Posted By George Wedgwood Be honest with what you can do competently and always try to deliver that extra bit. Starting out will naturally cause a little intrepidation or even stress but once that first job is paid for, you gain respect for yourself and can look forward to shifting up a gear! Be realistic in saying what services you can deliver and always base them on your direct experience so that you are prepared for the client to ask "can you show me some work you did earlier on this?". You could also speak to someone in the Conultancy Specialist Group (see IOSH web pages) and discuss person to person. Remember that it is easy to say 'I can do risk assessment' and when the client asks you to do an assessment for falsework for example, don't be attempted to think 'well it's the same as one for manual handling', if you have never done it before! Hope it goes well, George