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Roof sheeting risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for laying profiled metal roof sheets and for stripping old sheets off.
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A blank roof sheeting RAMS to fill in: job details, method statement, risk assessment and briefing record.
Risk assessment and method statement
Roof sheeting RAMS
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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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Roof sheeting RAMS example
The same RAMS, filled in for one job.
Risk assessment and method statement
Roof sheeting, Unit 5, Canal Side Business Park, Stockport: roof
- Company
- Hollins & Reed Roofing Ltd
- Site and work area
- Unit 5, Canal Side Business Park, Stockport: roof
- Planned dates
- 12 to 16 October 2026
- In charge on site
- Dan Hollins
- Team
- Three roofers: Dan Hollins leads; Priya Shah and Sam Okoro fix; Ali Khan drives the telehandler.
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 weather before you startDo not lift or fix roof sheets and loose flashings in strong wind; a large sheet is a sail. Stop in heavy rain, ice or lightning, and rest in the shade in hot weather.
- 3Stop things falling on people belowFence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the sheets, tools and fixings. Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
- 4Check the sheet orderCheck the profile, length, flashings and fixings against the delivery note before lifting anything. Keep sheets flat, dry and tied down until they are needed.
- 5Work from the scaffoldCheck the scaffold tag or handover shows an inspection within the last 7 days. Use only the lifts and access that were handed over. Keep materials within the loading the scaffold was built for. Keep off in high wind or ice, or when sheeting has come loose.
- 6Use the telehandler or forkliftA trained operator lifts, on firm level ground, with the load on a suitable attachment. Nobody works under or next to the raised load.
- 7Check the supports before fixingCheck purlins or rails are sound, in line and at the spacing shown for the sheet system. Mark the fixing lines and keep the support arrangement as designed.
- 8Use the planned roof accessUse the scaffold, platform, edge protection and access route prepared for the roof work. Do not climb on loose sheets or use the sheet itself as a walkway.
- 9Protect fragile roof areasTreat rooflights and any old or unknown sheets as fragile until they have been checked. Use stagings, guardrails or another agreed protection before working beside them.
- 10Lay sheets in the right directionLay sheets in the order and direction set by the product guide and prevailing wind. Keep laps, sealants and flashings clean and in place as the work moves on.
- 11Fix every sheet to the supportsUse the specified fasteners for the sheet, support and exposure. Seat each fixing without crushing the sheet and check the row before starting the next.
- 12Clear and hand back the areaRemove tools, waste and unused materials. Check the area is clean and ready to use. Tell the person in charge when the work is complete.
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.
Wind catches the roof sheets and loose flashings or blows someone off balance at height
The team and people below
Agree a wind limit for panels and platforms and check the forecast each morning. Tie down or take in loose materials before you leave.
Sheets, tools and fixings falling onto people below
People below, including the public
Lower waste in bags or a chute, never throw it. Keep the exclusion zone up until the last item is down.
The wrong sheet or fixing is installed and fails on the roof
The roof sheeting team and people below later
Stop and resolve any mismatch before lifting sheets to the roof.
Falling from a scaffold that has been altered; materials falling from the scaffold
Anyone working on the lift, where a guardrail, board or tie has been taken out to get the work done. Anyone passing or working underneath, including the public where the scaffold is over a footpath.
Never remove boards, ties, guardrails or bracing; ask the scaffolding contractor to alter it. Report damage or a missing tag and keep off until it is checked. Fit brick guards or netting where materials could fall on people below.
The machine overturns or the load slides off the forks
The operator and people nearby
Check the ground and the load chart before lifting. Keep pedestrians separated from the machine route.
A sheet or fixing fails because the support is damaged, out of line or too far apart
The team and people below later
Stop and get the support repaired or designed if it is not ready.
A person falls while reaching or moving along the roof
The sheeting team and people below
Keep the access route clear and stop if the protection is incomplete.
A person falls through a rooflight or fragile sheet
The sheeting team and people below
Keep people off unprotected fragile surfaces and brief the team on their position.
Rain enters through a wrong lap or a loose sheet
The sheeting team and building occupants
Do not leave a loose sheet or open lap when the team leaves the roof.
A sheet lifts in wind because a fixing is missing, loose or damaged
The sheeting team and people below later
Do not substitute fasteners or leave a sheet on one fixing overnight.
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.
What a Roof sheeting RAMS covers
Lifting, laying and fixing profiled metal roof sheets, and stripping old sheets with fragile areas and the drop zone controlled. Not covered: asbestos cement sheets.
- Profiled metal sheeting
- Remove roof sheets
Suggested steps and hazards for Roof sheeting
Suggested for profiled metal sheeting before any questions are answered.
Check the weather before you start
- Do not lift or fix roof sheets and loose flashings 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 roof sheets and loose flashings 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 Stop things falling on people below
- Fence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the sheets, tools and fixings.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Sheets, tools and fixings falling onto people below
Who might be harmed and how
People below, including the public
Controls in place
- Lower waste in bags or a chute, never throw it.
- Keep the exclusion zone up until the last item is down.
Falling objects are a leading cause of harm to the public near construction.
HSE: Protecting the public Check the sheet order
- Check the profile, length, flashings and fixings against the delivery note before lifting anything.
- Keep sheets flat, dry and tied down until they are needed.
Hazard
The wrong sheet or fixing is installed and fails on the roof
Who might be harmed and how
The roof sheeting team and people below later
Controls in place
- Stop and resolve any mismatch before lifting sheets to the roof.
The delivery check prevents the wrong profile or fixing reaching the roof.
Cladco: Corrugated roofing installation guide
What the builder asks about Roof sheeting
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What sort of sheets are coming off?
- What does the material survey say?
Where
- What support information is ready for the sheets?
- What is around the roof work?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run in or below the roof sheets and fixing lines?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- Which fixing instructions are you working to?
- How will each removed sheet get down?
- What will happen to the sheets on the ground?
- How will the sheets, flashings and gear get to the work?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
What your Roof sheeting 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.
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. 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 the PDF is made on your device.
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.