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Confined space permits with the gas readings on the permit

A confined space entry is one of the few jobs where the paperwork is the safety control. Gaffer records the atmosphere test — oxygen, CO, H2S and LEL — against the permit, with planned and actual entry and exit times, so you know who is in the space and when they came out.

Part of health & safety in Gaffer, which replaces a folder of last year’s templates with the dates changed.

Health & Safety in Gaffer
The area it belongs to

The H&S paperwork gets done because it lives where the work is.

Risk assessments, method statements, permits, toolbox talks, inspections and registers, covering what an inspector, a main contractor or an insurer will ask for.

Win tenders that demand evidence, and sleep better knowing the file is complete.

Confined space permits are one of the 40 things in health & safety. See the rest →

What you get
  • Atmosphere test with oxygen %, CO ppm, H2S ppm and LEL % recorded as values
  • Explicit atmosphere-safe decision before entry is authorised
  • Planned entry and exit times, plus actual entry and exit times
  • Named entrants and the person who authorised the permit
  • Hazards identified, control measures and required PPE
  • Linked to the job and the site, and completable offline on site
Real gas readings
Planned vs. actual times
Named entrants and authoriser
Where it fits

Step 04 of the job: on site

The engineer taps “On my way” and the customer gets a text with an arrival window. On site: clock in, photos, the certificate for the job — EICR, Gas Safety, whatever the trade needs — signed on the device. No signal? It syncs later.

Health & Safety is where confined space permits sits, and that is the step it shows up in most. The rest of the job — quoting, scheduling, certificates, invoicing and payment — runs in the same system, on the same record. See the whole job →

Step 04 of a job in Gaffer: The paperwork happens on site
Common questions

About confined space permits

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What are confined space permits for?

A confined space entry is one of the few jobs where the paperwork is the safety control. Gaffer records the atmosphere test — oxygen, CO, H2S and LEL — against the permit, with planned and actual entry and exit times, so you know who is in the space and when they came out. A confined space entry is one of the few jobs where the paperwork is the safety control.

Will this satisfy a main contractor asking for RAMS?

It produces the document they ask for, specific to the job rather than last year’s with the address changed, as a PDF you can send before you arrive. Their pre-qualification questions are their own, but the evidence is in one place.

Do the assessments have to be filled in on site?

That is the point of them, and the app is built for it — but they can be prepared in the office and signed on site, which is how most crews actually work.

Which plan is it on?

Every paid plan. Confined space permits is included for unlimited users at no extra cost — the monthly, annual and lifetime plans differ only in how you pay.

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