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VACANCIES—PROFESSIONAL OTAGO CATCHMENT BOARD ENGINEERING STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for the position of Senior Engineer’s Assistant or Clerk of Works with the Board at Balclutha. Duties are primarily contract earthwork and other contract supervision on the Board’s Lower Clutha Flood Control Scheme, but the position is a permanent one. The salary • for a permanent employee will be according to the Board’s salary scale depending on qualifications and experience but consideration may be given to' a three-year term Of employment on a contract basis, at a higher rate of remuneration. Conditions of Appointment and Schedule of Duties may be obtained from the undersigned. Applications close on February 19, 1969. A. J. GILLIES, Chief Engineer. P.O. Box 858, DUNEDIN. 3288 SHELL OIL NEW ZEALAND, LTD The following, positions are available with Shell Oil New Zealand, limited. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for positions in the Agricultural Chemicals Division. Responsibilities include field testing of new products and advisory work on the use Of Shell agricultural chemicals. These positions offer interesting and rewarding opportunities to men wishing to use their knowledge in a technical or technical/commercial field and in assisting in the achievement of greater primary production in New Zealand. The Shell Group of companies, although best known for “oil” products, is also a leading manufacturer and marketer of agricultural chemicals- Extensive research has resulted in the introduction of a number of outstanding products in this field and others will soon be reaching the market. In New Zealand. Shell offers a comprehensive range of formulated agricultural chemicals for crop, pasture and livestock use and markets these through a countrywide network of appointed distributors. Shell also supplies technical materials to other manufacturers. Preference will be given to applicants with a degree in agricultural science or a good diploma in agriculture. Each successful applicant will be well paid and eligible to join an excellent pension fund. Arrangements will be made for him to own and run a new car where this is required to carry out his duties . PLASTICS REPRESENTATIVE Enquiries are invited from men interested in an appointment as a Plastics Representative. The Shell Group of companies, although best know for oil products, is also of the largest and oldest established manufacturers and marketers of chemicals. In New Zealand Shell is particularly interested in the rapidly expanding field of plastics. LOCATION: To be stationed in Auckland and to cover the Auckland area in particular. Visits to Wellington and other main cities will be necessary from time to time. DUTIES: After specialised training the successful applicant will be engaged in thermo-plastics marketing and technical service support to plastics manufacturers with special emphasis on polypropylene. QUALIFICATIONS: A degree in the sciences or a technical qualification is desirable. Previous experience in the plastics industry would be a definite advantageSALARY: The successful applicant will be paid a good salary according to his qualifications on ability and will be eligible to join a generous pension fund. Arrangements can be made for him to own and run a new car. GRADUATES IN CHEMISTRY Graduate chemists are employed on quality control and technical service work at the Shell Central Laboratory in Wellington and also in the marketing of Shell industrial chemical products throughout New Zealand. Applications are now invited for positions in both of these fields. The Central Laboratory is staffed by both graduates and technicians. It is the graduates’ responsibility to ensure that Shell’s wide range of petroleum products, including fuels, lubricants, industrial chemicals, detergents, agricultural chemicals, insecticides, bituminous materials, waxes, plastics, etc., meet constantly improving quality requirements. Technical service work is also carried out to enable customers to use Shell products to maximum advantage. Original research is not a principal function of this laboratory but the technical staff are required to adapt the results of Shell's widespread research overseas to local manufacturing and marketing. The laboratory is fully equipped for these purposes and includes a reference library of scientific and technical publications. The specialist chemists concerned with marketing usually benefit from preliminary training in the Central Laboratory but thereafter they may be stationed in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. Each man, selected for his technical knowledge, commercial ability and personal qualities, covers a specific group of industries or products, and provides customers and other Shell staff with specialised advice in the effective sale and application of Shell industrial chemicals. This work appeals to those who enjoy travelling and meeting people, and who can respond to the challenge of a highly competitive and rapidly developing market. Whether the chemist prefers the complex field of applied chemistry in the laboratory or the commercial opportunities in the industrial market, he has the same prospects for advancement in a vigorous world-wide .organisation with an assured future, offering conditions of employment at least comparable to those of other leading employers. A good degree in chemistry is an essential starting qualification. The successful applicants will be fully employed at the earliest opportunity on duties appropriate to their talents and energies. Enquiries should be addressed to: Staff Manager, Shell Oil New Zealand, Limited, Shell House, The Terrace, P.O. BOX 2091, WELLINGTON. Telephone: 45-060. OR Shell House, Albert Street, P.O. BOX 1084, AUCKLAND. Telephone: 78-880. OR St Elmo Courts, Hereford Street, P.O. BOX 2095, CHRISTCHURCH. Telephone:62-939. 3279 “senior mechanical ’ ENGINEER PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY, D.5.1.R., LOWER HUTT THE LABORATORY plays a special role in providing the manufacturing industry with the scientific and technical resources which it requires. The Mechanical Engineering Division develops new methods, new ' tools, and new products for New Zealand industry and is backed up by the Electrical. Electronics and Physics Divisions of the Laboratory. It is essential that the successful applicant be a man of first-class ability and technical imagination so that he can provide an effective liaison between science and industry. He must appreciate the value of basic research as well an applied research, as some of the Sections that will be under his control have an advanced basic research programme. The position is suitable for an engineer or an applied physicist. Salary up to $6380 with provision for further advancement on merit. Enquiries may be addressed to:—The Director, Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Private Bag, Lower HuttApplications close on February 12, 1969, with the Secretary, State Service Commission, Box 8004, Wellington. Applicants should preferably use form PSI7A obtainable from Post Offices, and should enclose copies only of testimonials and quote vacancy number 4140. Assistance towards expenses will be given to married man required to move his household. 3256