RAMS Library - 25 Risk Assessments and Method Statements for UK Contractors

25 risk assessments and method statements, written for UK construction work and ready to put your own name and logo on.

The main contractor wants RAMS before you set foot on site. You are quoting three other jobs this week. So you download something free, change the name at the top and hope nobody reads it. Everybody knows how that goes.

This is the alternative. One folder, every common task, already written.

WHAT IS IN IT

Trade tasks: general refurbishment including kitchens and bathrooms, working at height on roofs and guttering, plastering and rendering, painting and decorating, domestic plumbing, electrical installation and testing, floor coverings, void property clearance and make safe, joinery and second fix carpentry, wall and floor tiling, and groundworks and excavation.

Hazard topics: manual handling, COSHH, asbestos awareness and stop work procedure, hand and power tools, ladders and stepladders, lone working, driving for work, fire and emergency evacuation, noise at work, hand-arm vibration, confined spaces, petrol cut-off saw, portable generators and fuel, and working in occupied properties.

WHAT EACH ONE CONTAINS

Landscape A4, three pages. A details block with every company field left blank for you. Scope of works. A significant findings table with initial risk, control measures and residual risk. A numbered method statement. PPE. Competence and training. Emergency arrangements. A declaration and a briefing record with eight signature lines. A review date.

WHY THESE ARE DIFFERENT

They include the sections main contractors actually reject RAMS for missing: a proper scope of works, competence and training, and emergency arrangements. The working at height document tells you a rescue plan is needed before any harness work, because calling 999 is not a rescue plan. The asbestos document is a full stop work procedure, not a paragraph. The void clearance document covers sharps and needlestick response properly.

Editable Word files. Nothing locked, nothing protected. You own them and reuse them every year.

Written by a working UK contractor, not a template mill.

IMPORTANT

These are templates for you to complete, adapt and sign as the competent person in your own business. No generic document can know your site, so you add what is specific to the job. They do not transfer any duty under health and safety law away from you, and they carry no promise that any accreditation, assessment or audit will be passed.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to CHAS, SSIP, SMAS Worksafe, Acclaim, SafeContractor, Constructionline, the HSE or any assessment body.