Course Overview

Digital Permit-to-Work: Scanning and Verifying Your Daily Task is a practical, safety-focused course designed for frontline workers, supervisors, and permit users operating in high-risk industrial environments such as oil & gas facilities and large construction sites.

The course introduces the shift from traditional paper-based PTW systems to digital Permit-to-Work platforms, commonly used in organizations such as Saudi Aramco and major EPC contractors like Nasser Al Hajri Corporation. Participants will learn how to scan, verify, and confirm their daily work tasks using mobile devices or site terminals before starting work.

Through real-world scenarios, the course reinforces how digital PTW improves safety compliance, hazard awareness, and accountability, ensuring that every worker understands their authorized task, associated risks, and required controls before commencing work.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain the purpose and importance of a digital Permit-to-Work system in high-risk industrial environments

Identify the key components of a digital PTW related to their daily tasks

Correctly scan and access a digital work permit using approved devices

Verify that the task, location, timing, and safety controls match the actual work to be performed

Confirm permit acceptance and understand their personal responsibilities under the PTW

Recognize when work must not proceed due to permit discrepancies or unsafe conditions

Course Outline (5 Parts)
Part 1: Introduction to Digital Permit-to-Work

What is Permit-to-Work and why it matters

Paper-based vs. digital PTW systems

Common incidents caused by permit failures

Worker responsibilities in PTW compliance

Part 2: Understanding Your Daily Task Permit

Reading and interpreting a digital work permit

Task description, job location, and validity period

Identifying hazards and required control measures

Roles of permit issuer, receiver, and workforce

Part 3: Scanning the Digital Permit

Using QR codes, NFC tags, or system terminals

Accessing permits via mobile devices or kiosks

What to check immediately after scanning

Common scanning errors and how to avoid them

Part 4: Verifying and Accepting the Permit

Confirming task scope matches actual work

Verifying isolation, gas testing, and PPE requirements

Understanding linked permits (hot work, confined space, LOTO)

Acknowledging and accepting the permit digitally

Part 5: Stop Work, Updates, and Permit Closure

When and how to stop work safely

Reporting changes, conflicts, or unsafe conditions

Permit suspension, revalidation, and closure

Digital traceability and accountability for workers