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A blank catering equipment RAMS to fill in: job details, method statement, risk assessment and briefing record.
Risk assessment and method statement
Catering equipment RAMS
- Company
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- Site and work area
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- Planned dates
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- In charge on site
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- Team
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Method statement
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Risk assessment
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Catering equipment RAMS example
The same RAMS, filled in for one job.
Risk assessment and method statement
Catering equipment, The Mill Street Kitchen, 22 Mill Street, Stockport: main kitchen
Risk assessment
People entering the work area or tripping over materials
Workers, occupants and visitors
Mark or barrier the active work area. Store tools and materials away from access routes.
Crushing someone or fitting damaged equipment
Installers and kitchen staff
Do not move or connect an appliance with damage that could affect its stability or safe use.
Breathing in asbestos fibres let out by a drill or a strip-out
The fitter, kitchen staff and everyone in the building after
Stop and report anything the survey did not cover. Licensed asbestos work is for a licensed firm, never for you.
The appliance overheats, tips or cannot be serviced safely
Installers and kitchen staff
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.
Hitting a live cable or gas pipe causes shock, fire or gas escape
The person doing the work and everyone nearby
Check again wherever the work moves. If you hit something, stop, keep clear and report it.
Back and shoulder injury from carrying heavy or long items
Everyone handling materials
Use a trolley or sack truck on the flat where the load suits one. Where the work is up a level, hand items up or hoist them. Never carry them up a ladder.
Strained connections, leaks or unsafe rework after fixing
Installers and kitchen staff
Leave gas and fixed electrical connections to the qualified person named for the job. Check hoses, cables and pipes are not kinked, trapped or under strain.
The appliance moves, tips or exposes a dangerous gap
Kitchen staff and customers
Use the specified fixings and do not improvise a support. Keep the appliance out of use if it is not stable.
Food is contaminated by installation dirt or damaged surfaces
Kitchen staff and food customers
Keep waste and dirty tools away from food areas. Do not hand the appliance over while food-contact surfaces or the surrounding area are dirty.
Debris, tools or unfinished work left in the area
Workers, occupants and visitors
Remove waste by the agreed route. Record and protect any unfinished work.
Catering equipment, The Mill Street Kitchen, 22 Mill Street, Stockport: main kitchen
- Company
- Hollins & Reed Catering Equipment Ltd
- Site and work area
- The Mill Street Kitchen, 22 Mill Street, Stockport: main kitchen
- Planned dates
- 12 to 14 October 2026
- In charge on site
- Dan Hollins
- Team
- Two fitters: Dan Hollins leads and makes the water and drain connections; Priya Shah helps carry and position the oven. A qualified electrician makes the final electrical connection.
Method statement
- 1Set up the work areaConfirm the work area and scope before starting. Keep other people outside the active work area. Keep entrances and escape routes clear.
- 2Check the appliance on arrivalCheck 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.
- 3Check the survey before you drill or strip outIn 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.
- 4Check the maker's positionCheck 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.
- 5Find and isolate hidden servicesFind cables and pipes before you disturb anything: drawings, then a detector. Mark what you find. Not sure what is there? Turn the supply off, or do not start. Have cables and gas isolated by the right person and prove them dead before you start.
- 6Carry the appliance safelyPlan the route, clear it, and get help with anything long or heavy. Store materials close to the work so nobody carries further than they need to.
- 7Connect before fixing the applianceCheck the service routes and make the approved connections before permanently fixing the appliance. Use the maker's connection instructions for water, drainage and electricity.
- 8Secure the appliance as the maker saysFix or restrain the appliance, stand or units as the instructions require. Check it is stable and that doors, panels and guards work before leaving it.
- 9Leave the kitchen cleanRemove packaging, swarf and dirt from the work area. Clean food-contact surfaces before kitchen staff use the appliance.
- 10Clear and hand back the areaRemove tools, waste and unused materials. Check the area is clean and ready to use. Tell the customer or whoever runs the site when the work is complete.
What a catering equipment RAMS covers
Positioning, connecting and servicing commercial kitchen appliances. Not covered: cleaning the extract ductwork.
- Appliance installation
- Appliance maintenance
Suggested steps and hazards for catering equipment
Suggested for appliance installation before any questions are answered.
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?
- What pipes or cables run around the appliance and its fixing points?
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 work in order, step by step.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action.
The method statement and risk assessment in one A4 PDF. Your logo on Pro and Team.
What the law asks for
What a RAMS is
A risk assessment and method statement. The risk assessment records what could cause harm on the job, who could be harmed and how, and the controls that keep the risk down. The method statement sets out how the work will be done, step by step, in the order it happens.
A client or main contractor will usually ask for one before you start. RAMS is a site term, not a legal one: the law asks for the risk assessment and for the work to be planned, and a method statement is the usual way to show that plan for one job.
What the law asks for
- Employers, and self-employed people doing construction work, must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to their own people and to anyone else affected by the work (Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 3).
- An employer with five or more employees must record the significant findings and any group of employees it finds especially at risk. The assessment must be reviewed if there is reason to think it is no longer valid, or the work has changed significantly.
- Every contractor must plan, manage and monitor its work so that, so far as is reasonably practicable, it is done without risks to health and safety, and must give its workers the information and instructions they need, including the hazards the risk assessment found (Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, regulation 15).
HSE guidance: the steps to manage risk and what contractors must do under CDM. This is the law in Great Britain; Northern Ireland has its own equivalent regulations.
What the builder does
You choose the work and answer questions about how the job will be done, such as what you will stand on and what else is going on nearby. Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
Many suggestions link to the HSE guidance they draw on. Your work is kept in this browser and, signed in, on your account with its photos; the PDF is made on your device. A briefing you send to phones goes through your account.
Separate documents
A COSHH assessment, lifting plan, permit to work, asbestos survey and the principal contractor’s construction phase plan are separate from the RAMS.
Reviewing a RAMS before work starts
RAMS review reads a RAMS PDF, yours before you send it or one a subcontractor sends you, and lists the points to raise, each marked on the page it comes from. Quick reviews are free.