daily rate?

[michael larder]

PPE/ equipment, tickets , fuel, vehicle, tax - throw that at him

yea i will. i think that 80 is fair considering that i'm 25 ,have all the tickets to do the job, drive and pretty much work my backside off. just hope he will cos im really happy working with him ,he has taught me alot and is a really sound guy to be honest.

[Paul Cleaver]

I'm only 18 though!

 

no harm in looking at other companies and seeing if they will offer more and no harm in setting up a web site and mustering some work for yourself that way

[Paul Cleaver]

yea i will. i think that 80 is fair considering that i'm 25 ,have all the tickets to do the job, drive and pretty much work my backside off. just hope he will cos im really happy working with him ,he has taught me alot and is a really sound guy to be honest.

 

if your really happy working with him - that does count for something too -

[michael larder]

if your really happy working with him - that does count for something too -

yea i suppose so

[deezyboy]

im 21, saws, climbing kit, lowering kit, tickets, insurance, 3 years experience, do my own private weekend work as self employed, work 5 days a week for 2 different companies in Devon, on £60 a day for both of them! one has said if I switch and work 3 days a week for him (and 2 days a week for the other bloke) he will give me a £4 a day increase!!

[Scott Walker]

im 21, saws, climbing kit, lowering kit, tickets, insurance, 3 years experience, do my own private weekend work as self employed, work 5 days a week for 2 different companies in Devon, on £60 a day for both of them! one has said if I switch and work 3 days a week for him (and 2 days a week for the other bloke) he will give me a £4 a day increase!!

 

That sounds pretty poor to be honest, I think you should be on a minimum of £100 per day. When I first started I was on £85.00 grounding and £115 climbing and that was 8-9 years ago.

 

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[Marc]

im 21, saws, climbing kit, lowering kit, tickets, insurance, 3 years experience, do my own private weekend work as self employed, work 5 days a week for 2 different companies in Devon, on £60 a day for both of them! one has said if I switch and work 3 days a week for him (and 2 days a week for the other bloke) he will give me a £4 a day increase!!

 

That's bad, your not doing yourself or others in the industry any favours working at that rate. Do you use your own lowering kit for others or your own use?

 

I only use my own climbing kit and climbing saw, I also do not have insurance when working for others on an ad hoc self employed basis.

[philip2011]

£50 per day £250 for the week take off 20% for tax leaves you with £200 then for example you do 40 hour week you are working for £5 P/H that i do believe is less than Min wage i personally work for £80 per day with kit

[ballibeg]

Folk pay tax on minimum wage as well.

[CJM]

That sounds pretty poor to be honest, I think you should be on a minimum of £100 per day. When I first started I was on £85.00 grounding and £115 climbing and that was 8-9 years ago.

 

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Things haven't really changed my day rate is £100 (mates) to £200 but my normal rate is between £120-140 I'm an experienced climber With 8 years behind me 5 of which I was a team leader at a big firm. If prices go up my date rate will go up. I'm actually leaving this freelancing business for a while and becoming employed. I usually make around £550-690 per week but take off tax, NI, repairs to saws (chains/bars are a big one), replace bit of climbing kit and PPE, also the time I'm not working and sending off invoices also planning for days off which you won't be paid for, chasing money owed and being expected to to dismantle the world in one day it's just not worth my while

 

I budget around £30 a week for replacement parts for my saws/PPE & climbing kit. You never know what's going to happen but what I do know is a pair of pants and boot will last around 12 months and divide the cost up it works out at around £7 per week

Edited February 23, 2014 by CJM