RAMS for Painters and Decorators

A painting and decorating RAMS is read for two things: how the work at height is controlled on an external repaint, and how solvents, dust and fumes are managed inside an occupied building. A client who lets a decorator into a school, an office or a communal stairwell wants the COSHH controls and the ventilation written down as clearly as the access arrangements.

A RAMS Pal document for decorating asks about work at height, chemicals, dust from sanding, occupied premises and the public, and produces the access and edge-protection controls, the COSHH note for solvent-based and two-pack products, the dust extraction and RPE, and the segregation and signage in the method statement. Lead in old paintwork is added to the controls where the building calls for it.

Internal redecoration of occupied offices, external repaints at height, communal area decoration, surface preparation, spray application and timber and metalwork finishing are all covered, and the document records the CSCS and IPAF or PASMA cards each operative holds.