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CCTV installation risk assessment and method statement
Write RAMS for mounting cameras and recorders and running the containment and cable that connects them. Add the site details, keep the suggestions that apply and read through the PDF draft.
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What a CCTV installation RAMS covers
Fitting an agreed basic CCTV system: fixing cameras, recorders and power supplies in place, and running the trunking, conduit and cable between them.
- Device mounting
- Containment/cable
Suggested steps and hazards for CCTV installation
What it offers for device mounting before you have answered anything.
Isolate and prove dead
- Find every supply that feeds the work, switch it off and lock it off before you open or touch anything.
- Prove your tester on a known live supply, test every conductor at the work point, then prove the tester again.
Hazard
A live conductor or backfeed causes electric shock, burns or an unexpected start
Who might be harmed and how
The electrician and anyone near the work
Controls in place
- Lock off the supply and put your own tag on it.
- Stop if you cannot find every supply or cannot get a dead reading.
The job has to stay dead the whole time terminals and gear are open.
Electricity at work: Safe working practices Check permits before work
- Ask the site manager whether this job needs a permit to work, permit to isolate or another site permit.
- Do not start until the required permit is issued and its limits are understood.
Hazard
Work starts without the site controls for isolation, access or a dangerous area
Who might be harmed and how
The electrician, site manager and other workers
Controls in place
- Keep the permit with the work record and follow its boundaries.
- Stop when the permit is missing, expired or does not cover the actual work.
A site permit tells the team what has been controlled and where the controls stop.
Electrical safety on construction sites Control live testing
- Do dead checks first; test live only when it is necessary and a competent person has planned it.
- Use suitable leads, probes, barriers and a controlled area, then re-isolate before changing connections.
Hazard
Exposed live parts or unexpected operation causes shock, burns, falls or fire
Who might be harmed and how
The electrician and people near the test
Controls in place
- Keep people outside the test boundary and use the right test equipment.
- Stop if the live test cannot be controlled safely.
Live testing has extra exposure and needs a clear reason, boundary and stopping rule.
Safety in electrical testing at work
What the builder asks about CCTV installation
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
Where
- What pipes or cables run behind or through the surface where the cable or device is fixed?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- What are you putting in?
- How will the cable go in?
- Will you drill, chase or pass through a surface?
- Which device are you fixing?
- What fixing work is needed?
- What must still work at handover?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
What your CCTV installation 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.