Roles & Permissions Matrix

Tip: Managers and other site-scoped roles only see data for their assigned sites. Admins and Coordinators have organization-wide visibility.

Tellus uses role-based access control to ensure every user sees the right data and has access to the right actions. This page shows what each of the eight system roles can do across every module.

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Role Overview

Role	Scope	Description
Admin	Organization-wide	Full access to all features, users, billing, and settings
Manager	Site-level	Manages inventory, reviews imports, generates reports for their assigned sites
Coordinator	Organization-wide	Program Coordinator designated under OSHA's HazCom Standard — manages the compliance program
Trainer	Organization-wide	Creates and manages training courses, assigns training, reviews performance
Employee	Site-level	Views inventory, accesses SDSs, completes assigned training
Viewer	Site-level	Read-only access to inventory and documents — no editing capabilities
Contractor	Site-level	Limited access to chemicals and SDSs at assigned sites, completes required training
Consultant	Multi-company	Manages multiple client organizations from a single account

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AdminHQ Permissions

Feature	Admin	Manager	Coordinator	Trainer	Employee	Viewer	Contractor	Consultant
Company settings	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes
Sites & locations	Yes	Own site	View only	—	—	—	—	Yes
User management	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes
Role management	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes
Invite users	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes
Billing & subscription	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Branding & customization	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Security settings	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Audit log	Yes	—	View only	—	—	—	—	Yes
Onboarding wizard	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	Yes

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ChemIQ Permissions

Feature	Admin	Manager	Coordinator	Trainer	Employee	Viewer	Contractor	Consultant
View inventory	Yes	Own site	Yes	View only	Own site	Own site	Own site	Yes
Add/edit chemicals	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Remove chemicals	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Upload SDS	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Bulk upload SDS (ZIP)	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Quick Import (photo/barcode)	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Review imports	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Product catalog	Yes	Own site	Yes	View only	View only	View only	—	Yes
Print labels (GHS/NFPA/HMIS)	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	View only	View only	—	Yes
Site quantities	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	View only	View only	—	Yes
Tier II / Fire Marshal reports	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
CAS regulatory linking	Yes	View only	Yes	—	View only	View only	—	Yes
Compliance dashboard	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
EPA label management	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes

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Plan Builder Permissions

Feature	Admin	Manager	Coordinator	Trainer	Employee	Viewer	Contractor	Consultant
View plans	Yes	Own site	Yes	View only	View only	View only	—	Yes
Create plans	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Edit plans	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Approve plans	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Publish plans	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Archive plans	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Download PDF	Yes	Own site	Yes	View only	View only	View only	—	Yes
AI plan generation	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes

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SafePath Permissions

Feature	Admin	Manager	Coordinator	Trainer	Employee	Viewer	Contractor	Consultant
Training dashboard (admin view)	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Training dashboard (employee view)	—	—	—	—	Yes	—	Yes	—
Create courses	Yes	—	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Edit courses	Yes	—	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Delete courses	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Assign training	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Complete training	—	—	—	—	Yes	—	Yes	—
View employee progress	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Certification management	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	Own	—	Own	Yes
Training matrix	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Training automation rules	Yes	—	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
AI course generation (Pro)	Yes	—	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Training reports & exports	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes

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Insights Permissions

Feature	Admin	Manager	Coordinator	Trainer	Employee	Viewer	Contractor	Consultant
Compliance Center	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Chemical Insights	Yes	Own site	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Training Insights	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes
Plan Insights	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
User Insights	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
EHS Agent (Pro)	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	Yes
Export reports	Yes	Own site	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Yes

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Key Concepts

Site-Scoped Access

Managers, Employees, Viewers, and Contractors are assigned to specific sites. They can only see and interact with data at their assigned sites. An employee assigned to "Warehouse A" cannot see the chemical inventory at "Warehouse B."

Admins can assign users to multiple sites, giving them access to data across those locations.

Organization-Wide Access

Admins, Coordinators, Trainers, and Consultants see data across the entire organization (or, for Consultants, across all their client organizations). This is necessary for their roles — a Program Coordinator needs to oversee the entire compliance program, not just one site.

The Consultant Role

Consultants are EHS professionals who manage multiple client organizations. They can switch between companies using the company switcher in the header. Each company's data is completely isolated — a Consultant with access to Company A and Company B cannot mix data between them.

Within each company, a Consultant has permissions equivalent to an Admin for the modules they've been granted access to.

Custom Roles (Pro)

On Pro plans, Admins can create custom roles with specific permission sets tailored to their organization. For example, you might create a "Lab Manager" role that has full ChemIQ access but read-only access to Plan Builder.

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Related

• Users & Roles — How to manage users and assign roles
• Subscription Tiers — Feature availability by plan