RAMS Witney

RAMS Witney support from CUSTOM H&S SOLUTIONS LTD is designed for businesses that want documentation based on their actual work rather than a generic pack with the company name changed at the top.

As businesses in Witney take on new staff, customers and contracts, health and safety arrangements often need to become more formal and better documented.

RAMS services in Witney

When a client, principal contractor or site manager asks for RAMS, they are usually looking for evidence that the hazards and safe sequence of work have been considered before the task begins.

RAMS bring together a Risk Assessment, which identifies hazards and controls, and a Method Statement, which explains how the work is intended to be carried out in a logical and safer sequence.

We support growing companies, contractors, cleaning and property services, trades, offices and businesses with employees working at multiple locations in Witney and west Oxfordshire. We help turn informal working knowledge into clear written arrangements, so responsibilities and safe working methods are not left to assumption.

For work in Witney, the RAMS should make sense before the team arrives on site. Access restrictions, members of the public, client rules and the condition of the work area can all affect the method.

What is considered

The exact content depends on your activities, but the work may consider:

  • scope and description of the work
  • people involved and relevant responsibilities
  • site access and preparation of the work area
  • tools, plant, equipment and materials
  • identified hazards and control measures
  • personal protective equipment
  • manual handling and work at height where relevant
  • electrical, machinery or substance-related risks where applicable
  • protection of clients, visitors or members of the public
  • emergency arrangements and incident response
  • step-by-step method for completing the task

What works when two experienced people understand every task instinctively can become unreliable when the team expands. Written procedures and assessments help make expectations consistent for everyone.

A clear Method Statement also gives supervisors a common sequence to brief, rather than relying on several people having slightly different ideas about how the task will be carried out.

Our step-by-step approach

  1. You tell us what work is being carried out, where it will take place and what equipment or materials are involved.
  2. The main hazards and appropriate controls are set out in the Risk Assessment.
  3. The Method Statement describes the planned sequence of work and how the controls fit into that sequence.
  4. The completed RAMS can be used to brief workers and provide relevant documentation to the client or site management.

Documentation that can develop with the business

The result should make sense to the people who manage the work as well as the people expected to carry it out.

If your business in Witney has reached the point where informal procedures are no longer enough, we can help create or improve the supporting health and safety documentation.

We do not treat a document as a guarantee by itself. Effective health and safety management also depends on how procedures, training, supervision and control measures are implemented in practice.

Frequently asked questions about RAMS in Witney

Are RAMS the same for every project?

No. Similar jobs may share common hazards, but the site, access, equipment, materials, people and working conditions can change what needs to be addressed.

Can RAMS be prepared before a job starts?

That is normally when they are most useful. Planning the hazards, controls and work sequence before the team begins makes the document part of the preparation rather than an after-the-event exercise.

Do RAMS include both a Risk Assessment and Method Statement?

RAMS commonly bring those two elements together so the risks and the planned safe method of carrying out the work can be read as one coordinated set of information.

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Discuss your requirements

Contact CUSTOM H&S SOLUTIONS LTD to discuss RAMS Witney and receive a quotation based on your business and the work involved.

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