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 |
1140 33 |
1770 52 |
1650 48 |
1040 30 |
2360 69 |
2550 73 |
2010 59 |
2830 83 |
2550 75 |
Carpenters, concrete
painters & light
vehicle drivers % above supply |
990 34 |
1640 57 |
1410 49 |
860 30 |
1960 68 |
2060 72 |
1660 57 |
2340 81 |
2130 74 |
Equipment operators,
repairmen, mechanics
|
885 34 |
1420 160 |
1360 150 |
760 87 |
1800 200 |
1890 210 |
1530 170 |
2140 240 |
1950 220 |
Welders, metal fitters, boilermakers
% above supply |
130 24 |
246 44 |
200 37 |
105 20 |
245 45 |
260 48 |
210 39 |
290 54 |
270 49 |
Riggers, structural
steel erectors
% above supply |
140 52 |
270 100 |
220 83 |
105 40 |
245 90 |
260 96 |
210 77 |
290 108 |
270 99 |
Mechanical specialists
% above supply |
85 135 |
150 20 |
130 210 |
70 115 |
165 260 |
170 275 |
140 220 |
195 310 |
175 280 |
Electrical installers
% above supply |
205 175 |
340 290 |
310 260 |
180 150 |
410 350 |
430 370 |
350 295 |
490 415 |
450 380 |
Accountants, purchasing agents, administrators
% above supply |
275 75 |
430 120 |
410 115 |
250 70 |
570 160 |
600 165 |
490 135 |
680 190 |
620 175 |
Managers, engineers,
superintendents
% 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.