This permit to work course provides workers with the purpose of these permits and the type of high risk jobs that may require them. Anyone operating a permit to work system must be aware of and support meeting legal requirements to provide sufficient training on this process.
Permit to Work Training
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Course Duration: 35+ minutes
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100% online training
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Full audio voiceover
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Fully online assessment
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Access on any device
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App available for iOS & Android
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Course Details
| Course Duration | 35+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | IIRSM |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
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Course Content
This course contains the following sections:
- Why We Need Permit to Work Systems
- What Is Permit to Work?
- Main Functions
- What’s on a Typical Permit?
- Related Documents
- Types of Work Controlled by PTW
- Principles by Which Permit Systems Operate
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Permit to Work Process – Part 1
- Permit to Work Process – Part 2
What You Will Learn
Available in 13 Languages
Course Approval Body
The course certificate includes:
- User name
- Company name
- Course name
- Completion date
- Expiry date
- Approval body
An IIRSM-approved certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
- Fully online
- Multiple choice
A score of 80% is required to pass.
Customer Feedback
Why Is Permit to Work Training Important?
Permits to work are vital for high-risk activities and those that may compromise existing safety procedures. Types of work requiring a permit to work system include electrical, hot work, certain lifting operations, work at height and confined space work activities. These all are tasks that require work permits to ensure the job is completed.
If you work in a high-risk industry, then it’s crucial that everyone understands the permit to work process and how it works.
Poorly managed work tasks or activities often lead to potential fatalities if there is an accident. There have been accidents involving maintenance and construction jobs that result from a failure of work permit systems, according to the Health and Safety Executive.
Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure permit to work systems are in place where required and adequate training has been provided.
About Permit to Work Training
A permit to work system is a standard method of ensuring compliance with agreed work arrangements. It does far more than simply providing permission to carry out a potentially dangerous job. It is an integral part of a system that determines how the job is safely performed and helps to communicate it to all concerned.
This awareness level course makes users aware of the importance of permit to work systems, as well as their roles and duties in this system. It provides guidance on how to carry out a job safely and effectively, communicate and report any issues while on the job.
Frequently Asked Questions
Permit to Work Training explains permit-to-work (PTW) systems and the high-risk activities that need them. It covers why permits are necessary, the process of creating one and the people involved, including the duties of permit-to-work issuers, permit creators and employees who follow them.
Employees involved in high-risk tasks that require a permit-to-work must understand and follow it to stay safe. Senior staff overseeing permitted tasks must also have a solid understanding of the PTW system and how it relates to the work as done. Permit to Work Training covers these points and will help ensure safety during hazardous activities such as hot work, work in confined spaces and work at height.
Permit to Work Training is a single module and takes approximately 35 minutes to complete.
This course will explain what a permit to work system is and your responsibilities under it. You’ll understand why PTW systems are necessary for certain tasks and how they’re used to make work safer.
All Human Focus training is exclusively online, so you can complete this Permit to Work course on your smartphone, tablet or computer.
Yes. This course is approved by IIRSM (the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management).
