Questions
The ones people actually ask, answered straight. If yours is not here, ask it.
Will a principal contractor accept it?
I can't promise that, and anyone who does is guessing. Acceptance is the contractor's call and most have their own house style.
What the document does is cover what they check for: scope, hazards scored before and after controls, a method statement in the order the work is actually done, PPE, plant, COSHH, permits, emergency arrangements and a sign-off sheet.
Like any RAMS, it is a draft for a competent person — you — to read, check against the site and adapt before it goes anywhere. That is how it should be treated even if a contractor waves it through.
Is it a template?
No. Nothing is dropped into a pre-written form. The hazards, the control measures and the method statement are written for the job you describe, on the kind of site you describe, for the length of time you say it takes.
A trench on a live site and a trench in a back garden come out as different documents, with different hazards and different controls.
Blank RAMS templates are free from the HSE and plenty of other places. What you are paying for is the document already written.
Is it written by AI?
The writing is, yes. What it is allowed to say is not.
The legislation comes from a list kept by hand for each trade. The system can only cite what is on the list for your trade, so it cannot invent a regulation or quote one that was replaced years ago.
Every document is then checked by fixed rules before you see it: every hazard scored properly, controls that actually reduce the likelihood, every piece of PPE called for by name in a control measure, the nearest A&E present, no square-bracket gaps left behind.
If it fails those checks it is rewritten. If it fails again it is thrown away and never offered for sale, and you are not charged.
Can I edit it?
Yes. You get a Word file, not a locked PDF. Change the wording, add hazards, delete what does not apply, put your own logo on it.
The document is yours. There is nothing stopping you reissuing an edited version for other jobs.
How long does it take?
About a minute to fill the form in, then two to three minutes for the document to be written. You watch it happen: the title, the scope and the first three risks appear in full as they are written.
If one of the checks fails, the document is rewritten, which adds about another two minutes. The page tells you that is what is happening.
Payment and download are immediate after that, and both files arrive by email.
What if something's wrong?
Email me and I will refund you in full. Fourteen days, no reason needed.
If the document fails to generate or arrives broken, I will regenerate it free or refund you, whichever you prefer.
What I cannot refund is a document that is wrong because the job details it was given were wrong — it only knows what you type — or one a contractor turned down, because that is not in my control.
What's actually in the document?
A cover page with your company, the site and the date; the scope of works; a 5×5 risk matrix key; the risk assessment as a table, every hazard scored before and after controls; a numbered method statement; PPE with EN standards; plant and equipment; COSHH; permits; emergency arrangements with the nearest A&E; first aid; the UK legislation that applies with a line on why; and a briefing and sign-off sheet for the operatives.
Where the work involves a fall arrest harness, it also carries a rescue plan, because leaving someone suspended is a time-critical emergency in its own right.
What trades do you cover?
Roofing, scaffolding, electrical, plumbing and heating, groundworks, demolition and strip-out, plastering, joinery and carpentry, painting and decorating, and general building.
Each has its own legislation list and its own set of jobs to pick from. If your trade is not here, the document will not be right for you — tell me what is missing and I will look at adding it.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no password and no subscription. You fill the form in, read the preview, and pay once if you want the full document.
Your link keeps working afterwards, so you can download the files again without signing in to anything.
How do I pay?
By card, through Stripe. Card details go straight to Stripe and never touch RiskPass.
£29 once, per document. No subscription, nothing stored for later, nothing to cancel.
What happens to my job details?
They are used to write your document and they appear in it. The job details are sent to the model that writes the document and are not used to train it.
Previews nobody paid for are deleted after 30 days, and documents you have paid for after 12 months. Your IP address is stored only as a one-way hash, to stop the free preview being abused.
The full detail is in the privacy policy.
Can I use one document for several jobs?
You can edit and reissue what you have bought — it is your document. But the point of it is that it is specific to one job, and a RAMS reused across jobs it was not written for is the thing principal contractors reject.
If a job is genuinely the same work at a different address, changing the address and re-checking it against the new site is quicker than starting again.
My job isn't in the list. What then?
Pick your trade, choose “Something else” and describe the job in your own words. The document is written from that description.
The more specific you are — what you are working on, what is above and below you, who else is about, what plant is on site — the more specific the document.
Is this health and safety advice?
No. RiskPass sells a document; it is not a consultancy and it is not your health and safety adviser. Buying one does not create a professional relationship.
You, or whoever is in control of the work, remain the competent person, and responsibility for the adequacy of the assessment stays with you.
Still deciding? Read a complete example document — eight pages, nothing to fill in.
£29 when you unlock it. Nothing to pay until you have read the preview.