Hello, I`m self employed, I work most of the time for a company in suffolk ( i live in london ) I drive up to suffolk to collect their van ( i get no renumeration for doing this, no fuel expenses, I dont even get paid for the day i spend driving up to suffolk) I travel the country selling their products at shows & events. The van stays with me for 75% of the year & they pay the fuel I invoice on a weekly basis per show I am considered by them to be A Sub Contractor I pay my own NI & Tax According to their Risk Assessment all employees need to have Manual Handling BUT I`m not an employee Am i obliged to do this course ?