Part-time temporary workers are being sought to help administer the U.S. Census starting next year.

Most of the positions require working evenings and weekends. Potential employees must take a test at a selected date and time.

Test sessions last between two and a half to three hours but applicants only have 30 minutes to complete the test.

Participants must call 1-866-861-2010 to reserve their spot at a testing session. On the site they must show their driver’s license and social security card or passport.

Hourly pay rate ranges from $12.25 and $20 an hour based on position and location.

The employment test consists of 28 multiple-choice questions designed to measure the skills and abilities required to perform a variety of census jobs, such as: clerical skills, reading, number skills, interpreting information and evaluations alternatives and organizational skills.

A practice test is available online at www.2010censusjobs.gov by clicking on the link to “documents” and then the link for “Census Practice Test.”

The tests are being offered at:
• The Freeman Sasser Building in Senoia Monday, Dec. 22 at 10 a.m.; and
• The Fayette County Library in Fayetteville Monday, Dec. 29 with the standard test at 10 a.m. and the supervisory test at 1 p.m.