Permit to Work Systems
Hot work, confined space and isolation, taught from the incidents that keep repeating
Permit systems are among the most consistently implicated controls in fatal incidents. This course covers permit design, hazard specific requirements for hot work, confined space entry and energy isolation, and the failures in issue, handover and closure that recur across industries.
This course sits alongside our Permit to Work Systems consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.
Who should attend
Course content
Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.
System design
- Roles, authorities and competence for issue and acceptance
- Which activities need a permit and which are covered by standing instruction
- Cross referencing simultaneous permits and conflicting work
- Handover across shifts and permit validity periods
Hot work
- Gas testing regime and the frequency it must be repeated at
- Fire watch duties before, during and after
- Removal or protection of combustibles and openings
- Incidents where the permit was issued for the wrong location
Confined space entry
- Confined space determination and the spaces people do not recognise
- Atmospheric testing for oxygen, flammables and toxics
- Ventilation, attendant duties and communication
- Rescue arrangements and why would be rescuers die
Energy isolation
- Lock out and tag out for all energy sources including stored energy
- Proving isolation and testing for zero energy
- Group and complex isolations
- Return to service and the removal of isolations
What you receive
- Permit templates for hot work, confined space and isolation
- An isolation planning worksheet
- A permit audit checklist
- Practical assessment and attendance record
What changes afterwards
- Issuers understand what they are certifying when they sign
- Gas testing and fire watch happen as specified rather than nominally
- Isolations are proved rather than assumed
- Permit audits find the failure modes that precede incidents
Standards and references
We teach Permit to Work Systems against OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 control of hazardous energy and 1910.146 confined spaces and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.
Run Permit to Work Systems for your team
We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.
Ask about dates and cost