Our electronic permit to work system helps organisations maintain safety and control across every site. It replaces paper permits with a streamlined digital process for creating, approving and tracking work, ensuring compliance and accountability. Built for estates and compliance teams, it simplifies high-risk work management and enhances visibility across operations.
What you get with Permit to Work
Ensure every high-risk task is authorised before it begins. Digital approvals guarantee no job starts without the right controls, helping you meet permit to work compliance requirements with ease.
Create, sign and manage permits digitally within a single platform. Link every permit to jobs, assets and locations, making documentation easier to find, share and audit while reducing administrative effort.
Use expert-reviewed templates for hot works, confined spaces and more. Configurable management tools let you tailor safety conditions and approval routes to match your site's needs and maintain compliance.
Connect RAMS, contractor data and compliance workflows in one unified system. With live dashboards and notifications ensuring safety processes are consistently followed.
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Control, approve and track permits within your workflow
Concerto's electronic permit to work software gives you full control of the permit to work process from creation to completion. Users can generate and approve permits directly within job workflows, ensuring safety checks are never bypassed. Linked to assets, locations and contractors, the system delivers real-time visibility of active and closed permits, creating a reliable audit trail for every activity.
Tailor-made permit templates you can trust
Built on industry best practice, you can access per reviewed permit to work templates, designed to meet the highest compliance standards. Teams can adapt templates to specific environments and approval hierarchies, ensuring every permit type, from hot works to confined spaces, follows a clear, auditable workflow that enhances permit to work safety.
Flexible solutions that scale with you
Concerto offers a flexible, scalable electronic permit to work system that fits your organisation's needs. It can operate as a standalone permit to work management solution or as part of the wider Concerto Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS). This ensures a seamless connection between jobs, assets, compliance processes and contractor management across multiple sites.
Module features
Health and safety compliance
Audit-ready logs & version control - Competency & authorisation checks - Confined space, hot works & LOTO compliance - Contractor induction workflows - Digital signatures & time-bound approvals - Linked asset & location risk data - Mandatory RAMS upload & sign-off - Permit monitoring dashboards - Risk-based permit types - Safety conditions & PPE requirements - Safety sign-off & escalation paths
Automated workflows
Audit trails & workflow history - Automated routing & approvals - CDM-aligned workflows - Configurable permit templates - Digital sign-off & time-bound activation - Integrated RAMS & documentation upload - Isolation point & lockout tagging - Linked tasks, job sheets & asset integration - Real-time tracking & notifications - Role-based access, actions & escalation - Safety-critical task sequencing
SafeContractor & accreditation automation
Audit trail of accreditation status - Automated alerts for expired accreditations & verifications - Integrated RAMS & insurance checks - Live SafeContractor validation - Real-time contractor compliance monitoring - Risk-based access control - Seamless contractor matching - Time-saving, risk-reducing automation
Mobile access and real-time monitoring
Our electronic permit to work software is mobile-enabled, allowing teams to create, approve and close permits on-site. Live dashboards and safety-critical notifications keep everyone connected, ensuring full oversight at every stage.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the key features of Concerto's CAFM software?
Concerto is a powerful CAFM (Computer-Aided Facilities Management) system that helps you manage everything from assets and maintenance to compliance and contractors. All in one place. It’s designed for estates and FM teams that want better visibility, fewer admin headaches and full control over their operations.
What are the key features of Concerto's CAFM software?
Concerto's CAFM software brings all core facilities management functions into a single, powerful platform, helping teams streamline operations, improve visibility, and stay compliant. One of its core strengths is asset management. You can track the condition, history, location, and cost of assets across your estate, schedule maintenance, and set warranty alerts. Barcode scanning allows for quick asset verification, helping field teams work more efficiently.
Maintenance management is equally robust. Concerto enables you to automate planned preventative maintenance (PPM), log reactive jobs via a central helpdesk or mobile device, and assign tasks based on location, contractor availability, or skillset. Engineers can update and close tasks on-site, ensuring real-time visibility and accurate record-keeping.
