Dr Caroline LAW (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Design and Environment) is conducting a research project on yard waste management, and now recruiting 6-8 student helpers to conduct survey on street for the project.
Criteria:
- Outgoing
- Talkative
- Proficient in Cantonese and English
- Open to all full-time undergraduate students at THEi (Preferences will be given to Year 1–3 students in AY 2021/22)
The job description:
- There are 18 designated locations for the survey.
- ONLY ONE student helper could sign up to conduct the survey at a designated location.
- A student helper could sign up for a maximum of 3 designated locations.
- At each designated location, a student helper is advised to conduct the survey for about a total of 12 hours (maximum).
- The time allocation of the survey in each location are as follows:
- Weekdays afternoon (12 noon – 2 pm): TWO hours
- Weekdays evening (4 pm – 8 pm): FOUR hours
- Weekend (within 10 am – 6 pm (up to 1-hour lunch break)): SIX hours
- Student helper is expected to complete an interview in approximately 7 – 8 minutes. A student helper is supposed to complete 8 interviews in an hour.
- Upon completion of 8 interviews, you will receive HK$50.
- You will be paid according to every 8 COMPLETED INTERVIEWS. The rate is set as follows:
| Number of completed interviews for 12 hrs work | Rate (HK$) |
| 8 | 50 |
| 16 | 100 |
| 24 | 150 |
| 32 | 200 |
| 40 | 250 |
| 48 | 300 |
| 56 | 350 |
| 64 | 400 |
| 72 | 450 |
| 80 | 500 |
| 88 | 550 |
| 96 | 600 |
| 97 or more | 600 |
- Student helper should possess a mobile phone or tablet computer device. S/he will be asking questions to the informants at the designated locations and marking their answers on their own phone or device.
- Transport expense (from and to your home) could be reimbursed.
- The job period is from June to August, 2022. The working period will be adjusted or postponed according to the development of COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are interested in the survey work, please visit the sign-up link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGM3jFXlOZCiG41H6ouc7gmuEtXP_a3spuTL_7S_BdICJviw/viewform
For enquiries, please send an email to Xavier Tam (Research Assistant): xtam@thei.edu.hk