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I've been reading some posts on pricing and now I'm just a tad lost as a lot of the posts are a couple years old, so I just wanted to fresh bit of advice.
Some of you are, and others are not aware of my endeavours but in a nutshell I'm still pretty wet behind the ears in terms on experience. I'm currently working with an engineer/firm on an unofficial apprenticeship-kind-of-thing - basically I go out on my own once or twice a week and do simple maintenance jobs, the rest of the time I'm helping out other engineers.
I also want to go out on my own at weekends to earn my own money and to get some experience for myself but I've no idea what to charge. I'm obviously not going to charge the going rate since I'm still a newbie, but I also don't want to lose money.
I was thinking £30 callout & first hour, £20 per hour after that. Is that too much/little? Or should I just price work individually and forget the hourly rate?
Any advice would be grand as I'm going to get some business cards/leaflets printed up with the price on it.
Some of you are, and others are not aware of my endeavours but in a nutshell I'm still pretty wet behind the ears in terms on experience. I'm currently working with an engineer/firm on an unofficial apprenticeship-kind-of-thing - basically I go out on my own once or twice a week and do simple maintenance jobs, the rest of the time I'm helping out other engineers.
I also want to go out on my own at weekends to earn my own money and to get some experience for myself but I've no idea what to charge. I'm obviously not going to charge the going rate since I'm still a newbie, but I also don't want to lose money.
I was thinking £30 callout & first hour, £20 per hour after that. Is that too much/little? Or should I just price work individually and forget the hourly rate?
Any advice would be grand as I'm going to get some business cards/leaflets printed up with the price on it.