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Contact with FIQ during field work period 8.10
The foregoing instructions provide guidance on how to deal with the major and most
common situations to be met in the field. The staff in Field Branch are always
a =ilable for advice on any cases not cowered by the instructions. It is
permissible to telephone for advice if the matter is urgent. Otherwise, a letter
addressed to the appropriate person will be answered by return post.
FIELO AND OFFICE TRAINING 8.11
Training before the briefinq
Although your nain training on the FES comes at the initial briefing we also expect
you to do some preliminary work on your own before the briefing. In admnce of
your first briefing on the FES you will be sent a training tepe. IT IS ESSENTIAL
THAT You W3FX THROUGH THE TAPE PRIOR TO THE BRIEFING.
It IMY also help to do a dunury interview with a friend or relative for practice.
Before coming to the briefing write out an introduction or at least a list of
points you would include and bring it to the briefing for discussion and practice.
The briefing will include practical sessions on interviewing, introducing the
survey, response, background and uses of the sur my.
Training Officers are out in the field, continuously observing and supervising work
in progress. Each interviewer is trained to handle the Family Expenditure SurWY
in the first instance, by being accompanied on some placing, checking and
collection calls. A follow up obsermtion is usually made on the 3rd full quota.
Please telephone the field officer if you are allocated your 3rd quota very late or
ha= not been contacted by a field trainer so that necessary arrangements can be
made. Thereafter, field supervision occurs periodically and at very little notice.
It can also be given if asked for by an inter viewer at any other time.
First quota with trainers
Before your trainer joins you, transfer your address labels to your notebook, one
to a double page. A pre-printed notebook will be sent with your materials.
Prepare a list of points to include in your introduction - ie purpose of FES and
some of its uses as discussed at the briefing.
Check which rates offices you ha% to visit to collect the rateable values for the
allocated area.
HEADQUARTERS
Contact as follows: -
Your regional office - for any matters related to availability or non-availability
and acceptance of quota and briefing dates, issues related to work progress,
extensions to field period for late contact on quota, weekend work.
Field officer for the survey - for advice on matters of definition or procedure for
this survey, together with queries on general interviewing methods.
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