--- title: "Office groups" url: "https://docs.4hse.com/users-and-permissions/groups/office" description: "The generic and area-specific permission groups of an office, and what each one can do." --- # Office groups The office is the operational entity: permissions here delegate responsibility to the teams and people who work in a given location. Groups come in two families. ## Generic roles [Section titled “Generic roles”](#generic-roles) They govern access to the whole office. Group Permissions on the office **Manager** Read and write · can change data, add and remove users, view reports. Adding and removing users is only possible if also a **Project admin**. **User** Read only on the office data **Guest** Limited access to some sections: Human resources, Material resources, Work phases, Safety organisation chart, Actions **NA** No access to the office data ## Area roles [Section titled “Area roles”](#area-roles) They apply to one functional area only, and are how you create specialists. Area Groups Training Training manager · Training user · Training NA Health surveillance Health surveillance manager · user · NA Personal protection Personal protection manager · user · NA Procedures Procedure manager · Procedure user · Procedure NA Maintenance Maintenance manager · Maintenance user · Maintenance NA In every area, **manager** means full control over the actions of that area and access to their related data, **user** means read only, **NA** means no access. ![The permissions section of an office](/_astro/office-permissions-1.BrErifZY_22zapb.webp) ## What propagates [Section titled “What propagates”](#what-propagates) Office role Action role Person role **Manager** Manager Manager **User** User User **Guest** User User **NA** NA NA To assign them, see [Set permissions](/users-and-permissions/set-permissions). This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms) apply.