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Hello friends.

I have been asked to provide a quote on an hourly rate to teach/tutor some novices on some basic photographic techniques. A small group (up to 6 people). Novices bring their own equipment and the company provides a set number of topics and a manuals/handouts for the students. Teaching would be for a few hours a day on weekends. I would be demonstrating the set techniques, and giving a few pearls of photgraphy wisdom.

Im interested to hear what you guys think is a reasonable ball-park figure for casual gigs like this.

Obviously rates will vary with the experience and skill of the photographer, but try to envisage that the photographer in question (me) is of reasonable standard of photography, has completed some paid assignments and has a few years of experience under the belt.

Interested to hear your thoughts please

Cheers
Steve

For 6 persons on a casual basis about $45 for 2 or 3 hours on a weekend would be cheap for the students and give you some pocket money. If it's over 2 days then double it.

plumbers charge $65+GST, Electricians near $90+GST, i think somewhere in between is ok.

MattK, do you mean per hour, or per person?

I would assume $45 per person per session?

Per person if the students are paying you directly. You could charge more if you are experienced at teaching photography...It all depends at the level of training they expect. However...if the company is paying you then go for $145 an hour or thereabouts.

Oz_Beachside wrote:plumbers charge $65+GST, Electricians near $90+GST, i think somewhere in between is ok.

Too many renovations this week Bruce?

Thanks guys for your feedback on the going rate. It will be a few more years before I am teaching my masteclasses (when I can charge whatever I want) but im working towards it.

Other people please continue to feel free to post you estimates

Thanks
Steve

If you were teaching at a training college you would be getting between $45 and $65 per hour for your face to face time.
Regards Colin

colin_12 wrote:If you were teaching at a training college you would be getting between $45 and $65 per hour for your face to face time.
Regards Colin

And he would also need to hold an accreditation. I'm not trying to put anyone down ... merely making an observation, as I'm looking at getting a training accreditation myself in the not too distant future.

45/perso sounds reasonable to me.

gstark wrote:

colin_12 wrote:If you were teaching at a training college you would be getting between $45 and $65 per hour for your face to face time.
Regards Colin

And he would also need to hold an accreditation. I'm not trying to put anyone down ... merely making an observation, as I'm looking at getting a training accreditation myself in the not too distant future.

45/perso sounds reasonable to me.

No problemo - What accrediation are you looking into Gary?

Teaching, training ...

There's one that you need to get in order to be able to run accredited courses. I'm thinking that would be useful in terms of the training that I know some of my community radio colleagues .... need .... and that that could be a possible fundraiser for the station as well.

It deals with developing courseware and learning outcomes ... Lindy knows what the course is - she's had to do it for her own work - and I need to find out more info, but it's something that I should probably do.

A little off topic for OP but...
I think the minimum qualification you may be talking about is Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. I did it last year online through our local TAFE. Had a few face to face sessions and had to video some workshops I ran (counselling related). The cost was around $2k (work paid). It was a lot more involved/time consuming than I hoped- it actually went into a lot of unrelated stuff for me- like developing units of competency etc but the feedback from my presentations was really helpful. Also gave me a good understanding of the different learning styles- visual, auditory, doing (kinaesthetic) etc. Well worth it.

Just to throw some numbers into the equation..

I did a composition course with a local pro a few weeks back..

He works for the local paper and had quite a few years in the army as a tog... He knows his stuff.

The course was run through our local art gallery and it was $25 per person for a about 3 hours on a saturday.

The course was capped at 15 people.

He does one on ones at $100 an hour, slightly better than I make in town as a tradesman..

Drop Adame a line, he runs local courses for the Tafe in his home town I am pretty sure?

I will be seeing him tomorrow at the Monarto shoot and will ask.