Audit template in the LeanSuite app
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Contractor hot work permit audit checklist
Audit of hot work permits.
The full question list
The 6 questions in the audit
Every question is answered Yes, No or N/A. Each No is flagged and asks for a photo and a comment, so the finding arrives with its evidence.
Permit
- 1Completed before work
- 2Fire watch named
- 3Area was cleared of combustibles
After
- 4Fire watch kept after work
- 5Permit closed
- 6Audit signed
When to use it
- Once a month.
- An auditor or leader answers each question from what they see, hear and read in the area.
- Each record starts with: Permit.
How it is scored
The template is built with points per answer and a pass mark of 80. In this library every audit is set to pass at 80 and every inspection at 90. Each submitted audit shows its score and pass or fail, and every No is flagged with its photo and comment.
Change the points or the pass mark after you clone it. How rules and scoring work.
Read and print
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Use this template in LeanSuite
It is ready in the Template Marketplace inside Lean Creator as “Contractor Hot Work Permit Audit”. Clone it into your plant, change any question, then schedule it to a person, role or asset with reminders. Auditors complete it on a phone or tablet, with photo evidence where required.
Not on LeanSuite yet? On a 90-day pilot our team sets up your account and digitizes the forms and checklists you use today, this one included.

