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Title: Issues on field operations: Field staff recruitment and training


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Issues on field operationsField staff
recruitment and training
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I. Field staff recruitment
  • Large number of staff required for few weeks
  • ? Recruitment campaign
  • Objective of the recruitment exercise
  • Recruit staff1. capable of undertaking the
    duties
  • 2. in sufficient numbers for all geographic areas

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I. Field staff recruitment
  • The quality of the recruitment campaign will
    affect the quality of the census data
  • ? A good recruitment campaign is a necessary
    condition to guaranteea successful census

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I. Field staff recruitment
  • 1. Who do you need to recruit?
  • Roles and responsibilities of field staff at
    different levels should be clearly defined in
    advance
  • Enumerators/interviewers
  • Supervisors
  • Regional managers

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I. Field staff recruitment
  • 2. Determining the staff number
  • Number depends on basis of enumerations and
    structure of workforce
  • Bottom-up approach
  • 1. Establish number of enumerators required
  • 2. Establish number of supervisors required
  • and so on
  • Reserve staff should be planned at all levels

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I. Field staff recruitment
  • 3. Recruitment strategies
  • Recruitment campaign
  • Direct appointment
  • school teachers
  • heads of villages

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I. Field staff recruitment
  • 4. Publicity for recruitment campaign
  • Targeted towards potential applicants
  • Media and methods depend on target groups
  • Use established networks of workers
  • Use community networks
  • Support of other government agencies
  • ?Special attention needed
  • where shortage of applicants could be expected
  • if enumerators from various ethnic groups are
    needed

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II. Field staff training
  • After having recruited field staff, adequate
    training should be provided
  • ? Field staff training is a key factor to achieve
    a high level of quality in the census outcome

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II. Field staff training
  • 1. Objective of field staff training
  • Field staff should be trained on
  • The importance of their duties
  • How their efforts fit into overall census goals
  • The way to undertake their duties
  • Specific issues such as confidentiality

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II. Field staff training
  • 2. Timing of training
  • Training should be delivered as close as possible
    to the time at which it is to be used

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II. Field staff training
  • 3. Training strategies
  • Cascade principle
  • Each level in the hierarchy trains the level
    below
  • ? At all levels, need to train on how to train!
  • ? Number of layers should be small
  • Master trainers
  • Persons are appointed to train staff in a
    geographical area
  • ? Important to ensure consistency of training

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II. Field staff training
  • 4. Training material
  • Should be carefully developed to ensure a
    consistent approach to enumeration
  • Use of videos may ensure homogeneity of training
    outputs
  • ?Take in consideration language diversity when
    relevant

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II. Field staff training
  • 5. Training enumerators and supervisors
  • Combination of
  • Home study exercises
  • Questionnaires completed before classroom
    training
  • Classroom training sessions
  • More time needed for interview-based census
  • On-the-job training (for enumerators)
  • Supervisor accompany enumerators visiting a few
    households
  • Weakest enumerators can be identified

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II. Field staff training
  • 6. Training of senior staff
  • Senior staff and regional managers should also be
    well trained
  • ? This should result in a higher level of
    understanding also by those in lower positions

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  • Reference material on field staff recruitment,
    remuneration and training
  • Handbook on Census Management for Population
    and Housing Censuses Chapter III sections B, C
    (pages 90-103)

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  • Field staff recruitment and training
  • Questions?
  • Problems?
  • Useful experiences?
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