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Catering equipment risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for installing and maintaining commercial kitchen appliances. Describe the kitchen and the appliance, keep the steps that apply and review the PDF draft.
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What a Catering equipment RAMS covers
Positioning, connecting and servicing commercial catering appliances in a working or newly fitted kitchen.
- Appliance installation
- Appliance maintenance
Suggested steps and hazards for Catering equipment
What it offers for appliance installation before you have answered anything.
Check the appliance on arrival
- Check the appliance, doors, panels and loose parts for transport damage before moving it into the kitchen.
- Keep damaged equipment out of service and tell the responsible person.
Hazard
Crushing someone or fitting damaged equipment
Who might be harmed and how
Installers and kitchen staff
Controls in place
- Do not move or connect an appliance with damage that could affect its stability or safe use.
Damage can make the move unsafe or leave a defect hidden inside the kitchen.
Falcon E3907I installation and servicing instructions Check the survey before you drill or strip out
- In a kitchen built before 2000, get the asbestos survey first.
- That means before you drill a wall, lift a ceiling tile, or pull out an old flue or canopy.
- Old oven and flue linings, ceiling boards and duct lagging can all be asbestos.
Hazard
Breathing in asbestos fibres let out by a drill or a strip-out
Who might be harmed and how
The fitter, kitchen staff and everyone in the building after
Controls in place
- Stop and report anything the survey did not cover.
- Licensed asbestos work is for a licensed firm, never for you.
One hole in the wrong board puts fibres round a kitchen that people eat in.
HSE: Asbestos, actions by job role Check the maker's position
- Check the appliance weight, clearances, ventilation and service points before fixing it.
- Make sure the stand, worktop or units can carry it and leave access for cleaning and checks.
Hazard
The appliance overheats, tips or cannot be serviced safely
Who might be harmed and how
Installers and kitchen staff
Controls in place
- Stop if the available space or support does not match the appliance instructions.
- Do not force an appliance into a gap or block an air path.
The appliance is safe only when its support, clearances and service routes match its instructions.
Falcon E3907I installation and servicing instructions
What the builder asks about Catering equipment
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What does this appliance need connecting to?
- What service is planned?
Where
- Where will the appliance go?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- Is the appliance cool and isolated?
- How will the appliance get to the work?
What you’ve been told
- What must happen before the appliance is used for food?
What your Catering equipment RAMS includes
Method statement
The sequence of the work, step by step. The suggestions are a starting point; you write the method for the job as it will be done.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. There is no risk score: you judge each row against the real site, and adding a hazard does not put its controls in place.
PDF draft for review
The document as you left it, for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.