Cadet Scheme For P-Ng
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Nobody remembers now when the prosperous, long-established but conservative Islands trading firm of W. R. Carpenter last called a Press conference to talk about its affairs —so history of some sort was made in Sydney and Port Moresby in September when the company held simultaneous Press conferences to announce a training scheme for cadet executives in Papua-New Guinea.
IN Sydney, the conference was presided over by Mr. W. R.
Carpenter, associate director of W. R. Carpenter Holdings Ltd.; in Port Moresby by Mr. D. G. Cannon, a director of Pacific Trading Co., Carpenter’s P-NG subsidiary.
Under the scheme. Pacific Trading will train 18 cadet executives from among New Guineans for each of the next three years; further intakes being assessed in the light of ex perience.
The company will pay all educa tional and living expenses during the cadets’ training (which will be fulltime), and make a cash allowance of spending money and give them on-the-job experience during school \acations at standard weekly rates.
No similar scheme is in existence in the Islands.
Six of each year’s intake will be given agricultural training, six will be trained in mechanical engineering and six will do commercial courses.
The agriculture trainees will attend the P-NG Agriculture College near Rabaul, and the mechanical and commercial cadets will be trained at Lae. Cadets who complete their courses will receive certificates or diplomas ranking with similar quali fications in Australia.
Mr. Carpenter said that traint cadets could rise to manageri positions, in the company’s copi cocoa and tea industries, its lerritor wide chain of stores and offices, copra crushing plant and motor wor shops.
“The scheme has been launch because the directors believe loc people should be given the oppc tunity to accept senior responsibili in commercial enterprises,” N Carpenter said.
“The future positions and salari of these trainee executives is limit only by the extent by which they a prepared to work and apply thei selves, and the normal limitatio imposed by personal ability.”
The company is now seeking first group of 18 cadets. Applicai will need to be holders of the Intt mediate Certificate or be amo those who expect to pass tl examination this year.
In Port Moresby, Mr. D.
Cannon, said: “The task of findi 18 suitable youths in competitii with all other employment soun is a formidable one when it realised that probably only 5 youths of Intermediate standard v emerge from Territory schools t year.”