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Painting and decorating RAMS Builder
Painting and decorating risk assessment and method statement
Write RAMS for brush and roller work, surface preparation, hanging wallpaper, refinishing woodwork and ordinary spray painting. Enter the site, edit the suggested controls and look over the PDF draft.
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Pick everything this RAMS covers. The questions that follow are chosen from what you tick here.
What a Painting and decorating RAMS covers
Decorating finished rooms and exteriors: sanding and filling, priming, painting by brush, roller or ordinary spray, papering walls and refinishing timber.
- Brush/roller
- Surface preparation
- Wallpaper
- Wood refinishing
- Ordinary spray
Suggested steps and hazards for Painting and decorating
What it offers for brush/roller before you have answered anything.
Check the paint information
- Read each label and safety data sheet before opening or mixing paint.
- Keep the product names with the RAMS.
Hazard
Unknown paint hazards causing skin, eye or breathing exposure
Who might be harmed and how
Decorators and people nearby
Controls in place
- Use the product-specific controls.
- Stop if the label or safety data is missing or unclear.
The label and safety data identify the controls before the paint is used.
Paint and coatings Set fresh air before painting
- Open doors and windows where the site allows it.
- Use the ventilation named by the product assessment.
Hazard
Paint or solvent vapour building up in the room
Who might be harmed and how
Decorators and occupants
Controls in place
- Keep non-essential people out while vapour remains.
- Do not paint in a room that cannot be ventilated.
Fresh air limits paint and solvent vapour while the coating is applied.
Paint and coatings Keep paint tins closed
- Close tins and containers when they are not being used.
- Clean spills with the agreed waste method.
Hazard
Unnecessary vapour, spills and fire load from open containers
Who might be harmed and how
Decorators and people nearby
Controls in place
- Keep products in labelled, suitable containers.
- Keep ignition sources away from flammable products.
Closed tins limit vapour, spills and the fire load around the work.
Paint and coatings
What the builder asks about Painting and decorating
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What sort of wallpaper are you hanging?
- What condition is the old wood finish in?
Where
- How will you keep spray mist contained?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run behind or around walls, sockets and switches?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- What sort of paint are you using?
- What will you do to prepare the surface?
- What spray equipment will you use?
- What are you painting?
- What will you do with the old wallpaper?
- What finish will you put on the wood?
- How will you prepare the wood?
What you’ve been told
- What do you know about the old paint or coating?
What your Painting and decorating 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.