Permits · UK duty guide
Permits to work
High-risk work does not start until the permit is live.
On the file
The state of the permit, who signed it, the area, and when it runs out.
Duty
HSWA 1974 and HSE permit guidance
Where it is used
On the phone, at the task. It is live, or it is not.
What the duty covers
- Requested, checked, signed, live, suspended, or closed.
- The people who signed it, the area, and the time it runs out.
- It sits next to the inspection and the RAMS for the same task.
On the file
- Requested, checked, signed, live, suspended, or closed
- The people who signed it
- The area
- The time it runs out
- The inspection and the RAMS for the same task
How this duty should sit
These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.
- Signed on the phone. Not a carbon copy in the cabin.
- A permit that has run out is not still live.
- The people on it are the ones with the tickets.
The duty
The UK law we work to, by name.
HSWA 1974 and HSE permit guidance
A permit is a control for high-risk work. It is not a form for its own sake.
Who uses it
Requested by the person doing the work. Checked and signed by the people the job named.
Sits with
Next to the inspection and the RAMS. The tickets come from the training record.
What good looks like
A permit that has run out is not still live. The people on it hold the tickets.