investment opprortunities of the ostrow wielkopolski district and ostrow wielkopolski town

The important strength of the Ostrów Wielkopolski District and Ostrów Wielkopolski Town is the well - qualified and cheap workforce. Since 2001 wages have been increasing very slowly due to high unemployment. The actual unemployment rate is 20% ( population 160 000 ) and in some municipalities even more.

the breakdown of the unemployed by age :

Age of the unemployed : (in %)
15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55 and more
32%	29%	22%	15,4%	1,6%

The majority of the unemployed is under 40.
The actual list of the available human resources - registered in the Ostrów Wielkopolski Employment Agency is presented in the enclosure Nb. 1 at the end of this section.

The average monthly wages among manufacturers of the automotive goods in Ostrów Wielkopolski District are as follow :

workforce ( machinery operator ) : 250 Euro - 270 Euro netto / 380 Euro - 410 Euro gross
engineer with language knowledge (in speaking and writing) : 320 Euro - 380 Euro netto / 485 Euro - 575 Euro gross
department manager with experience :420- 550 Euro netto / 636 - 833 Euro gross

The range of the wages depends on the worker experience
The actual exchange rate is as follow : 1 Euro - 4,68 PLN in 01/02/2004

The minimum wage in Poland from 1st January 2004 is 824 PLN gross ( 177 Euro)

The training possibilities :

The District Employment Agency located in Ostrów Wielkopolski organizes a training course for unemployment people at an entrepreneurs request. The training course will be organized provided that the entrepreneur signs an agreement with The Employment agency. The entrepreneur in the agreement has to declare employing ( that he is going to employ ) all the training participants, however the training could begin when the investment will be finished or shortly before finishing it. The Employment Agency is open also for language training for unemployment with a little language skills in accordance with requirements presented above. The whole training costs in presented cases will be covered by the District Employment Agency.

The Break down of the total labor costs for the employer in Poland :

	Social security contributions	% of gross wage (or calculation base)*
1	Pension	9.76
2	Disability	6.50
3	Accident	0.97 - 3.86 see enclosure nr 2
4	Labour Fund	2.45
5	Employee Benefit Guarantee Fund	0.15
	TOTAL LABOUR COSTS	19.83 - 22.72 % of gross wage

In companies with up to 9 employees , the accident insurance contribution amounts to 1.93% of the salary. In case of larger companies , employing 10 workers and more , the contribution varies from 0.97% to 3.86% of the salary depending on the occupational hazard in a given trade. The details are listed in the enclosure Nb 2.

The enclosure nb 2. Accident insurance paid by the employer

Polish Classification of Activities (PKD)	Section	% of gross wage (or calculation base)*
A	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	2.26
B	Fishing	2.26
CA	Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials	3.86
CB	Mining and quarrying, except of energy producing materials	3.60
DA	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco	2.00
DB	Manufacture of textiles and textile products	1.20
DC	Manufacture of leather and leather products	1.47
DD	Manufacture of wood and wooden products	3.33
DE	Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing	1.47
DF	Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel	1.73
DG	Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres	1.73
DH	Manufacture of rubber an plastic products	2.00
DI	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	2.53
DJ	Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products	2.53
DK	Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified	2.26
DL	Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment	1.47
DM	Manufacture of transport equipment	2.53
DN	Manufacturing not elsewhere classified	2.26
E	Electricity, gas and water supply	1.73
F	Construction	2.26
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	0.97
H	Hotels and restaurants	0.97
I	Transport, storage and communication	1.47
J	Financial intermediation	0.97
K	Real estate, renting and business activities	1.20
L,Q	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	0.97
M	Education	1.73
N	Health and social work	1.47
O	Other community, social and personal service activities	1.47

The enclosure nb. 1

Nr	name of job	symbol	unemployed
			all together	female
1	a chief of the inner unit
	in trade	122401	1	1
2	a computer systems engineer	213104	3	0
3	a specialist in informatic systems	213903	1	0
4	an architect	214101	3	2
6	an architecture engineer	214203	3	1
7	a sanitary instalations engineer	214208	3	1
8	an engineer of environment engineering -
	town cleaning	214210	2	1
9	remainder engineers of architecture and
	environment engineering	214290	4	3
10	an electric engineer	214301	14	3
11	an electronic engineer	214401	5	0
12	a telecommunications engineer	214402	1	0
13	a mechanic engineer - energetic
	machines	214502	1	0
14	a mechanic engineer - industrial
	machines	214503	1	0
15	a mechanic engineer - precise
	mechanics	214504	1	0
16	remainder mechanic engineers	214590	5	1
17	a chemical technology engineer	214602	6	6
18	a logistic	214917	3	2
19	a work safety and hygiene specialist	214923	1	1
20	an economist	241102	43	32
21	a banking specialist	241203	7	6
22	a financial analyst	241204	5	2
23	an accountancy specialist	241205	8	6
24	a market research specialist	241910	26	20
25	a marketing and trade specialist	241912	39	35
26	a specialist in advertising	241917	1	1
27	a lawyer	242904	11	6
28	a geodetic technician	311104	13	7
29	an architecture technician	311204	112	55
30	an environment and melioration
	technician	311208	3	2
31	an environment protection technician	311209	4	3
32	an electric technician	311302	131	12
33	an electronic technician	311401	174	40
34	a telecommunication technician	311402	74	26
35	a machanic technician	311502	307	63
36	an informatic technician	312102	60	36
37	a sales representative	341503	13	2
38	a banking assistant	341901	6	6
39	an economic assistant	341902	465	435
40	an administration technician	343101	9	8
41	an accountant	343201	45	43
42	a secretary	411101	19	19
43	an accountancy assistant	412102	30	29
44	a warehouseman (a storekeeper)	413103	50	28
45	an expedition specialist	413302	3	2
46	an office work technician	419101	135	117
47	a personal affairs worker	419103	9	9
48	a car varnishman	714201	73	0
49	a gassy welder	721202	101	18
50	an electric bow welder	721203	35	6
51	a car tinman	721303	75	0
52	an ironworker	722204	540	91
53	a milling-person	722301	34	21
54	a turner	722304	141	49
55	a truck mechanic	723104	3	0
56	a car mechanic	723105	373	1
57	remainder vehicles mechanics	723190	12	0
58	a machines plumber	723390	73	37
59	a electromechanic of electric
	measuring equipment	724101	19	8
60	a car electromechanic	724102	30	1
61	an electro-plumber	724201	32	3
62	an electric machines electro-plumber	724203	5	0
63	an electric instalations electro-plumber	724301	53	4
64	an electronic-plumber	725108	29	9
65	a mechanic of industrial automatical systems
	and precise machines	731102	29	8
66	a numerical lathe operator	821107	32	22
67	an electric machines plumber	828204	4	3
68	an electronic machines plumber	828305	31	10
69	a charwoman	913207	136	135
70	a worker	914103	118	62
71	a store worker	933104	39	14
		total	3877	1574