Table 1: Fluor's skill and training estimates - from
Chapter 4:  Labour Market in Papua New Guinea Mining

By:  Benedict Y. Imbun - UPNG Press 2000.

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Table 1: Fluor's skill and training estimates.

The following table cited in "Chapter 4:  Industrial & Employment Relations in the Mining Industry" - book by Benedict Y. Imbun, Papua New Guinea, UPNG Press 2000

Construction workforce requirements, years 1981-89

Skill Classification

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

Manual labour
To be trained
% above supply

1140

33

1770

52

1650

48

1040

30

2360

69

2550

73

2010

59

2830

83

2550

75

Carpenters, concrete painters & light vehicle drivers
To be trained

% above supply

 

 

990

34

 

 

1640

57

 

 

1410

49

 

 

860

30

 

 

1960

68

 

 

2060

72

 

 

1660

57

 

 

2340

81

 

 

2130

74

Equipment operators, repairmen, mechanics
To be trained


% above supply

 

885

34

 

1420

160

 

1360

150

 

760

87

 

1800

200

 

1890

210

 

1530

170

 

2140

240

 

1950

220

Welders, metal fitters, boilermakers
To be trained

% above supply

 

130

24

 

246

44

 

200

37

 

105

20

 

245

45

 

260

48

 

210

39

 

290

54

 

270

49

Riggers, structural steel erectors
To be trained

% above supply

 

140

52

 

270

100

 

220

83

 

105

40

 

245

90

 

260

96

 

210

77

 

290

108

 

270

99

Mechanical specialists
To be trained

% above supply

85

135

150

20

130

210

70

115

165

260

170

275

140

220

195

310

175

280

Electrical installers
To be trained

% above supply

205

175

340

290

310

260

180

150

410

350

430

370

350

295

490

415

450

380

Accountants, purchasing agents, administrators
To be trained

% above supply

 

 

275

75

 

 

430

120

 

 

410

115

 

 

250

70

 

 

570

160

 

 

600

165

 

 

490

135

 

 

680

190

 

 

620

175

Managers, engineers, superintendents
To be trained

% above supply

 

205

45

 

340

75

 

310

70

 

180

40

 

410

70

 

430

45

 

350

85

 

490

110

 

445

100

Source: Fluor Mining and Metals International, 1980:51-2.