Make sure you have indemnity insurance before you undertake any advisory work - just to be on the safe side

Hi

its the question of how long is a piece of string .

First decide on your basic hourly rate , i.e what you need to make it worth your while , then factor in your overheads, i.e liabilty insurance , mileage , stationary , hotel costs , food etc .

after that its really making an assessment of the scale of the job and then doing the multiplication.

only the client will tell you if your quote is competitive.

Very harsh Chris.

Davejnr, if you already charge for manual handling training then you probably have a good start as to rates. If that is just part of your day job and you only train in-house for your employer, then the words from those posters above are spot-on.

The reason I write though is that if you already have a day job, and these RA's are for pocket money, double-check that your current contract allows you to do the work (many don't allow secondary working these days and it would be a shame to run into trouble for a few quid).