Trades we cover
Ten trades, each with its own list of UK legislation kept by hand and its own set of jobs to pick from. Pick yours to see what a RAMS covers and which regulations get cited.
- Roofing14 regulations · 10 jobsRoof work is the single biggest killer in UK construction, and it is the work a principal contractor reads a RAMS for most carefully. A roofing RAMS has to say how the fall is prevented before it says anything about harnesses.
- Scaffolding13 regulations · 10 jobsScaffolding RAMS get read by the people whose own trades depend on the scaffold being right. Yours has to cover erection, alteration and dismantling as three different jobs, and say which configuration it is built to.
- Electrical13 regulations · 10 jobsAn electrical RAMS is judged on one thing first: how you prove dead before you touch it. Everything else — the testing, the certificate, the working at height for the lighting — follows from that.
- Plumbing & heating15 regulations · 10 jobsPlumbing and heating RAMS have to cover two hazards most trades never touch: stored gas and stored hot water under pressure. Add hot works and confined loft spaces and it is a document worth writing properly.
- Groundworks15 regulations · 10 jobsExcavation RAMS are the ones with the highest stakes per page. A trench that collapses or a service that is struck is not a lost-time injury, and the document has to be written as if the reader will have to act on it.
- Demolition & strip-out17 regulations · 10 jobsStrip-out RAMS live or die on what was surveyed before anyone picked up a bar. Asbestos, live services and structural stability are the three things a principal contractor will look for first.
- Plastering11 regulations · 10 jobsPlastering looks low risk until you total up the silica dust, the repeated overhead work and the towers. A plastering RAMS is mostly about the hazards that accumulate over a week, not the dramatic ones.
- Joinery & carpentry13 regulations · 10 jobsCarpentry RAMS have to deal with the tools themselves as the main hazard, plus wood dust, which is a recognised carcinogen and the part most documents skip over.
- Painting & decorating12 regulations · 10 jobsDecorating RAMS are usually needed because of where the work happens rather than what it is: an occupied hallway, a stairwell, a shop that stays open. Lead paint and spraying are the two that catch people out.
- General building14 regulations · 10 jobsA builder's RAMS has to cover several trades' worth of hazard in one document, because that is what the job actually is. Extensions, steels and openings are where it gets read closely.
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