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Free training certificate template for Google Slides

A branded certificate recording a training course, its hours and its expiry, generated one per attendee from your training records.

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Free to copy, no sign-up: the file opens in your own Google Drive. Updated November 13, 2026.

The actual template Free training certificate template for Google Slides: preview of the first page

What’s in the training certificate template

Every block has a placeholder showing where your details go. Type over them by hand, or bind each one to a field in your data and let it fill itself.

  • Training body lockup and certificate title {{org.name}}
  • Attendee name in display type {{attendee.name}}
  • Course title and standard covered {{course.title}} · {{course.standard}}
  • Training date, hours and trainer {{course.date}} · {{course.trainer}}
  • Valid-until date for refresher tracking {{certificate.expires}}
  • Signature block and certificate reference {{signatory.name}} · {{certificate.ref}}

How to use this training certificate template in Google Slides

  1. 01

    Copy the template to your Google Drive

    Press "Copy to my Google Slides". Google asks to make a copy, and the copy is yours to edit; the original is never changed. All you need is a free Google account.

  2. 02

    Replace the placeholders with your details

    Text in double braces, like {{org.name}}, marks where your own values go. Work down the slides: training body lockup and certificate title; attendee name in display type; course title and standard covered, and so on.

  3. 03

    Make it match your brand

    Swap the logo, colours and fonts in Google Slides as you would in any presentation. The layout is built to hold when the text changes.

  4. 04

    Download it as a PDF, or share the link

    File, then Download, then PDF Document gives you a file to send or print. Download as PowerPoint (.pptx) works too if someone needs it.

  5. 05

    Making these regularly? Fill it from your data

    Connect Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV to SourceToDocs and it fills a copy of this template for every row, so you stop retyping.

Training certificates are issued in batches: a session finishes, and everyone on the register needs the same document with a different name on it. The layout is fixed by the awarding body or your own brand, so it belongs in Google Slides, where the border, marks and signature block stay exactly where they were placed.

Keep the register authoritative

These are branded certificate documents, not verifiable credentials — no verification page, no Open Badges, no view tracking — so the register has to remain the record that counts. Store attendee, course, standard, hours, trainer, reference and valid-until in one row and generate from it. That way an auditor asking who was trained on what is answered from the data, not from a folder of PDFs. It also makes the refresher run trivial: query the records approaching expiry, run the session again, issue the new certificates from the same template.

Fill this training certificate template from Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV

Connect an Airtable base, a Google Sheets spreadsheet or a CSV file, map each field to a placeholder, and generate. One run can produce a single deck or one per matching row, delivered to your Google Drive.

Certificates & credentials: A branded certificate recording a training course, its hours and its expiry, generated one per attendee from your training records.

Training records · Google Sheets

AttendeeCourseExpires
Ines WeberManual handling14 Apr 2028
Tom AlvarezManual handling14 Apr 2028
Marta NunesFirst aid at work02 Jun 2029

Template: Google Slides or Docs

{{attendee.name}}

has completed {{course.title}}

{{course.date}} · {{course.hours}} hours

Trainer: {{course.trainer}}

Valid until {{certificate.expires}}

one certificate per training record; filter to a session or a site

Generated output

SlidesPDF

Ines Weber

has completed Manual handling

14 April 2026 · 4 hours

Trainer: J. Okafor

Valid until 14 April 2028

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Who uses this training certificate template

Training and compliance teams

Issue certificates for every attendee on a session and keep the expiry date on the document itself.

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Health and safety providers

Produce certificates per course from the training register you already maintain for audits.

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Operations teams tracking renewals

Generate the refresher batch on a schedule when records approach their valid-until date.

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Common questions, answered

Do these certificates get verified online? +
No. These are branded certificate documents — Slides and PDFs. There is no hosted verification page, no Open Badges or digital credential issuing, and no analytics showing who opened a certificate. The authoritative record of who was trained stays in your training register, and the document is a printout of it.
Can I issue a whole session's certificates at once? +
Yes. Filter the training register to one session, site or date and the run produces a certificate per attendee. Because the register is the source, a correction to a name or a date is made there and the certificate regenerated rather than edited in a PDF.
Can I use my own training certificate design? +
Yes. Build the master in Google Slides with your accreditation marks, border and signature block, mark the attendee, course, dates and reference as placeholders, and generate against that. Awarding bodies usually specify where their logo and wording must sit, which suits a slide: the design holds exactly as drawn on every certificate.
How do expiry dates and refreshers work? +
The valid-until date is a field in your data, printed on the certificate. Generation can be scheduled, so a run each month can issue certificates for newly completed sessions, and your register remains the place you query to see who is due a refresher.
Is this training certificate template free? +
Yes. Copy it to your own Google Drive at no cost and with no sign-up, then edit it like any Google Slides file. You only need SourceToDocs if you want it filled from your data automatically, and that has a free plan too.
Can I download this training certificate template as a PDF or PowerPoint file? +
Yes. Open your copy in Google Slides and choose File, Download. PDF Document gives a print-ready file; Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) gives an editable one for people who do not use Google Slides.

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