From North Lincolnshire Council
People will be able to apply for a new round of jobs from 4 January 2011 to help with the running of the 2011 Census. Capita, on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, is looking to recruit 35,000 people across the country to help compile the 2011 Census.
There are a wide variety of jobs available, including full and part time, so many can be fitted around full time work or other commitments people might have.
The new jobs open for applications from Tuesday 4 January 2011 include Census Coverage Survey Regional Managers, Census Coverage Survey Team Managers, Census Coverage Survey Interviewers, Non compliance coordinators, Non compliance officers and Non compliance assistants.
People can find out more about the different jobs and apply online by visiting www.censusjobs.co.uk
The census is an estimate of all the people living in the UK. It takes place every 10 years and asks everyone the same questions on the same day to give a complete picture of the nation.
This information is used to estimate the likely number of people and households in each area for the next 10 years. The next census is planned for 27 March 2011.
Cllr Mark Kirk, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: “The Census is a mammoth undertaking and hundreds of extra workers are needed to help complete it.
"It tells us how many people are living in the UK and what types of services they are likely to need now and over the next ten years.
“This information helps us and the Government allocate funds, decide future policy and plan important services such as transport, housing, health and schools.”
NF adds: Fingers crossed that bad weather doesn't coincide with the Census. By the way, we've had a collection of mail in our part of Brigg today and contractors have been out tackling the snow and ice on Cary Lane - our main bus route. At long last!
Count me in!
ReplyDeleteJust had an amusing thought of wot would happen it the census was undertaken using the ancient Australian Aboriginal numerical system.
Such a numerical was simple; numbers ascended from 1, 2, to 'Lots'.
Under such a hypothical census, the government would spend 'lots' on money to establish there were 'lots' of people living in the UK.
Locally, Nige's Blog would show that 'lots' of folks visit Brigg Blog and that this month's record could show a bigger 'lot' than last month's 'lot'.
We may think that the simple act of counting is elementary - but it had to evolve.
Try adding up using Roman Numerals, for example.
The number Zero has had a mixed history; Babylonians had a 0, the Chinese just left blanks, but the Greeks were confused and questioned how 0 could be a number.
The Hindus and Arabs successfully used 0 in place values at least 500/600 years before it was introduced into Britain in the C13th.
And finally, if the sum 5 + 4 + 4 = 2 2, is correct, what numerical units are being counted?
Can't count;
ReplyDeleteIt should read '5 + 4 + 4 = 2 1'