RAMS for work are not only for construction sites; any task with a hazard, in any trade, gets the same document: the assessment of the task's hazards and the method with the controls at steps, signed by whoever does the work. The plumber's boiler swap, the electrician's consumer unit, the cleaner's high-level work, the event crew's stage. 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 RAMS for any of them, free and without an account.
What stays the same
The assessment rows, the method steps with controls attached, the plant and PPE, the emergency arrangements, the sign-on. Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, cited below, requires every employer to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees, and regulation 3(6) requires an employer with five or more employees to record the significant findings and any group of employees especially at risk.
What the trade changes
The hazards: gas and water for the plumber, live supply for the electrician, height for the roofer and the cleaner, crowds and rigging for the event crew. The walk finds them; the rows record them. A plumber's RAMS that reads like a roofer's has not been walked.
Who asks for it
Principal contractors on sites under CDM, cited below; facilities managers for work in their buildings; event organisers; clients who have been asked by their insurer. The insurer's question is usually the first time a small trade meets the term.
Kept per job
Signed, versioned, against the job, with the review. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps them; the tool prints them. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: SafetyCulture lists its Premium plan at $29 per seat per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with a free plan for small teams; Contractor Foreman lists its Basic plan at $49 per month for one user. DailyLogDesk Pro is $29 per month for the whole site team.
Questions people ask about rams for work
Does a sole trader need RAMS?
The assessment for their own work, yes; the method whenever a client or site expects it.
Can one RAMS cover repeated work?
A template per task type, filled with the site's details each time.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.