Compliance is easier to manage within Concerto. You can schedule inspections, manage all associated documentation, receive alerts for expiring certificates or overdue checks, and maintain clear audit trails and dashboards to demonstrate compliance readiness.
Project management features allow you to plan and monitor budgets, timelines, risks, and dependencies. Projects can be linked to specific assets and buildings, and you can track spend and progress from start to finish in a central location.
Concerto also supports space and occupancy optimisation. You can use CAD-based floor plans to visualise layouts, book desks and meeting rooms, monitor actual usage, and plan for future changes more effectively.
Supplier and contractor management is built in. Concerto lets you onboard and track approved contractors, monitor SLAs and accreditations, and keep safety documentation up to date. Contractor portals make it easy to receive job updates and document uploads, while all files are stored in a central, searchable location.
Document management is a core feature. You can store, tag, and control access to O&M manuals, certificates, reports, and other files. Review dates, version control, and audit readiness features ensure everything is up to standard.
For service requests, Concerto provides a centralised helpdesk where users can log FM queries. Tasks can be prioritised, routed, and tracked, with status updates keeping requesters informed along the way.
Field teams benefit from mobile access. Engineers can view job details, upload updates, capture signatures and photos, and continue working even when offline, syncing data automatically once reconnected.
Concerto supports better decision-making through powerful reporting tools. Users can build custom dashboards based on their roles, track key performance indicators such as compliance status, costs, and downtime, and use heatmaps and charts to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
Integration capabilities are another key feature. Concerto connects seamlessly with finance systems like Oracle and SAP, HR platforms, access control systems, IoT devices, and building management systems (BMS). It also supports Single Sign-On (SSO) for secure and simplified user access.
Finally, the system is fully customisable. You can set user roles and permissions, tailor dashboards by department, and adjust the language and terminology used across the platform to align with your organisation's internal structure.
How does Concerto handle compliance and risk management?
Managing compliance is no longer just a box-ticking exercise. It’s a critical part of day-to-day operations. From fire safety to asbestos checks, the risks of getting it wrong are high. Missed inspections or expired certificates can lead to fines, shutdowns, or worse. Concerto brings everything together in one system. It helps you stay on top of statutory duties, monitor risk and act fast when something needs attention. Whether you're responsible for a school, hospital, retail estate or office portfolio, Concerto gives you visibility, control and peace of mind.
How does Concerto handle compliance and risk management?
Concerto takes a proactive, built-in approach to compliance and risk management. Unlike systems that treat compliance as an afterthought, Concerto integrates these tools directly into its core platform, allowing estates and facilities teams to stay ahead of regulations, reduce risk, and maintain complete oversight.
You can schedule recurring checks for everything from fire alarm testing and lift inspections to water hygiene and other critical tasks. These jobs can be linked to specific legislation, internal policies, or compliance frameworks, and then assigned to either in-house teams or external contractors. If any actions are missed or overdue, Concerto can automatically escalate them, ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks.
The platform includes built-in compliance libraries tailored to UK regulations, covering key areas such as fire safety, asbestos management, and legionella control. These libraries are sector-specific and can be adapted to align with your organisation's internal procedures. Each compliance task is supported by clear workflows and documentation requirements, so your team knows exactly what's needed at each stage.
Real-time dashboards give you a clear view of compliance across your entire estate. You can monitor performance by site, asset, or team, with traffic-light alerts highlighting missed deadlines, upcoming inspections, and areas of elevated risk. This visibility helps you take swift action and demonstrate compliance at any time.
Document management is fully integrated, allowing you to attach inspection reports and certificates directly to relevant tasks or assets. Access can be restricted to authorised users, and automated reminders help you stay on top of renewal dates. Every action is recorded, creating a complete audit trail that ensures you are always audit-ready.
Concerto also links compliance tasks directly to specific assets, rooms, or buildings. This is especially useful for large or complex estates such as those in healthcare or education, where different spaces may carry different requirements. The platform helps you maintain accurate records and meet your obligations with confidence.
