What do you charge for Surveys?

[Gary Prentice]

From the OP;

'I've been offered some work surveying for notable diseases and wondered what prices people charge for the day/hour?'

 

I'm only guessing at the purpose of the survey as being for notifiable diseases. So if would seem to be the sort of thing a warden/ranger might undertake. Not being detrimental to either of these occupations, but the level of qualification just doesn't have to be that high. After all, joe public now knows what to look for on his ash trees (even the ones with berries:lol:)

 

I think more information is required to ascertain a truer job description, before calculating pay levels. The OP is probably too highly qualified for the positions requirements.

 

But, it does sound like a nice position, wandering around looking at trees all day.

[daltontrees]

If it's £200 net, take it. If it's £100, go climb a tree for £130 unless you want the experience and a less physical job. I've doen this sort of thing, and wandering around looking at trees it aint, it can be fast and tiring and you have to be decisive because the client can't be paying for you to pop back to the car to look things up in books too many times.

If you miss a disease or pest and the client loses valuable stock due to something that could have been remedied a tthe point you missed it, you could be liable for commercial losses. So factor in your PI insurance.

[Gary Prentice]

If it's £200 net, take it. If it's £100, go climb a tree for £130 unless you want the experience and a less physical job. I've doen this sort of thing, and wandering around looking at trees it aint, it can be fast and tiring and you have to be decisive because the client can't be paying for you to pop back to the car to look things up in books too many times.

If you miss a disease or pest and the client loses valuable stock due to something that could have been remedied a tthe point you missed it, you could be liable for commercial losses. So factor in your PI insurance.

 

I didn't mean the wandering around part to sound derogatory, so apologies if it came across that way.

[JonnyVine]

If it's £200 net, take it. If it's £100, go climb a tree for £130 unless you want the experience and a less physical job. I've doen this sort of thing, and wandering around looking at trees it aint, it can be fast and tiring and you have to be decisive because the client can't be paying for you to pop back to the car to look things up in books too many times.

If you miss a disease or pest and the client loses valuable stock due to something that could have been remedied a tthe point you missed it, you could be liable for commercial losses. So factor in your PI insurance.

 

Which suggests that a broader knowledge than park warden would be needed.

 

The OP needs to sit and talk with the client and pound out the details, then form a brief, in writing, identifying any limitations which you both sign, then you can arrange the fee, simple!