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Line marking RAMS Builder
Line marking risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for painting road markings and laying thermoplastic lines. Add the site and the line layout, change the suggestions where your job differs and check the PDF draft.
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What a Line marking RAMS covers
Marking out roads, car parks and yards with paint or hot-applied thermoplastic, from confirming the layout to laying the lines on a clean, dry surface.
- Apply paint road markings
- Apply thermoplastic markings
Suggested steps and hazards for Line marking
What it offers for apply paint road markings before you have answered anything.
Check the weather before you start
- Do not lift or fix line-marking equipment and materials in strong wind; a large sheet is a sail.
- Stop in heavy rain, ice or lightning, and rest in the shade in hot weather.
Hazard
Wind catches the line-marking equipment and materials or blows someone off balance at height
Who might be harmed and how
The team and people below
Controls in place
- Agree a wind limit for panels and platforms and check the forecast each morning.
- Tie down or take in loose materials before you leave.
Wind is the main weather cause of falls and dropped loads in outside work at height.
HSE: Work at height Confirm the paint and line layout
- Check the named paint, line layout and surface before setting out.
- Do not substitute another product or change the line purpose on site.
Hazard
The wrong material or layout creates a misleading or failed marking
Who might be harmed and how
Marking team, drivers and pedestrians
Controls in place
- Use the job drawing and product information.
- Stop if the paint identity or line purpose is unclear.
The right product and layout are what make a road marking useful and recognisable.
Traffic Signs Manual: Chapter 5 Road Markings Clean and check the surface
- Sweep away dust and loose material, remove oil, and let damp areas dry.
- Repair loose or broken surfacing before you paint it.
Hazard
Paint peels, slips or fails to show because the surface is dirty or damp
Who might be harmed and how
Marking team, drivers and pedestrians
Controls in place
- Do not paint over oil, standing water or loose material.
- Stop if the surface cannot be made sound and dry.
Paint needs a clean, dry and sound surface to stay visible and in place.
Signs, signals and road markings
What the builder asks about Line marking
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- What paint are you using?
- Which thermoplastic method will you use?
- Is the surface ready for paint?
- Is the surface ready for thermoplastic?
- How will you keep people and vehicles off wet paint?
- How will you keep people and vehicles off the fresh marking?
- How will the line-marking materials get to the work?
What your Line marking 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.