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What is an Approver?

An Approver reviews and signs off Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) written by internal teams or contractors. When an Author sends a RAMS for acceptance, they select one or more Approvers as reviewers on the job. They can pick Approvers from the organisation that owns the project and from active collaborator organisations.

What does an Approver do?

  • Reviews the whole risk assessment (RA) and method statement (MS).
  • Checks which Intuety suggestions the Author accepted or rejected.
  • Views the RA and MS inside the platform.
  • Starts an audit-proof conversation through comments on both the RA and MS.
  • Sanity-checks the gap analysis to make sure the RA and MS are consistent.
  • Checks flagged safety briefings and lessons learned surfaced by Intuety.
  • Reviews revised versions of RAMS.
  • Accepts or rejects the RAMS using the review form. Required fields only apply when accepting; when rejecting, all fields are optional.

What is the primary reviewer?

Where several reviewers are selected, the primary reviewer has the authority to accept or reject the job and send it back to the Author. Other reviewers contribute feedback. Once the primary reviewer has decided, the review is complete and other reviewers can no longer review it.

What does the Contractor declaration mean for Approvers?

When a contractor submits a RAMS on your project, they must tick the Contractor declaration first. It confirms the RAMS has been through the contractor's own internal review and that the contractor remains responsible for its content and controls. Your review confirms only that the RAMS has been checked against your project requirements and is suitable for use on the project.

What is the benefit?

Approvers save time and can be confident that the RAMS they accept are higher quality: the RA and MS are consistent, and relevant lessons learned and safety briefings have been surfaced.

Can Approvers add contractors?

By default, yes. Approvers can invite contractors into the organisation and add them to projects. A Client Admin can turn this off in Organisation Settings > Options with Approver supply chain access.

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