Trade-specific guidance
The focus stays on fabrication, workshop welding, site welding, steel erection, deliveries, and the day-to-day coordination issues that make RAMS usable or poor.
Fabora resources
Practical guidance for steelwork teams.
This resource section is written for UK steel fabricators, site welders, steel erectors, and related metalwork businesses. The aim is practical guidance in plain English, linked to real workshop and site delivery issues, without presenting the pages as legal advice.
What this section is for
- Answer practical buyer and project questions clearly
- Point back to current official sources where it helps
- Support better RAMS drafting without overclaiming
These pages are general guidance only. Final review, suitability, and approval remain with the customer's business.
How to use it
Guidance first, sales second
These pages are meant to stand on their own as useful references for workshop work, site welding, RAMS drafting, incident reporting, equipment control, lifting, COSHH review, and hot works coordination. Where Fabora RAMS is linked, it is positioned as a drafting tool, not as a substitute for competent review.
Plain English summaries
Each page is written to answer common buyer and project questions quickly, without turning into generic blog filler or a copied legal note.
Careful positioning
Fabora does not present these pages as legal sign-off. The point is better practical understanding, supported by current official sources where they help.
Resource hub
Current guidance pages
Start with the topic that best matches your immediate question. The pages also cross-link to related guidance and Fabora RAMS where that helps the next step.
RAMS basics
RAMS guide
What RAMS mean in practical terms, who normally uses them, what a workable pack covers, and where steelwork teams often go wrong.
RAMS template
Free RAMS template UK guide
A practical UK RAMS template guide for steel fabrication, site welding, steel erection, and related site-working metal trades.
Method statements
Method statement template
A practical guide to method statement templates for steelwork, welding, steel erection and site installation work.
Welding risk assessment
Welding risk assessment template
A practical welding risk assessment template guide for steel fabrication, site welding, hot works, welding hazards and RAMS preparation.
Toolbox talks
Toolbox talk topics
Practical toolbox talk topics for welding, fabrication, steel erection, hot works, COSHH, lifting, PPE and site work.
Steel fabrication RAMS
Steel fabrication RAMS guide
Practical guidance for UK steel fabrication businesses covering workshop RAMS, site RAMS, hazards, method statements, and job-specific review.
Site welding RAMS
Site welding RAMS guide
Practical guidance for UK site welders and steelwork teams covering hot works, fumes, permits, PPE, fire controls, method steps, and job-specific review.
Steel erection RAMS
Steel erection RAMS guide
Practical guidance for UK steel erectors and steelwork contractors covering lifting, access, work at height, sequencing, temporary stability, and job-specific review.
RAMS software buyer guide
Best RAMS software for steel fabricators
Practical buyer guidance for steelwork businesses comparing editable RAMS software, generic templates, pricing, issue control, and trade fit.
RAMS software comparison
RAMS software comparison
Compare copied RAMS templates, generic RAMS software, full EHS suites, and Fabora RAMS for UK steelwork businesses.
New customers
Getting started guide
A practical first-use path for company setup, reusable libraries, first drafting, internal review, and issue.
Workshop welding
Welding fume and LEV
A practical summary of workshop welding fume control, LEV, extraction setup, maintenance, training, housekeeping, and where RPE still matters.
LEV records
LEV logbook guide
A practical guide to LEV logbooks, registers, inspection records, testing records, corrective actions, and organised extraction asset history.
LEV testing
LEV testing records guide
A practical guide to LEV testing records, thorough examination records, inspection findings, corrective actions, due dates, and asset history.
Welding fume records
Welding fume extraction records
A practical guide to keeping welding fume extraction records organised, including asset IDs, routine checks, LEV testing records, service history, filters, and corrective actions.
Hot works
Hot works permits
Plain-English guidance on hot works permits, welding fire risk controls, fire watch, site welding checks, and how permits connect with RAMS.
RAMS drafting
Workshop RAMS vs site RAMS
Why workshop and site RAMS need different detail, where one generic draft goes wrong, and how trade teams can choose a better starting point.
COSHH
COSHH and consumables
A practical overview of COSHH for steelwork teams dealing with fumes, gases, consumables, cleaners, sprays, and related material handling.
RIDDOR
RIDDOR for steelwork businesses
Current practical guidance on RIDDOR for fabrication shops, site welders, and steel erectors, including reportable categories, record keeping, and common grey areas.
Enforcement
HSE prohibition notice explained
Practical guide to what a prohibition notice means, how it differs from an improvement notice, and what fabrication and welding businesses should do next.
PUWER
PUWER checks for fabrication shops
Practical guide to PUWER for fabrication shops, focused on machinery control, guarding, inspection, maintenance, training, and common warning signs.
LOLER
LOLER and lifting operations
Practical guide to LOLER for steelwork businesses handling beams, fabricated items, slings, chains, hoists, cranes, gantries, and lifting attachments.
Welding basics
Types of welding explained
Plain-English overview of the main welding processes, where they fit, what buyers and supervisors should understand, and how workshop and site use often differ.
Coverage
What the resource section is built around
The coverage is trade-specific by design. It focuses on the drafting and control questions steelwork teams regularly run into across workshop and site delivery.
RAMS drafting
Practical guidance on what RAMS are, who uses them, what makes a pack usable, and why workshop and site drafting often need different starting points.
Workshop controls
Trade-specific material on welding fume, LEV, extraction, housekeeping, workshop supervision, and how those controls should be thought through in practice.
Site delivery and coordination
Guidance on hot works permits, site welding, fire precautions, permits, interfaces, COSHH inputs, and the difference between fixed workshop work and mobile site conditions.
Reporting, machinery, and lifting
Practical material on RIDDOR, HSE notices, PUWER workshop controls, and LOLER lifting expectations for steelwork businesses handling plant, loads, and day-to-day supervision.
Resource FAQ
Short answers on scope and intent
These answers explain how the resource hub is meant to be used and how it relates to the Fabora RAMS product pages.
Are Fabora resource pages legal advice?
No. These pages are practical guidance written for UK steelwork teams. They are meant to help people frame the work properly, but final review, suitability, and approval still stay with the customer's business.
Who are these guides written for?
They are written for UK steel fabricators, site welders, steel erectors, and related metalwork businesses that need practical guidance tied to workshop jobs and live site delivery.
How do these pages relate to Fabora RAMS?
The resource pages explain common RAMS, workshop control, permit, and COSHH topics in plain English. Fabora RAMS is the product page and software route for teams that want to prepare editable RAMS faster with better structure and reusable company content.