A RAMS pack — a Risk Assessment and Method Statement used together — is the document main contractors, housing associations and commercial clients ask for before they let you on site. For a sole trader or a firm of five, producing one usually means an evening lost to Word documents, copied-and-pasted hazards, and formatting that falls apart when you add a row.
RAMS software replaces that. You pick your trade, describe the job, and the builder walks you through activities, hazards, control measures and safe sequences of work. The output is a professional, branded PDF with your logo, a proper risk matrix, and signature blocks — the kind of document that gets approved first time instead of bounced back with queries.
Site Safety UK is built specifically for UK trades with 1–15 employees: roofers, electricians, groundworkers, scaffolders, landscapers and general builders. The hazard library, terminology and structure follow UK HSE guidance, so your paperwork reads like it was written by someone who knows the industry — because the templates were.
A complete site-specific RAMS pack in under 15 minutes. Reuse past documents as templates so repeat work takes even less.
Structured hazard, control measure and sequencing sections mean fewer rejections and re-submissions from principal contractors.
Professional, branded RAMS make a small firm look established. Many clients shortlist on paperwork quality before they look at price.
Pre-built hazards and controls for working at height, electrical work, excavations, manual handling, hot works and more.
Scope changed? Duplicate the pack, edit the affected activities and re-issue with a new revision number — no starting from scratch.
A consultant charges £150–£400 per RAMS pack. Site Safety UK gives you unlimited documents for less than one consultant visit a year.
Pick your trade, add the site address and describe the work — resurfacing a roof, rewiring a unit, digging footings.
Select hazards from the trade library or add your own. Score likelihood and severity, then apply control measures.
Set out the safe sequence of work step by step, with plant, PPE and emergency arrangements included.
Export a branded PDF with your logo and signature blocks, ready to email to the main contractor or client.
| Site Safety UK | Word / free templates | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per RAMS pack | 10–15 minutes with guided builder | 2–4 hours of editing and formatting |
| Site-specific detail | Prompted for every job — address, activities, hazards | Easy to leave generic text that gets rejected |
| Branding | Your logo, colours and details on every page | Manual formatting that breaks between versions |
| Revisions | Duplicate, edit and re-issue with revision tracking | Multiple confusing file versions in email chains |
| Storage | Every document saved and searchable in one place | Scattered across laptops, phones and inboxes |
Principal contractors spot recycled RAMS instantly — a roofing method statement that mentions 'the classroom' is an automatic rejection. Every pack must reference the actual site and scope.
Showing the risk before controls but not after tells the reviewer nothing. A proper assessment scores both initial and residual risk for every hazard.
First aid provision, hospital location and rescue plans for work at height are commonly omitted — and commonly the reason a pack gets sent back.
When scope changes mid-job, working from an outdated RAMS is a real liability. Revision numbers and dates protect you if something goes wrong.
RAMS stands for Risk Assessment and Method Statement. The risk assessment identifies hazards and control measures; the method statement sets out the safe step-by-step sequence of work. Together they form the pack most UK main contractors require before work starts.
Risk assessments are legally required under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and must be written down if you employ five or more people. Method statements aren't explicitly required by law, but they're the standard way to demonstrate safe systems of work — and most clients and principal contractors demand them contractually.
Most users produce a complete site-specific pack in 10–15 minutes. Once you've built one, you can duplicate it for similar jobs and only change the site-specific details, which takes a few minutes.
Yes. Upload your logo and company details once and every RAMS, risk assessment and audit you export is branded automatically, with several PDF header styles to choose from.
Yes — sole traders are a core user group. Even with no employees, clients and main contractors will still ask for RAMS, and the software makes a one-person firm's paperwork look like it came from a much larger outfit.
No. Site Safety UK includes the risk assessment builder, method statement builder, COSHH assessments, toolbox talks, site audits and more in one subscription — you don't need separate tools.
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Ready-to-deliver toolbox talks with attendance records for your site briefings.
The full platform — every compliance tool for small UK construction firms.
Practical guides on RAMS, CDM regulations, working at height and more.
HSE data on fatalities, injuries and enforcement across UK construction.