diff --git a/app/models/form_item.rb b/app/models/form_item.rb
index fc7f5d5d3a..efcb1300fd 100644
--- a/app/models/form_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/form_item.rb
@@ -105,25 +105,6 @@ class FormItem < ApplicationRecord
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :skip_rules, allow_destroy: true
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :constraints, allow_destroy: true
 
-  def self.rank_gaps?
-    SqlRunner.instance.run("
-      SELECT id FROM form_items fi1
-      WHERE fi1.rank > 1 AND NOT EXISTS (
-        SELECT id FROM form_items fi2
-        WHERE fi2.ancestry = fi1.ancestry AND fi2.rank = fi1.rank - 1)
-    ").any?
-  end
-
-  def self.duplicate_ranks?
-    SqlRunner.instance.run("
-      SELECT ancestry, rank
-      FROM form_items
-      WHERE ancestry is NOT NULL AND ancestry != ''
-      GROUP BY ancestry, rank
-      HAVING COUNT(id) > 1
-    ").any?
-  end
-
   def self.terminate_sub_relationships(form_item_ids)
     Form.where(root_id: form_item_ids).update_all(root_id: nil)
     SkipRule.where(source_item_id: form_item_ids).delete_all
diff --git a/lib/tasks/form_rank_helpers.rake b/lib/tasks/form_rank_helpers.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca64137005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/form_rank_helpers.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+namespace :rank do
+  # be rails rank:audit
+  desc "Audits form rank data globally."
+  task :audit, [:this_is_required_to_load_sql_for_some_reason] => :environment do
+    puts rank_gaps.any? ?
+           "Uh oh, there are rank gaps before each of these FormItems:" :
+           "Good, there are no rank gaps."
+    rank_gaps.map do |row|
+      id = row["id"]
+      form_item = FormItem.includes(:mission, :form).find(id)
+      puts "#{form_item.code}\tRank #{form_item.rank}\tMission #{form_item.mission.name}\tForm #{form_item.form.name}"
+    end
+    puts
+
+    puts duplicate_ranks.any? ?
+           "Uh oh, there are duplicate ranks for each of these FormItems:" :
+           "Good, there are no duplicate ranks."
+    duplicate_ranks.map do |row|
+      ancestry = row["ancestry"]
+      form_item = FormItem.includes(:mission, :form).find_by(ancestry: ancestry)
+      puts "#{form_item.code}\tRank #{form_item.rank}\tMission #{form_item.mission.name}\tForm #{form_item.form.name}"
+    end
+    puts
+  end
+
+  # be rails rank:redo[FORM_ID]
+  desc "Re-ranks all form items in a given form."
+  task :redo, [:form_id] => :environment do |_, args|
+    form_id = args[:form_id]
+    form = Form.find_by(id: form_id)
+    unless form
+      puts "Form ID not found: '#{form_id}'."
+      next
+    end
+
+    puts "Re-ranking #{form.descendants.count} descendants..."
+    ranks = {}
+    FormItem.where(form: form).ordered_by_ancestry_and(:rank).each do |form_item|
+      next if form_item.depth.zero? # This is the root node.
+      ranks[form_item.ancestry] ||= 0
+      ranks[form_item.ancestry] += 1
+      puts "#{form_item.full_dotted_rank}: #{form_item.rank} => #{ranks[form_item.ancestry]}"
+      form_item.update!(rank: ranks[form_item.ancestry])
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def rank_gaps
+  SqlRunner.instance.run("
+      SELECT id FROM form_items fi1
+      WHERE fi1.rank > 1 AND NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT id FROM form_items fi2
+        WHERE fi2.ancestry = fi1.ancestry AND fi2.rank = fi1.rank - 1)
+    ")
+end
+
+def duplicate_ranks
+  SqlRunner.instance.run("
+      SELECT ancestry, rank
+      FROM form_items
+      WHERE ancestry is NOT NULL AND ancestry != ''
+      GROUP BY ancestry, rank
+      HAVING COUNT(id) > 1
+    ")
+end