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Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd.

Many graduates, in planning their future careers, desire to associate themselves with a virile and expanding organisation—an organisation which will give them every opportunity to exercise individual initiative, and to show their creative ability, in contributing something worthwhile to community needs. In these days of rapid scientific progress, there is something particularly exciting in being associated with the technological discoveries which are contributing to a higher standard of living for mankind. Success in this field is a matter of teamwork, in which each technical man is able to contribute to the best of his ability, and to gain a personal satisfaction from the results achieved.

I.C.I. is just such an organisation as this. Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd., which is a subsidiary of its Australian parent Company—ICIANZ Ltd.—has its Head Office in Wellington, and Area Sales Offices are established in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Since the Company in New Zealand is principally engaged in marketing activities the Technical Staff is mainly employed on work linked with sales activity, such as customer service, market research and trials of new products. The efficient functioning of the Slide Fastener Factory and Technical Library at Wellington, and the Multi-Purpose Manufacturing and Storage Unit at Seaview, Lower Hutt, is also the supervisory responsibility of the Technical Staff.

Career opportunities for technical graduates arise to a far greater extent in Australia than in New Zealand. This is reflected in the recruitment of graduates by ICIANZ which offers good opportunities for advancement, with a generous salary scale and such further training as might be needed, for graduates with a degree in Chemistry, Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Civil or Electrical), Physics, Entomology, Botany, Mycology, Veterinary Science or Agricultural Science.

New Zealand University students may apply for temporary employment with ICIANZ during the summer vacation, to gain some useful industrial experience. This Scheme is advertised annually through the Universities in New Zealand. ICI(N.Z.) also is always interested in receiving enquiries from graduates in science, chemical engineering, commerce or the arts.

I.C.I. (N.Z.) Research Fellowships—Two Fellowships were established in 1951 through an annual grant which now stands at £1,700 p.a. The Research Fellowships are for the promotion of knowledge by means of post-graduate research in fields which have some direct relation to the scientific interests and national responsibilities of I.C.I. (N.Z.), such as pure and applied chemistry, biochemistry, agricultural science, chemotherapy, pharmacology, physics, engineering, mining and metallurgy. The research work of a Fellow during the period of his Fellowship shall be carried out in one of the Institutions of the University and the annual value of a Fellowship shall be within the range of £550/£850. The University of New Zealand Calendar gives further details of these post-graduate Research Fellowships.

Further career information is available in greater detail in the booklets "Careers in ICIANZ for Technical Graduates" and "Commercial Careers in ICI in New Zealand" with more general background information regarding ICI provided in the booklet "ICI—The Greatest Name in British Chemicals". These booklets may be had upon request to:—

The Technical Department Library,

Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd.

Kelvin Chambers, 16 The Terrace, Wellington. C.1.