A RAMS example is more useful than a template because it shows where the site-specific detail goes. This one is a small roof repair on a two-storey house from a tower scaffold: four hazards assessed, nine method steps, a rescue plan and a sign-on. The HSE's guidance, cited below, gives risk assessment as five steps: identify hazards, assess the risks, control the risks, record your findings, review the controls, and says that if you employ 5 or more people you must record your significant findings. The risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints the same shape from your own task's figures, free and without an account; the example below is what the sections hold.
Header and task
Contractor, client, site address, job reference, the task in a sentence: replace slipped and broken slates on the rear pitch from a tower scaffold. Dates, the two operatives, the author, the reviewer. The approver reads this to know what and where before anything else.
The four hazards, assessed
The fall from the roof or the tower, with the tower's edge protection, the tied tower and the harness as controls and a low residual risk. Falling slates, with an exclusion zone at ground level and a banksman. Manual handling of slate bundles, with the loads split and the gin wheel. Fragile surfaces, with the crawling boards. Each row: who is at risk, likelihood, severity, control, residual.
The nine steps, with the controls attached
Set the exclusion zone and signage. Erect and tie the tower, inspect it, record the inspection. Clip on before stepping off the platform. Lay the crawling boards. Strip the damaged slates into the bucket, not over the edge. Fit the new slates. Clear the platform. Descend and untie. Remove the exclusion zone last. The control sits at the step, which is what the crew reads.
Emergency, rescue, sign-on
First aid kit location, nearest A&E, the rescue plan for a suspended operative, who calls whom. Then the two operatives sign the sheet after the briefing, with the date. That signed page is the record DailyLogDesk Pro keeps against the job; the HSE's work at height law page, cited below, is the rule the rescue plan answers.
Questions people ask about rams example
Can I use this example for my roof job?
The shape, yes. The hazards, the site and the steps are yours; the tool prints them from your figures.
Why is the rescue plan in a roof RAMS?
Because a fall arrested on a harness needs a rescue within minutes, and the plan is what an approver checks first on a height task.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.