Templates, examples and the honest truth · UK

Method statement templates: what they give you, what they cannot.

A template or example is genuinely useful for one thing: showing the shape of the document. The problem is that the shape was never what got paperwork rejected. Reviewers bounce content: hazards that do not belong to the job, the last site's address in paragraph four, controls that contradict the programme. This page sets out what a proper one contains, and what we do differently when we write yours.

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What the document must contain, template or not

Job facts that match the actual job: site, client, scope, dates, supervision and briefing arrangements
A sequence of operations written for this task on this site, not a generic list with the trade name swapped
Controls traced from the risk assessment into the steps where they apply
Plant, equipment and competence named specifically: the machine, the ticket, the inspection regime
Site-specific PPE, welfare and emergency arrangements, including anything the principal contractor has imposed
Our approach, stated plainly: a reviewed master library for structure, every document rewritten to your intake, every hazard row made job-specific or deleted, then an SMSTS qualified professional signs it off

Written to: HSWA 1974 section 2, MHSWR 1999 regulation 3, CDM 2015 contractor duties. Every document is job-specific; padding is what gets paperwork rejected.

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How it works

Order and tell us the task

£89 fixed, paid securely by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Then a ten-question intake: the job, the site, your crew and plant, anything unusual.

5 minutes

Written, then signed off

Your RAMS, method statement included, is written for that exact task and reviewed by an SMSTS qualified professional with years running live UK sites.

Within 24h

Send it, get approved, start

Branded PDF plus editable Word, one revision round included. If the principal contractor comments, we turn the revision around.

PDF + DOCX

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Questions, answered

Why do templated RAMS keep getting rejected?

Because reviewers read for job-specific content and templates cannot supply it. Wrong addresses, irrelevant hazards and boilerplate sequences are instant tells, and busy principal contractors reject on the first one they find.

Do you use templates yourselves?

We maintain a master library a site professional approved, for structure and completeness. Every document that leaves is rewritten around your intake: your scope, your site, your plant, with rows that do not apply deleted. A template is scaffolding, never the product.

What if the principal contractor still comes back with comments?

One revision round is included and we turn it around the same day wherever possible. Documents that bounce are usually generic; job-specific ones mostly pass first time, which is the point of writing them that way.

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Your method statement is inside a full RAMS, back within 24h of your completed intake.

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