Use this activity to create a new permit. Permits are used as safety regulations so that the maintenance work in the facility can be performed under safe conditions. The permit guarantees that personal safety is upheld. A permit can have many isolation orders connected to it, and a permit can be valid for several work orders. A work order can have many permits. The permit does not contain any information about the equipment, but is merely a certification that work can start
A permit is a time limited approval or certificate, used to ensure that certain regulations or instructions are followed and/or that you have a manager’s approval before one work order, or a group of work orders are executed. A work order which has a permit connected cannot start before the permit is approved and released.
Permit types must be defined in Work Order and PM Basic Data/Permit Types.