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(3) The contract was a renewal of an existing contract which had commenced on 20 April 1993.
(4) The $6,000 has now been fully expended
(5) Mr Fernando has been physically located for the entire period of the contract in the section within which he has been employed. As such he has had direct, one on one, supervision. This has enabled his performance to be continually monitored.
(6) Tenders were not sought for the contract. In early 1993 the Red Cross Society, through their organisation Red Cross Involve, approached the Land Information Office (LIO), amongst other employers, with a view to finding employment for Mr Fernando and other people on their books. Mr Fernando graduated in Applied Science, majoring in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, from the University of Canberra in 1992 and had, until that time, been unable to find employment. It-was apparent that Mr Fernandos technical background could be of some benefit in the work being performed by this office. Mr Fernando consequently commenced work experience on the 9 February 1993 under the auspices of the Red Cross and at no expense to this office. As a consequence of his ability and enthusiasm it was decided to twice extend his initial appointment.
At the completion of almost two months work, it was apparent that, with the shortage of in house resources and the quantity of work to be performed, it would be sensible to employ Mr Fernando as a contractor. He consequently commenced work as a contractor on 20 April 1993. A number of other unemployed people operating under this Red Cross scheme have also been given work experience opportunities for various lengths of time, by the Land Information office.
(7) Mr Fernandos initial employment was brought about by the approach by the Red Cross Involve organisation, on his behalf, for work experience. His subsequent employment as a contractor was brought about by his demonstration of computing skills required in the section, enthusiasm for the type of work within the section and his ability to process a number of different tasks, with little training required. His employment has helped solve the problem of insufficient in house staffing resources for the work of the section.
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