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A method statement form that sets out how a task will be done safely: the scope, the crew and their competence, each step in order with its hazards and controls, then permits, emergency arrangements, the crew briefing and approval. It links to the risk assessment by reference. If the client wants both documents together, use the RAMS template, which holds the risk assessment and the method statement in one form. Every question is listed below, and you can fill the live form in on this page.
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A method statement template sets out the job scope, crew, sequence of work, hazards and controls for each step, permits, emergency arrangements, briefing and approval. Reference the separate risk assessment so both documents can be reviewed together as RAMS; this method statement does not replace that assessment.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 5 October 2026 against HSE on construction health and safety paperwork, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
Step 2, setting out the work area: the method references risk assessment RA-024 revision B and drawing A-110 revision D. The supervisor records the briefing against those revisions. An access change is logged for review before the sequence is updated.
Fictional example. Record the actual evidence and approved arrangements for your job.
A risk assessment reference without a revision can point the crew to an outdated document. Do not label the method statement alone as a complete risk assessment and method statement pack.
Check that the method and linked risk assessment describe the same job and current arrangements. Record the review, approval and crew briefing, then retain the previous revision when the work sequence changes.
Write the method statement step by step on a phone or laptop, linked to its risk assessment by reference. Each step records its hazards, controls, working height and hold point, and the form counts what still has to be resolved before the work starts.
For a step at height, photograph the wall with a door in the same plane and tap both ends. The working height goes into the step, with the marked-up photo, and helps choose the tower or platform. It works on web forms in any phone browser today, and the app version is on its way.
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The method statement asks for the risk assessment's reference and date, and warns before approval if there is none. Fill the risk assessment in with our free template, or use the RAMS template to write both in one document.
Both in one: the RAMS template →
The approval page counts what would stop the work: no risk assessment, a crew not briefed, no approval, hot works without a permit, or crew members who have not signed. The steps page counts hold points and steps at height.
How calculated fields work →Walk Cam records the check at each hold point with a guided prompt and turns what you say into text, so the release before the next step is on video.
A fictional office fit-out: metal stud partitions to about 4 m, four steps with hazards and controls, three hold points, the working height measured from a photo, an apprentice with extra supervision, three crew signatures and an approval by the site manager.
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Paper or a spreadsheet works for the odd job. When your team does this every week, SiteSurvey keeps every visit in one place and turns each one into a report you can send.
Your team completes the method statement on site in the SiteSurvey app on iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets. The project name and address fill in for them, it works without signal, and it syncs when the device is back online with photos kept against the question they answer.
Customers and subcontractors do not need the app: send them a link and they can fill it in from any browser.
How a task will be done safely: scope, crew and competence, numbered work steps with hazards and controls, permits, emergency arrangements, briefing and approval. Links to the risk assessment by reference. 7 sections and 93 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
This is a starting point, not a fixed form. Once it is in your SiteSurvey account you can reword any question, add or remove questions, sections and answer options, and add your own logo, so it fits the way your team works and the jobs you do.
Add this form to a project in SiteSurvey and it fills in what the project already knows, so nobody on site retypes it and every form on the job uses the same names. Anything filled in can still be changed.
The site, the task, the dates and how the work fits the project.
Filled in from the project in SiteSurvey.
Optional. Mark it at the work area so the crew, the emergency services and visitors find the right place on a large site.
A short name for the job, for example: replace roof lights on block C.
What is included, and anything that is not.
For example: 08:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
Includes building, alteration, fitting out, installation, repair, maintenance, demolition and dismantling.
Who supervises, who does the work, and what they hold.
The linked risk assessment, then each step in order with its hazards and controls.
The Risk Assessment form in SiteSurvey, or your own reference.
Optional. Height of the highest point the crew must reach. Photograph it with a door or a person in the same plane and measure from the photo, or use a tape. It helps choose the access equipment.
What stops the hazards causing harm: equipment, barriers, isolation, method, PPE.
A check that must be passed before work moves on.
What is used to do the job, and what people wear.
Include heavy or awkward items and how they are moved.
Such as adhesives, solvents, resins, cleaning chemicals, or dust from cutting and drilling.
Permits, first aid, emergency and rescue arrangements, and waste.
Describe it, and mark it with GPS if the site is large or new to the crew.
How to raise the alarm, who calls the emergency services, and how the area is made safe.
How someone would be brought down safely, for example from a platform or harness.
How dust, noise, run off and spills are controlled, and anyone who needs to be told before work starts.
Everyone doing the work is taken through it before they start.
Counts a missing risk assessment, an unbriefed crew, a missing approval, hot works without a permit and crew members who have not signed.
A completed method statement report, made by SiteSurvey from a fictional site visit: every answer, the photos, the guidance that applied and the sign-off, ready to send as a PDF.
Not for most work. HSE says a method statement is not required by law for most work. The legal duties are a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, under regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and safe systems of work with the information, instruction, training and supervision needed, under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. A method statement is a practical way to show how you meet them.
The risk assessment identifies the hazards and the controls. The method statement shows how those controls are put into practice, step by step, and does not replace the assessment. Together they are often called RAMS. This form asks for the risk assessment reference and flags one that is missing before approval, and it pairs with our risk assessment template.
No. This is the method statement on its own, which pairs with our risk assessment template by reference. For both in one document, with the hazards and the steps checked against each other and the lists tailored to your trade, use the RAMS template. SiteSurvey keeps either on the same project as the crew briefing and signatures.
Yes. The sequence of work breaks the job into steps in order, and each step records how it is done, the hazards, such as work at height, electricity, hot works or manual handling, and the controls. You can add photos or drawings to a step and set a hold point that must be checked before work moves on.
On construction work, the arrangements for demolition or dismantling a structure must be recorded in writing before the work begins, under regulation 20 of CDM 2015. The form asks whether the work includes demolition and uses the sequence of work to record those arrangements. It also asks for the construction phase plan reference, which regulation 12 requires before the site is set up.
The briefing section records who briefed the crew and when, any language or format needs, and that the crew has been told to stop and report if the work or conditions change. Each person signs on the phone or tablet, and the form flags fewer signatures than people on the crew. In the SiteSurvey app it works offline.
Review it if the method, the crew, the equipment or the site conditions change, after an incident or near miss, and when the linked risk assessment is revised. The form records a review date, and asks for someone other than the author to check and approve it before it is used.
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