Risk management is another core feature. You can create and maintain custom risk registers, assign scores to different types of risk, and track mitigation actions. Built-in tools support regular audits, assessments, and follow-ups, helping you stay on top of potential issues before they escalate.
If any non-compliance is identified, Concerto allows you to log the issue, assign corrective actions, and upload supporting evidence such as photos or documents. The full history of each incident is stored for future reference, ensuring transparency and accountability.
For teams working on-site, the mobile app makes it easy to complete inspections, capture notes and signatures, and upload images in real time. The offline mode ensures that work can continue uninterrupted in areas with limited connectivity, syncing automatically once the device is back online.
You can also build custom workflows to suit your organisation's specific needs. Whether you're managing permit-to-work processes, incident reporting, or staff training records, Concerto enables you to align these workflows with your internal rules and reporting structures.
When it's time to report to the board or auditors, Concerto makes it easy to generate detailed reports with all supporting evidence included. You can highlight key compliance KPIs such as pass rates, response times, and overall compliance percentages. Performance can be benchmarked across sites, regions, or suppliers, helping you continuously improve and demonstrate control over compliance and risk.
Does Concerto offer mobile access?
Yes, Concerto is fully mobile-ready. Whether you're managing jobs on-site, logging compliance checks or reviewing asset data, Concerto gives you everything you need from your phone or tablet. It’s built for busy teams who are always on the move: engineers, contractors, project leads and site managers. With Concerto, they can access and update key information in real time, without needing to return to the office.
Does Concerto offer mobile access?
Yes, Concerto offers full mobile access designed for real-world facilities management. The system is available through mobile browsers and dedicated iOS and Android apps, with offline functionality supported by Mobiess. This makes it ideal for teams working on sites with poor or unreliable connectivity. Field staff can receive and update work orders in real time, logging time spent, parts used, and photos of completed tasks directly from their device. Jobs can be marked as complete on the spot, helping to streamline workflows and keep records accurate.
Mobile access also includes asset look-up functionality. Engineers can scan barcodes or QR codes to instantly view an asset's full service and compliance history, log new issues, or schedule follow-up work. For compliance checks and inspections, the app enables users to complete forms, upload photos, notes, and signatures, and capture geo-tagged, time-stamped results that support audit readiness.
Permits and safety documentation are also accessible on mobile. Users can request or issue permits to work, view risk assessments, and log incidents or near-misses directly from the field. Supporting documents and images can be uploaded and attached to jobs or assets, along with any relevant notes or information.
Concerto's mobile system sends push notifications for new tasks, alerts for overdue inspections, and reminders for routine checks or permit deadlines. Live dashboards allow users to view KPIs, task summaries, and contractor performance data, making it easy to make informed decisions without returning to the office.
Even in areas with no signal, field teams can continue working using offline mode. Tasks and data are stored locally and sync automatically when the device reconnects. All mobile access is protected with role-based controls, multi-factor authentication, and encrypted UK-based data hosting, ensuring secure and compliant usage across your team.
What is a permit to work system?
A permit to work system is a formal process that ensures high-risk work is controlled, authorised and carried out safely. It prevents accidents by verifying that safety checks and risk assessments are completed before work begins.
How does an electronic permit to work system improve safety?
An electronic permit to work software automates approvals, tracks compliance in real time and eliminates paper errors, ensuring all safety conditions are met before and during high-risk activities.
What are the benefits of using permit to work software?
It streamlines workflows, enhances compliance visibility, reduces administrative effort and improves communication between teams and contractors across sites.
What types of permits can Concerto manage?
Concerto supports a wide range of permits, including hot works, confined spaces, electrical isolation, working at height and excavation. Each template can be customised to meet your site’s specific safety requirements.
What is the difference between a traditional and electronic permit to work system?
A traditional system relies on paper forms and manual approvals, while an electronic permit to work software provides automation, centralisation and full audit trails for improved safety and efficiency.