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Free RAMS Builder

Create a risk assessment and method statement online

Name the work you were hired for or pick the trade it belongs to, then add your site details. Edit the suggested steps, hazards and controls and review the PDF draft.

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  • Questions follow HSE guidance
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Choose your work

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What work are you doing?

RAMS for your trade or task

Every trade and task the builder can draft.

Access, height and survey

Groundworks and drainage

Concrete, masonry and structure

Roofing

Cladding, glazing and weatherproofing

Carpentry, joinery and fit-out

Floors, walls and finishes

Electrical, alarms and controls

Plumbing, heating and ventilation

Hot work and metalwork

Breaking out, strip-out and demolition

Site set-up, lifting and logistics

External works and landscaping

Cleaning and building care

Pest and bird control

Higher-risk work

What one answer adds to your RAMS

Every job is asked this one, whatever the trade. Pick an answer to see the step it adds, then one of that step’s hazards.

What will you stand on to reach the work?

Nothing is added

Nothing above floor level is assumed to be reachable from the floor.

Use the ladder or steps

Hazard

Who might be harmed and how

The person working from it, if the feet slip or they overreach to one side.

Controls in place

  • Secure the equipment where it could move.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone passing or working under the ladder while it is in use.

Controls in place

  • Keep the base and area below clear.

HSE: When and how to use a ladder at work

Set up access equipment

Hazard

Who might be harmed and how

The person on the platform, if it is set up on soft or sloping ground and shifts under them.

Controls in place

  • Place access equipment on a firm, level surface.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone passing or working underneath.

Controls in place

  • Keep tools and materials secure while working above ground.

HSE: Work at height

Use the mobile tower

Hazard

Who might be harmed and how

The person on the platform, where a guardrail or toe board is missing or was never fitted.

Controls in place

  • Fit the required guardrails, braces and stabilisers.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone on or beside the tower, if it is moved with someone on it or built without its stabilisers.

Controls in place

  • Move the tower only when nobody is on it.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone passing or working underneath.

Controls in place

  • Keep the area around the tower controlled.

HSE: Work at height

Use the MEWP

Hazard

Who might be harmed and how

The operator, and anyone beside the machine, where the ground gives way or it is worked outside its limits.

Controls in place

  • Use a trained operator and follow the machine limits.
  • Stop when the wind reaches the machine’s limit.
  • Keep the agreed rescue arrangement available.

Who might be harmed and how

The operator, and anyone touching the machine, from shock or burns.

Controls in place

  • Check for overhead lines before raising the platform and keep the agreed clearance.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone passing or working underneath.

Controls in place

  • Barrier the area below so the public and other workers cannot walk under the platform.

HSE: Work at height

Work from the scaffold

Hazard

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone working on the lift, where a guardrail, board or tie has been taken out to get the work done.

Controls in place

  • Never remove boards, ties, guardrails or bracing; ask the scaffolding contractor to alter it.
  • Report damage or a missing tag and keep off until it is checked.

Who might be harmed and how

Anyone passing or working underneath, including the public where the scaffold is over a footpath.

Controls in place

  • Fit brick guards or netting where materials could fall on people below.

HSE: Scaffolding

Start with your trade

How the RAMS builder works

Choosing the work

Pick the work that matches the job, then answer the questions about how it will be done.

Writing the document

Add the suggestions that apply and edit them; adding a hazard does not put its controls in place. Site facts, products, equipment, competence and approvals come from you, and where they are missing the document lists them as still needed.

Downloading the PDF

Download the PDF for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.