Create comprehensive method statements with step-by-step sequences, personnel tracking, and multi-party sign-off.
A method statement (also called a safe system of work or SSOW) is a document describing how a task will be carried out safely. It breaks work into a sequence of steps, identifying hazards, controls, and responsible persons at each stage.
While not always legally required, method statements are commonly requested by principal contractors, clients, and main contractors as part of RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statement) submissions. They demonstrate competence, help coordinate work on complex sites, and provide a clear safety roadmap for your team.
Risk Ranger's method statement software helps you create professional, detailed safe systems of work in minutes — without wrestling with Word templates or copying old documents that no longer match the job.
Break down complex tasks into clear, manageable steps. Our sequence builder lets you structure work logically and identify risks at each stage.
Each step becomes a clear instruction for your team, ensuring everyone knows what to do, how to do it safely, and who's in charge.
Step 1: Erect scaffold and edge protection
Step 2: Inspect roof condition and mark hazards
Step 3: Remove damaged tiles (designated area only)
Step 4: Install replacement tiles and flashing
Step 5: Clean up debris and inspect completed work
Step 6: Dismantle scaffold and clear site
Each step includes hazards, controls, and responsible person.
Your method statement should make it clear who's doing the work, what qualifications they hold, and how to contact them in an emergency.
Clients and principal contractors want to know you've got the right people for the job. Risk Ranger helps you prove it.
A complete method statement documents everything needed to complete the work safely. Track tools, vehicles, PPE, and materials in one place.
Nothing gets forgotten when you've got a complete checklist. Your team arrives on site with everything they need, and clients see you're organised.
When an emergency happens, there's no time to think. Your method statement should include clear, pre-defined emergency procedures so everyone knows what to do.
Risk Ranger lets you store standard emergency procedures and adapt them for each job. No need to rewrite the same information every time.
A method statement isn't just a document — it's a commitment. Ensure everyone reviews, approves, and accepts responsibility before work starts.
Clients love digital sign-off. It proves everyone reviewed the method statement, and you've got an audit trail showing when and by whom.
Site supervisor drafts the method statement
Site manager reviews and checks accuracy
Company director or H&S manager approves
Principal contractor accepts the method statement
Method statements and risk assessments go hand in hand. Risk Ranger lets you link existing risk assessments to your method statements, ensuring consistency and saving time.
Clients often ask for RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statement) packs. With linked documents, you can generate the complete package in one click.
Method statements don't exist in isolation. Risk Ranger connects them to your wider safety management processes.
Bundle method statements with risk assessments, company policies, and certifications into professional RAMS packs ready for client submission.
Link method statements to full risk assessments for complete hazard analysis and control documentation. Keep them in sync automatically.
Track follow-up actions from method statement reviews. Assign corrective actions, set deadlines, and ensure nothing gets forgotten.
Common questions about method statements and safe systems of work.
A comprehensive method statement should include: the scope of work, a step-by-step sequence of activities, personnel involved (with roles and competencies), equipment and PPE required, hazards and control measures at each step, emergency procedures, and sign-off from relevant parties. Risk Ranger's method statement software guides you through all these sections, ensuring nothing is missed.
Method statements are not explicitly required by law in the UK, but they are commonly required by clients, principal contractors, and main contractors as part of pre-qualification and tender submissions. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), contractors must plan, manage, and monitor construction work to ensure it's carried out safely — method statements are a practical way to demonstrate compliance. Many clients will not allow work to start without an approved method statement.
Yes. Risk Ranger lets you link existing Full Risk Assessments directly to your method statements. This ensures consistency between your hazard analysis and your safe system of work, and makes it easy to generate complete RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statement) packs for client submission. Linked documents appear together in the final PDF export.
Risk Ranger's multi-party sign-off workflow allows each signatory to review and sign the method statement within the platform. Digital signatures are captured with a timestamp and the user's identity, creating a clear audit trail. The workflow supports four stages: Preparer → Reviewer → Approver → Client, with email notifications at each stage. Signatories can also reject documents with feedback if revisions are needed.
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