Posted By Little Helper Hello all I have a couple of questions for the wiser ladies and gents. 1) I am considering going self-employed at sometime in the near future and am therefore collecting as much information from the net as possible, i.e. Clipart, example risk assessments, teaching notes and policy documents etc. If I like certain parts of certain documents etc and therefore cut and paste to create my own final templates which may consist the clipart from one source and the notes from another, is this breaching copyright when its downloaded from the Net?. For example Manual Handling: I have downloaded a number of pictures, example risk assessments, notes and the sorts. My aim is to create better looking and more user freindly templates for use in the future. I ask this question due to the fact that safety consultant has previously told me its quite ok to do so. I want to make sure they were not misleading me. 2)What sort of advice can anyone give to someone when starting out on such a venture? 3)Would I need to register with a certification body when doing training or are some training sessions profitable without third party certification and have little effect on insurance premiums or requirements?. Is there a safety Information Exchange on the web that I can't find or should there be one?. Please Please Please help. Thanks Sarah Whilst I respect the views of others on both sides of the arguments I dont want to get embroiled in discussions about spelling, ethics etc. I am just trying to Improve my documents and make a living like everyone else. And hopefully in the future improve someones working conditions.

Posted By David J Jones Little Helper, My understanding is that anything posted, or available, on the 'net is in the public domain and, as such, is freely available for use unless otherwise stated. Jeff has mentioned in his response ackowledgement of source, this is never a bad idea. Regards David

Posted By Michael Nixon There is some free to use clipart on www.mohsg.org.uk Best of luck.