On Monday (18), the IBGE Pará started the training week to test systems and equipment of the 2022 Population Census. In a room granted by the Servants Formation Center (CEFOR), Luiz Cláudio Martins, technical coordinator of the Census, and Max Calil, area coordinator, presented what the Census is and how it is made for a class of 16 people.

The class comprises sub-area census coordinators (CCS) and the training will approach all the steps of the data collection in eight days. “The goal is to train each one of you so that you can leave here and drive a survey that everybody, as a society, needs to make it well done,” explained Martins. The schedule, which will not include the weekend, ends next Wednesday (27), with classes beginning at 8 AM and closing at 5 PM.

In this experience, the CCSs will also learn enumerator´s functions and they will have the opportunity to carry out tasks of that data collection agent. “We will simulate the Census and we want that all those involved know precisely what each one has to do,” complements Martins.

The test of systems and equipment of the Census is scheduled for the end of October until mid-December, with data being collected from November 4 onwards in Mosqueiro, district of Belém. The goal is to check the alignment of the team with the data collection plans, as well as to check equipment and tools used. “Do not despair if something does not work as planned. The time to have problems is now, because we can still learn, grow and make a mature and efficient Census,” noted Bárbara Padilha, the operational coordinator who passed by to welcome the agents.

Douglas Oliveira, planning manager, also showed up to share experiences in data collection and advise: “we are messengers of key information for the progress of the society.  Therefore, we need to work zealously and keep the credibility that the IBGE conquered with much effort among people, assuring that we will leave the households with the doors open for when we need to return.”

Safety to carry out the Census increases with the preparation and  exchange of experiences, as stated by André Luiz Gurgel, an area coordinator who learned more about the organization of tasks during the data collection. “My work depends on the work of the sub-area coordinators who depend on the work of the enumerators and so on, so we need to be integrated. Our expectations for the Census are the best ones with all this training that we are receiving,” concludes him.