Induction course helps civil servants settle in to work

MORE than 30 people were inducted into the public service in Morobe last week following two weeks of training.
The induction took place at the Wawin Farm Resource Centre in Wampar, Huon Gulf.
The workshop was conducted by the human resource department of the Morobe administration at a cost of about K30,000.
The trainers were David Haro and Kusak Meluk.
Haro said the workshop was conducted in two segments with two batches of public servants.
He said public servants came from the province’s nine districts and 33 local level governments.
“Topics covered during the workshop included the public services general order, government Acts and legislation, work ethics, communication and administrative processes and procedures,” Haro said.
“Most of the participants are new public servants so they have to be taught these things and were later inducted.
“It is a programme that we have been running since 2009.
“The aim is to familiarise new public servants to government processes and procedures and what is required of them as public servants.”
Dolly Jimange, a commerce officer from Kabwum district a, said the workshop was helpful because the things she learnt would help her in her work.
“All the things I have leant from various topics presented by the two trainers are all new to me and this will certainly equip me to perform my duties without fear or favour,” she said.
Deputy administrator social services Robin Bazzinuc urged the participants to do the right thing when serving people.
“You’ve come a long way and you all have dreams and aspirations that will be fulfilled if you
portray honesty – this is what it means to be public servants,”Bazzinuc said.