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[sprintcyclist]

A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry set up to oversee the rollout of the $36 billion National Broadband Network is yet to receive a list of key performance indicators against which the progress of the infrastructure project can be assessed.

The joint parliamentary committee chaired by independent MP Rob Oakeshott was cut short last night, with about eight witnesses sent home because the inquiry had not received a report on key benchmarks from the Gillard government or NBN Co.

Mr Oakeshott last night registered disappointment on behalf of all committee members -- with the exception of Labor Left MP Doug Cameron -- declaring the delay was preventing the parliamentary committee from doing its job of scrutinising the rollout of the tax-payer-funded wholesale fibre network.

"It is very unhelpful that we don't have this information here tonight. There was an expectation that has not been met and this is on the back of other delays," Mr Oakeshott said...........

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 6142167839

[sprintcyclist]

ONLY 16,000 workers will be needed to build the national broadband network, not the 37,000 forecast by the government when it announced the project two years ago.

NBN Co also expects 80 per cent of the workforce demand will be for low-skilled jobs - predominantly labourers, cablers and earthmoving plant operators.

When the government announced the NBN in April 2009, it said the project would support 25,000 jobs every year over the life of the project and 37,000 jobs at its peak. The announcement coincided with a range of government initiatives designed to boost the economy in the immediate wake of the global financial crisis.

But an internal NBN Co workforce modelling briefing by then general manager of construction Dan Flemming in June 2010, obtained under freedom-of-information laws, reveals the government-owned company forecast 16,000 workers would be needed at peak rollout, or 18,000 if the deal with Telstra had not been struck.

It breaks down the demand into 5500 labourers, 3000 cablers, 2300 earthmoving plant operators, 1100 telecommunications lines workers and 900 traffic controllers. The remaining 3200 workers would require higher skills from a range of regulated categories.

NBN Co also noted in the briefing that there are sufficient numbers of skilled workers in the five categories, including 60,000 cablers registered with the communications authority, which means there should be plenty of workers available.

NBN Co told The Age that while it does not expect to hire any of the workers directly, it has taken steps to ensure there are enough skilled workers for its contractors to hire.

''NBN Co is seeking expressions of interest from registered training providers equipped to skill the workers who will build the network,'' an NBN Co spokesman said. ''Training is planned to commence in the second half of 2012 to ensure sufficient workers are in place for the full-scale rollout of the network in late 2014. Most jobs require concentrated training that can be completed in less than six months.''

A crew composition diagram from the briefing documents shows four people will have to attend every premise that is within the underground fibre footprint - a lines worker, a labourer and possibly a plant operator, and a cabler.

Crews of about 14 workers will be required to work in the streets of the fibre areas, installing a cable under the street from the property boundary to the nearest fibre distribution hub.

About a quarter of the workforce would be needed to install cables in apartment blocks, and NBN Co expects to install wireless broadband receivers at about 150,000 premises.

NBN Co was established by the government in 2009 to build a fibre-optic network to 93 per cent of premises, with the rest serviced by fixed wireless and satellite broadband. The briefing noted that the productivity at test sites was slower than it expects to see across the rest of the project.

http://www.theage.com.au/business/broad ... 1krmo.html

[Super Nova]

Well there is a surpise. They lied about he costs, the benfits to consumers and now less people will be employed and all low level skills. Great boost to the information age for Australia.

[Aussie]

Well there is a surpise. They lied about he costs, the benfits to consumers and now less people will be employed and all low level skills. Great boost to the information age for Australia.

SN....almost slipped my mind, but this post reminded me. I gather from some of your posts that you work in the communications industry?

[Super Nova]

I was working in the comms industry. I changed jobs recently. How does this fact help you troll me some more?

[Aussie]

I was working in the comms industry. I changed jobs recently. How does this fact help you troll me some more?

Not at all. Why would you think that?

[IQS.RLOW]

I was working in the comms industry. I changed jobs recently. How does this fact help you troll me some more?

Not at all. Why would you think that?

Why wouldnt he think that?
You have a massive history of megatrolling, trollboy