frequently asked questions
What OFTEC forms does oil heating software actually need to support?
OFTEC oil heating documentation centres on a handful of named forms: the CD/10 for installation completion, the CD/11 for servicing and commissioning, the CD/12 for a landlord safety check, the CD/14 for a warning and advice notice, and the TI/133D for a tank spillage and fire risk assessment. Software that only offers a generic custom-form builder still leaves an engineer to build each of these from scratch. The platforms in this guide with a named CD/11 or CD/12 template save that step.
Which of these 5 options is worth it for a solo OFTEC engineer in 2026?
Checker’s flat pricing from £10.99 to £25.99 a month and ServiceM8’s job-based Starter plan from £25 a month with unlimited users both avoid the per-seat cost that Tradify, Powered Now and Joblogic charge from day one. Between the two, the deciding factor is usually whether oil is the only compliance work on the books: a business also handling gas and electrical certificates tends to get more from a single flat-tier app like Checker, while a business already used to paying per job may prefer ServiceM8’s model.
Do any of these platforms submit CD11 or CD12 certificates directly to OFTEC?
None of the five platforms in this guide, including Checker, submit certificates directly into OFTEC’s own registration system. Each produces a report that follows the standard OFTEC form layout and is accepted by landlords, letting agents, insurers and Building Control, but it’s the technician’s own OFTEC registration, not the software, that makes the underlying work compliant.
Is a CD/12 landlord oil installation check a legal requirement?
A CD/12 landlord oil installation check is not a legal requirement in the UK, unlike an annual gas safety check on a rented property. It’s the standard OFTEC way for a landlord to get a dated, documented record that an oil installation has been inspected and is safe, and many landlords request one anyway for insurance and tenant-reassurance reasons.
Which of these platforms work offline for tank inspections in areas with poor signal?
Tradify, Checker, Powered Now, Joblogic and ServiceM8 each confirm, on their own sites, that an oil certificate or form can be completed without a live connection and will sync once signal returns. That matters in practice, since oil tanks and boiler rooms often sit in outbuildings, cellars or rural spots with weak coverage.
Authoritative sources
- OFTEC, About us, on OFTEC’s role as the UK and Ireland’s not-for-profit oil heating trade association since 1991.
- OFTEC, Oil heating registration, on the qualification scopes an OFTEC-registered technician holds.
- Tradify, Digital CD/11 Oil Firing Servicing & Commissioning Report.
- Powered Now support, Oil Firing, Servicing and Commissioning Report (CD/11).
- ServiceM8, UK Form Store, listing the CD/10, CD/11, CD/12 and TI/133D oil forms available as add-ons.
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