Section 57, The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act, 2016

(1) The plan submitted by an operator or contractor forany project shall contain an employment and training plan which shall contain– (a) an outline of the- (i) hiring and training needs of an operator or contractor or subcontractor with a breakdown of the skills needed; (ii) anticipated skills shortages in the Sierra Leonean labour force; (iii) project specific training requirements; and (iv) anticipated expenditures that will be made directly by the operator in implementing employment and training plan as a forecasted and actual expenditure; (b) a time frame for employment opportunities for each phase of project development and operations to enable members of the Sierra Leonean workforce to prepare themselves for such opportunities; (c) any other information required by the Agency for the purposes of implementing this Act (2) Where citizens are not employed because of lack of training, an operator or contractor shall ensure, to the satisfaction of the Agency, that every reasonable effort is being made within the reasonable time to train locally or elsewhere and such effort and the procedure for its execution shall be contained in the operator's employment and training plan. 32 33 . Employment and Training Plan. No. 3 The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act 2016 No. 3 The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act 2016 (3) An operator or contractor in any of the sectors covered by this Act shall carry out a scheme of training and employment for employees who are citizens in each phase and level of an operation, activity or project, taking into account the requirements of safety and the need to maintain acceptable standards of efficiency in the conduct of the operations. (4) The training programme referred to in subsection (3) shall provide appropriate instruction and training to ensure the advancement of employees who are citizens in the skilled, technical, supervisory, administrative and managerial categories. (5) An annual written report shall be submitted to the Director-General describing the personnel employed both old and new, their nationality, their employment status, the positions and the status of training programmes for citizens .