Letting a contractor onto site is not just an access decision — it is a compliance decision. Is their work permit valid? Have they done the safety induction? Are their documents and insurance current? When those checks live in a spreadsheet separate from the gate, unqualified people get in and the paperwork surfaces only after something goes wrong.
Why a gate pass is not enough
A pass says someone is allowed through the door. It does not say they are cleared to do the work. High-risk tasks — hot work, working at height, electrical — need a valid permit tied to the specific job, and a record that the right checks happened before entry.
What compliance-linked entry checks
- Work-permit validity for the task and the day.
- Safety induction completed and still current.
- Required documents and certifications on file and unexpired.
- The contractor is not on a Restricted Visitor list — see barred individuals.
Tie the check to the moment of entry
The point of failure is timing: checks that happen days before, or not at all. Binding permit and induction status to check-in means an expired permit or a missed induction stops someone at the gate, not after they are on a scaffold. This is the same discipline that makes contractor management at construction sites work.
Records that satisfy an audit
When an auditor or an incident investigation asks who was cleared to do what, and when, a searchable record of permits, inductions and entries answers in seconds — not a hunt through binders.
Certopact for contractor entry
Verified entry, Restricted Visitor screening and a complete log are part of Certopact Access; see the plant and contractor entry use case, with Certopact Entry identity verification where certainty is required.