Safety & Workforce worked example

Permit to Work Load with work permits issued of 75 permits: a worked example

This scenario runs the permit to work load calculation on the strong side: work permits issued of 75 permits, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it to staff and budget the permit-to-work process in Safety & Workforce.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Work permits issued: 75 permits (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 30)
  • Admin hours per permit: 1.5 hr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Permit-to-work load = permits issued × hours per permit) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 113 hr for permit-to-work load, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 75 permits for permits.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.5 hr for hours per permit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14.06 days for full days (8 hr).

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where work permits issued sits at 30 permits and the headline result is 45 hr, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 113 hr.
  • Use it when planning shutdown or turnaround staffing, sizing a permit office, or estimating how much authorizer capacity a work backlog will demand. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Permit-to-work load: 113 hr (headline result)
  • Permits: 75 permits
  • Hours per permit: 1.5 hr
  • Full days (8 hr): 14.06 days

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Permit to Work Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.