Five trainees required at Eskom – closing 6 June

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Eskom is inviting graduates with relevant qualifications to apply for their Graduate in Training Programme which will focus on the following disciplines: Statistics; Econometrics; and Data Mining.

Position: Graduate in Training X5
Position/Task Grade: L09
Department: Research Testing and Development
Business Unit: Energy Markets Economics, Statistics and Decision Sciences
Location: Eskom Research and Innovation Centre Rosherville, Gauteng
Reference Number: 49607070BOT/329-786679

Minimum Requirements

  • Qualification(s)
    • BSc Hons in Applied Mathematics & Statistics or BCom Hons in Statistics Preferred
    • BCom Hons Economics and Econometrics
  • Related Experience
    • No Experience

Skills and Competencies

  • Microsoft Office
  • A statistical package

Key Responsibilities

  • Exploratory Data Analysis:
    • Data Collection and Validation,
    • Descriptive Statistics,
    • Statistical Relationships,
    • Distribution Fitting and Testing.
  • Regression Analysis
    • Regression models
    • Necessary number of independent measurements
    • Statistical assumptions
  • Linear regression
    • General linear model
    • Regression diagnostics
    • Regression with “limited dependent” variables
  • Interpolation and extrapolation
  • Nonlinear regression
  • Power and sample size calculations

The closing date is 6 June 2012 and to apply CLICK HERE

 

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