Posted By Blue Alan (I may know you). Prices are usually qouted per service or per day's work done for the client. For a basic policy, the key wording would already be created and some elements would need to be inserted for the client (for how often they wish a review their policy / their risk assessments, who the first aid personnel are, how often for fire drills, whether PAT or not, whether to test fire extinguishers or not, how often training will be done, staff meetings, reporting accidents, maintenance, etc, etc). I charge £650 - £800 per day / service and depends on a range of factors. If you are who I think you are, you know the script inside out and back to front, but apologies of not. B

Posted By Crim If you look at INDG259 there is a template for a small company to do their own health and safety policy - free of charge. That is what I recommended to a client earlier this week. In my opinion if a company wants to pay for my services I will estimate for a hourly rate but as I can not be sure how long any job will take it is an "estimate". I try to help people to help themselves hence my advice as above. I think the client may get back to me and ask me to do the h&s policy for them but if not at least I have been honest and can sleep at night. I also advise them to do their own risk assessments but this particular client wants me to do them as he is too busy, no problem to me, I am happy to oblige. My hourly rate is usually £35.00 plus any out of pocket expenses and mileage. I have a client that pays me £447.50 for a site visit no matter where that may be. It may be hundreds of miles and involve an overnight stay or a visit 20 minutes from my home address. Two exttremes for you to consider.

Posted By AHS £350 to £400 a day outside London.

Posted By Peter F. I'd like to know, you get the work?

Posted By Brian Horrocks See the thread 'So what are you worth' on the careers pages Or should I say 'lack of careers help pages'

Posted By Raymond Rapp Despite what people think they may be worth there is a market price which will dictate what they can reasonably charge. Hence there is little worth in comparing ourselves with solicitors, accountants or cleaners come to that. Following an irate client who thought my hourly rate was excessive, I was advised by a colleague not too quote an hourly rate but to price the job. However, it is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, until you know exactly what needs to be done. The bottom line is that clients do not like paying for what they generally see as no real benefit to them, particularly SMEs. I am currently working on a full-time project and hence my hourly rate is dictated to some degree by the agency that employed me and the client. For work outside that project I charge more, a 'ball park' figure would be £50 per hour. I always find it difficult to reconcile the exact hours anyway. Ray

Posted By C. Wright I have a friend who is a locksmith who charges £120 plus hourly charge of £28 plus any costs for a lock out (opening a locked door) he got called out on a job a while ago where the client complained about the cost, he explained the other options a) break the door which would cost at least twice that plus fitting cost if you can get a builder out at short notice, b)drill out the high security lock, if you know where to drill without mashing up the workings and making it even harder to get it open then having to call out a locksmith who will charge extra for making the job more difficult or c) pay a skilled locksmith the industry accepted rate to open the door without damaging it. paying a competent consultant is not cheap but nor are the penalties if the worst happens

Posted By steve e ashton There have been several previous threads discussing the (sometimes vexed) question of consultancy charging rates: for one of the best see http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...iew&forum=1&thread=10908 and adjust all rates for the three year lapse. There is no one answer - as a search of these threads will confirm! Steve

Posted By Crim Can you say bar steward on this forum? I once had a response blocked out for using a 4 letter word with the two middle letters disguised. And it did not begin with f!

Posted By Crim Cliff, isn't it funny that your response has been deleted and mine is still in, and I used the same words as you ha ha ha

Posted By Crim Doh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!