RAMS template for electricians
Electrician RAMS should describe the installation, alteration or test, the system boundaries and the sequence from access and isolation to inspection and handover. Electric shock, arc flash, backfeeds, hidden services, drilling dust, work at height and other trades restoring power are key hazards. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require precautions against danger and competence for the work undertaken. Only people with the appropriate electrical knowledge, experience and authority should isolate, connect and test; live work needs exceptional legal justification and a separate safe system. Identify every source, lock off and prove dead with suitable equipment, control keys and notices, and agree who may re-energise after covers, tools and people have been checked clear.
- ✓Typical electrician tasks: Use of ladders and stepladders, Use of portable power tools, Safe electrical isolation, Working near buried or overhead services
- ✓Sequence of works, plant, permits and PPE
- ✓Editable Word and print-ready PDF
In short
A RAMS (risk assessment and method statement) is a combined document that identifies the hazards of a specific job, the controls that reduce the risk, and the step-by-step safe method of work. UK law requires a suitable and sufficient risk assessment; main contractors usually require a RAMS before you start on site.
What it must include
- ✓Scope of works, site address, dates and who is involved
- ✓Hazards, who could be harmed and how
- ✓Control measures and the risk rating before and after
- ✓Sequence of works from preparation to completion
- ✓Plant, tools, permits and PPE
- ✓Competence, supervision and emergency arrangements
- ✓Briefing and sign-off by the people doing the work
You stay the duty holder: review the document for your site before work starts. SitePaper is a drafting tool, not a consultancy.