A couple of months ago, my attention was drawn to the need for enumerators for the U.S. Census 2010. The interest I have in genealogy was one of the reasons for looking into the possibility of being a Census worker.
This week I was able to be in training for the job. Last week I was invited to go learn how to fingerprint so fingerprint the other trainees in the same training class. I attended a four hour session and was actually fingerprinted for it at the same time. Each government employee is required to have their fingerprints and sent to the FBI as a prerequisite to be accepted for employment.
I ended up helping with the paper work since the fingerprints have to be perfect. And with my limited experience, someone else came forward while we practiced and was more experienced. I didn't mind doing the paperwork for the project and I was busy most of the morning session during the training.
I also was issued a bag with the Census Bureau logo. I will take a picture of it and post it. Kind of a neat souvenier and handy for a bag to carry while doing the work in the field. I went out yesterday for practice with another worker. We canvassed our ward area. Her area was actually in our ward and we went together for training just to get practice to do it correctly. We worked well together and she helped me with some of the things we needed to be sure to do in different instances.
There are so many variables and situations we were taught that one would come across and she recalled some details I had overlooked. So it was a good thing. I will go out next week and review my packet to contact the ones in my assigned area who failed to respond to the mailer. Nevertheless,they need to be counted.
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