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Close a Permit

Status: Live Live → Closing Closing → Closed Closed

Close a permit at the end of work: the Performing Authority records work completion and the Permit Control Authority confirms the closure.

When to use

Use this task when work is finished (or stopped) on an active permit. Closure is a two-role action: Performing Authority then Permit Control Authority.

Before you start — check before launching the task
  • The work site has been restored to a safe and clean condition.
  • You know the work status: Complete or Incomplete.
  • For high-risk work, closure is based on a joint observation by the performing and issuing authorities after the site has been verified.

Step-by-step

  1. Open the active permit.
    An active (Live) permit, showing its upcoming state change.
  2. As Performing Authority, sign Closing by Performing Authority: confirm the site is left in a clean and safe condition, select the Work status (Complete / Incomplete), then confirm with Sign as logged in or your credentials. The permit moves to Closing. If the permit is in Suspended for Test or Live for Test, an extra self-declaration confirms the service test was performed successfully.
    Performing Authority records clean & safe and the work status.
  3. As Permit Control Authority, open the permit from the Closing worklist.
    The Permit Control Authority picks up the permit in Closing.
  4. Sign Close by Permit Control Authority: confirm the permit should be closed (add a lesson learned if useful), then confirm with your credentials. The permit is Closed. Attached ICC/INH/ORA must reach their required end-state for the close to complete (e.g. ICC in Isolation in Place (LTI) or Closed).
    The Permit Control Authority confirms and finalises the closure.

Expected result

The permit moves from its active state through Closing to Closed. Closure does not authorise start-up of the equipment or installation.

Key Referentiel rules

  1. Closure requires a safe and clean work site and the end-of-work signatures of the performing authority and the issuing authority. (CR-GR-HSE-402, Req 3.6.1)
  2. For all high-risk work, closure is based on a joint observation by the performing and issuing authorities after the site has been verified. (CR-GR-HSE-402, Req 3.6.1)
  3. Closure does not authorise start-up of equipment or installations; isolation/inhibition removal is managed separately. (CR-GR-HSE-402, Req 3.6.1)

Tips & pitfalls

Tip — record the real work status. If work is Incomplete, say so; a follow-up permit may be needed.

Pitfall — closing instead of suspending. If work must continue later, suspend the permit (Suspend a Permit (Revalidation)) rather than close it.

Common mistakes

Mistake Consequence
Closing before the site is clean and safe Hazards left on site; non-compliant closure
Closing a permit that should be suspended Work cannot resume under the same permit; rework
Skipping the joint observation (high-risk work) Closure not compliant with the Referentiel
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