Five trainees required at Eskom – closing 6 June

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