Permits to work · Core permits · used by 18 trades
KD-PTW-HW-001
Hot Works Permit
Welding, cutting, grinding, brazing, soldering, hot bitumen, blowtorch. Pairs with the Fire Watch Certificate.
3 pages · 83 fillable fields · works in Adobe Reader, Preview, Chrome, or on a phone — or complete it online in your browser and download the finished document.
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Read all 3 pages first — watermarked sample, no email Before you submit: the checklist
Built to HSE's own permit anatomy
HSG250 sets out what a permit form must carry. This one carries all of it — including the three things permit forms often leave out: a second-person authoriser check before issue, a cross-reference field for other permits live in the same area, and a proper suspension record.
That cross-reference field is not decoration. HSE's own case study on Piper Alpha identifies the failure as work under one permit affecting work under another with no cross-referencing between them.
The legal hook is real, and we cite it on the form
DSEAR 2002, Schedule 1 paragraph 6, is the only place in UK health and safety law that requires "a system of permits to work" in those words — issued by a person with responsibility for that function, before work starts, in hazardous places or involving hazardous activities. That covers hot works. It is printed on the permit.
Fire watch periods follow the Joint Code of Practice — check the current edition and your insurer's requirements against the period you apply.
What it is not
It is not a completed document and it is not health and safety advice. You must adapt it to your site and have a competent person complete and sign it off. See why we don't say "compliant".
Format
AcroForm fillable PDF. Every field has a tooltip. Tab order follows the reading order. Works on desktop and mobile, in Adobe and non-Adobe readers.
This revision was prepared against legislation current at 10 August 2026. Revision A0. Check kubitdocs.com/revisions for the current revision before use.
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