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The job
RAMS and methods
The method for the task, specific to this site.
Record
The RAMS
The duty
CDM 2015
Where it is used
With the gang, before the task
What it does
- Risk assessment and method statement together. Hazards, controls, sequence, and the people.
- Draft, in review, or approved. A draft is not the method the gang is using.
- The people doing the work sign the one they are using. A change mid-job is a new version, not a marked-up PDF.
- Linked to the phase plan and the gate for that task.
On the record
- Approved means it was signed for this job.
- The gang sees the method they signed, on the phone.
- A change mid-job is a new version, with an owner.
The duty
CDM 2015
The people doing the work need a method for this site.
Management Regulations 1999
The assessment and the controls for the task.
Also in The job
All- Set the job upThe project exists before the first person arrives.
- Pre-constructionWhat the job starts from.
- The phase planHow health and safety will be managed on this job, kept current.
- Gates and hold pointsThe next step does not start while one in front of it is open.
- Drawings and documentsThe current set, not the one from last month.
- Inductions and competenceWho is cleared to be on this site, and who is not.
- The site diaryWhat happened on the job that day.
- Changes to the planThe job changes. The plan has to move with it.
- HandoverThe pack the client gets, and the file the job closes on.
