Permits to work
High-risk work, under control
Hot work, confined spaces, working at height, electrical and more — nine permit types out of the box, each carrying the preconditions, gas tests, isolations and signatures that have to exist before anyone starts.
Included free — like the rest of the platform.
How it works
- 1
Raise the permit
Pick the type and the form asks for what that type demands: preconditions, an isolation certificate, a rescue plan, a linked risk assessment or RAMS pack, gas readings where the work needs them.
- 2
Issue it properly
The issue gate refuses a permit that is not ready — readings out of range or stale, isolations missing, clashes with other permits in the same place unacknowledged. An authoriser counter-signs the issue.
- 3
Accept and work
The person doing the work accepts within the validity window — and a named contractor without a seat can accept and sign on glass, counter-signed by the issuer. Confined-space work logs every entry and exit.
- 4
Extend, hand over, close
Extensions re-check the clashes. Handover can never target the authoriser. Closure is blocked while anyone is still logged inside. Expiry is watched: a warning an hour out, escalation once it lapses.
What it does
Nine types, yours to edit
Hot work, confined space, height, electrical, excavation and more — plus your own types, each with its own required checks and gas limits.
Gas tests with limits
Per-type limits with freshness rules. Every reading keeps its own verdict, and the bounds refuse impossible numbers — never bad news.
Clash acknowledgement
Overlapping permits at the same place need explicit acknowledgement — at issue, and again at every extension.
External acceptors
Contractors without an account can be named as acceptor and sign on glass — because naming an internal colleague instead is legally wrong.
The live board
Every open permit on one board: status, site and clock. The 8am question — what is running right now? — answered at a glance.
The permit document
A signed, timestamped PDF in the site’s own timezone, ready for the job file and the auditor.
The issue gate
A permit is a promise that the checks happened. The gate makes that promise structural rather than cultural:
- Preconditions, isolations and rescue plans verified per type before issue
- Gas readings must be in range and fresh — verdicts are snapshotted onto the permit
- A linked risk assessment or an issued RAMS pack is required where the type says so
Guides for this module
Configure your permit types
Nine ready-made permit types, each editable — requirements, gas limits and the rules the issue gate enforces.
5 min read
Raise and issue a permit
From “we need to do hot work” to an issued permit — with every check the type demands verified at the gate.
7 min read
Run permits through the day
The live board, entry logs, extensions, handovers and closure — the operational side of permit control.
6 min read
Works with
RAMS & method statements
Method statements that reference your real risk assessments, an issue gate that refuses an incoherent pack, and briefings that hold up.
Risk assessments
The HSE five-step method as a working editor — signed, versioned, acknowledged by the people it protects.
Contractors
Approve who comes on site: documents and insurance verified, RAMS reviewed, inductions done, sign-in at the gate.