British foremen offered $28,000
NZPA London Foremen are being offered $28,500 a year to work on the Marsden Point oil refinery extension in advertisements in Britain. Pay rates for tradesmen are given as about $22,000 for a 48-hour week. The advertisements say that foremen and tradesmen will have their air fares, removal of personal effects to New Zealand, accommodation, and transport paid. Married and single men are being recruited. Tradesmen being offered jobs include boilermakers, welders, rigger-erectors, carpenters, electricians, mechanical fitters, instrument fitters, and scaffolders. They must have a minimum of five years experience after apprenticeship and experience on big hedvy-. construction projects. The advertisements say they must hold fully paid-up union membership.
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Press, 17 April 1982, Page 7
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