RAMS meaning is risk assessment and method statement, and the reason the term exists is that managed sites ask for one per task before the work starts. The risk assessment identifies the hazards and controls; the method statement says how the work is done with the controls in place; the crew signs it. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, cited below, place duties on clients, designers, principal designers, principal contractors, contractors and workers, and regulation 12 is where the construction phase plan and the health and safety file sit. The risk assessment and method statement tool on this site prints the document from your task's figures, free and without an account.
What it contains
Header, task, the assessment rows, the method steps with controls attached, plant and permits and PPE, emergency and rescue arrangements, sign-on and review. 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.
Why sites require it
The principal contractor holds the construction phase plan and checks each contractor's RAMS against it; a task without an approved RAMS does not start. The RAMS is how the contractor demonstrates competence for that task on that site.
What makes one acceptable
Site-specific hazards, controls the method actually applies at a step, a rescue plan where there is height, permits named, the crew's signatures. A generic RAMS is returned unread; a specific one is approved.
Keeping it
Signed, in its version, against the job, with the review date. DailyLogDesk Pro keeps it; the tool prints it. 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 meaning
Do I need a RAMS for every job?
Every task on a managed site; the risk assessment half is a legal requirement everywhere.
How long should a RAMS be?
As long as the task's hazards and steps; the tool prints the reading time.
Is the tool free?
Yes, without an account.