# Drone RAMS Example (Risk Assessment & Method Statement) A completed risk assessment and method statement for a drone job on a managed site, free and in full: hazards, control measures and sequence of works. Days before you go anywhere near the site, to the main contractor's site manager or health and safety lead, alongside your insurance and credentials. It is read as an admission document: turn up with it on the day, or hand over a generic hazard list, and you will be refused access. Name the actual site, the actual date and how you will handle overflight of occupied areas. RAMS is the UK and Irish term; elsewhere it is simply a written risk assessment and method statement. - **Written from:** 03 Risk assessment and method statement, in the Drone Business Document Template Pack (https://canfly.io/toolkit/drone-business-documents) - **PDF:** https://canfly.io/samples/canfly-example-rams.pdf --- > This is a worked example, not a real RAMS. Every name and address is invented. It shows how the template reads once the placeholders are filled in and the guidance notes are deleted. ## Risk Assessment and Method Statement *Riverside Phase 2, Plovdiv* - **Reference:** AER-2026-198-RAMS - **Site:** Riverside Phase 2, ul. Maritsa 14, Plovdiv - **Client / principal contractor:** Kestrel Construction - **Activity:** Aerial survey by unmanned aircraft, progress monitoring - **Planned date:** 18 June 2026, 09:00 - 10:30 - **Prepared by:** A. Petrov, remote pilot - **Version:** 1.2, 11 June 2026 --- ### 1. Scope of the activity A single unmanned aircraft will fly a pre-planned photographic pattern over the whole site at 80 m above ground level, taking approximately 45 minutes. One remote pilot and one marshal attend. No flight over occupied areas of the site is planned. ### 2. Personnel | Role | Name | Competency | |---|---|---| | Remote pilot | A. Petrov | A2 certificate of competency, BGR-OP-4471 | | Marshal / observer | D. Kolev | Briefed on the stop signal; no licence required | ### 3. Risk assessment Likelihood 1 rare to 5 almost certain. Severity 1 negligible to 5 catastrophic. Risk is the product. | # | Hazard | Who is at risk | Controls | Risk after | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Loss of control, aircraft descends | Site personnel, public | Flight within VLOS; no overflight of occupied areas; take-off point in the north compound away from access routes; battery monitored with a 25% return reserve | 4 | | 2 | Tower crane oversail | Aircraft, crane operator | Flight coordinated with the crane operator by radio; crane slewed to the park position for the duration; 30 m stand-off from the jib maintained | 3 | | 3 | Site personnel entering the flight area | Site personnel | Marshal at the Zone B access gate; flight paused if anyone enters; toolbox notice posted the day before | 4 | | 4 | Loss of GNSS near the core structure | Aircraft, property | Manual flight competency held; 15 m stand-off from the core; abort and land if position hold degrades | 4 | | 5 | Weather deteriorates in flight | Aircraft, property | Limits in section 5; forecast checked within 2 h of take-off; land on any exceedance | 3 | | 6 | Battery fire | Pilot, site | Batteries transported in fire-resistant bags; no charging on site; extinguisher in the vehicle | 2 | ### 4. Method statement 1. On arrival. Report to D. Kolev at the site office. Site induction already held 2 March 2026. Confirm no conflicting works in Zones A to C. 2. Set-up. Establish the take-off point in the north compound. Position two cones and the warning sign. Brief the marshal on the stop signal. 3. Pre-flight. Confirm airspace status and check for NOTAMs. Check weather against the limits in section 5. Inspect aircraft, propellers and batteries. Confirm firmware, storage and a 120 m return-to-home height. 4. Flight. Maintain visual line of sight throughout. Fly the planned grid at 80 m, then three oblique orbits. Maintain the stand-offs in section 3. Monitor battery and signal continuously. 5. Interruption. Cease the pattern, hold or land, and do not resume until the condition clears. Triggers: any person entering the area, any aircraft in the vicinity, any weather exceedance. 6. Post-flight. Land, power down, confirm imagery captured, remove all equipment and signage. Report completion to D. Kolev. ### 5. Flight limits | Parameter | Limit | |---|---| | Maximum wind | 9 m/s including gusts | | Precipitation | None | | Minimum visibility | 5,000 m, and VLOS maintained | | Maximum height | 80 m AGL | | Minimum distance to uninvolved people | 30 m | | Minimum battery on landing | 25% | ### 6. Emergency arrangements | Situation | Action | |---|---| | Flyaway or loss of link | Return-to-home engages at 120 m. If unresponsive, note last position and heading, inform D. Kolev and the Bulgarian CAA | | Injury | First aid by the site first aider at the welfare cabin; emergency services on 112 | | Aircraft strikes a structure | Land immediately, make the area safe, photograph, notify Kestrel the same day | | Fire | Site procedure; do not attempt to move a burning battery | - **Site contact:** D. Kolev, +359 88 000 0000 - **Nearest A&E:** UMBAL Plovdiv, bul. Peshtersko shose 66 - **Emergency services:** 112 - **Operator emergency contact:** A. Petrov, +359 88 000 0001 ### 7. Acknowledgement | | Name | Signature | Date | |---|---|---|---| | Prepared by | A. Petrov | A. Petrov | 11/06/2026 | | Briefed to | D. Kolev | D. Kolev | 18/06/2026 | | Accepted by (site) | M. Ivanova | M. Ivanova | 12/06/2026 | ### Operator details - **Operator:** Petrov Aerial Surveys EOOD - **UAS operator registration:** BGR-OP-4471 - **Remote pilot:** A. Petrov - A2 certificate of competency - **Insurance:** Lev Insurance, policy 88-2211-04, limit EUR 2,000,000 --- *EXAMPLE DOCUMENT.* --- **Citing this page:** canfly?, “Drone RAMS Example (Risk Assessment & Method Statement)”, https://canfly.io/toolkit/examples/drone-rams-example. canfly? aggregates the official UAS geographical zones that EU and EEA states publish under Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Article 15. It is not an air-traffic or flight-authorisation service; critical flights must be confirmed against the national authority.