The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) started today (18) the face-to-face training course for the more than 180,000 classified to work in the 2022 Census. This training is the final part of the simplified selection process for census takers and will take place in thousands of locations spread across almost all municipalities in the country, throughout this week. The next step will be the start of home visits on August 1st.
The state coordinator of IBGE training in Rio de Janeiro, Maria Bernadete de Almeida Sanches, explained that census takers are receiving training on the questions of the census questionnaires, on how to approach residents, work path and how to reach their entire census sector. .
“The census taker is being trained on how to approach the resident, how he will introduce himself to the resident, explaining what the census and the IBGE are,” said the coordinator. “The census takers will arrive in uniform, wearing a vest and cap, with a badge with the IBGE telephone number. If the person does not feel safe with the approach, he can make contact by phone 0800 and certify that he is really an IBGE census taker”.
Through the free telephone service IBGE 0800 721 8181, the identity of the interviewer can be confirmed.
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In one of the training centers in the state capital, one of the groups brings together the oldest census taker in the city of Rio and the youngest census taker. Retired systems analyst Paulo Sergio de Souza do Nascimento, 70, is excited to return to his studies and working on the street. Retired 20 years ago, he had the encouragement of his children to study for the contest.
“I was thrilled to have passed the exam after 40 years out of the classroom. I was careful to choose the area where I know best, where I have more freedom, which is the port region of Rio. I think I’m still useful despite my age,” Nascimento said.
A recent high school graduate, Mariana Yang Marques Farias, 18, highlights the importance of carrying out demographic research for the formulation of public policies. She will perform in the neighborhoods of Glória, Lapa and Catete. “Each census taker has a census sector and we are responsible for closing this sector so that there are no gaps in information from the IBGE”.
Caio Vinicius Araújo de Oliveira Salviano, 18 years old, is the youngest supervisory census agent in the city of Rio. He will supervise the work of 11 census takers in the Gamboa area, in the central region of the state capital. Salviano was one of the census supervisors who started receiving training in June. “It is important to have the information, to know where Brazil stands. It is an honor to be here,” she said.
