Templates / Electrical Permit to Work
Electrical Permit to Work
Confirms equipment is dead, isolated, locked off and proved dead before work begins. The EU version is built on the EN 50110 five safety rules and the US version is a lockout and tagout energy-control permit.
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Electrical permit to work.
Why you need it on the job
Assuming a circuit is dead is the single most common cause of electrical fatalities. The permit makes isolation, locking off and proving dead into recorded steps with a named issuer, so nobody re-energises a circuit while someone still has their hands on it.
How it links to the standards
The equipment and controls this template asks you to record are governed by published standards that define what each item must withstand and how it is tested. These are the ones that apply most directly:
The full EN standards library covers every standard referenced across SafetyOrbit.
Related guidance
Filling the template in is easier when you know the reasoning behind each control. These notes cover the practical detail:
- Energy and Networks — the full technique-note library for this kind of work
- Electrical Permits to Work: What They Need to Specify
- Lockout-Tagout for Electrical Isolation: Proving Dead Before Work Begins
- Testing for Absence of Voltage: The Sequence and the Equipment
Frequently asked questions
What does proving dead actually mean?
Testing the conductors with an approved voltage indicator, then proving that indicator still works on a known live source or proving unit immediately afterwards.
Who can issue an electrical permit?
Only a competent person authorised in writing for that installation, who understands the system and can control the isolation from start to hand-back.