Pernambuco Announces 570 Jobs for Fire Department
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The government of Pernambuco, in Brazil, has a new job plan.
It published an official notice for the Fire Department.
There are 570 new jobs.
People can get a salary of up to R$12.9 thousand.
To get these jobs, people must take a public exam.
This is called a concurso in Brazil.
The government also has other plans.
A company will make the exam for the Penal Department.
That notice will come soon.
Also, the Military Police notice is now public.
It has 1,320 jobs for people.
Vocabulary15 words
- official notice
- a paper from the government with important information
- salary
- money you get for your job
- public exam
- a test that people take to get a government job
- concurso
- the Portuguese word for a public exam for government jobs
- government
- the group of people who run a country or state
- Fire Department
- the group of workers who stop fires and help people
- Military Police
- a police group that works like an army in Brazil
- notice
- a paper that gives important news to people
- jobs
- work that people do to get money
- state
- a big area of a country, like Pernambuco
- company
- a business that does work
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- new
- not old; just made
- test
- questions people answer to show what they know
- Penal Department
- the part of government that works in prisons
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1. 570 2. R$12.9 thousand 3. True
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The government of Pernambuco, in Brazil, has a new job _____.
It published an official _____ for the Fire Department.
There are 570 new _____.
People can get a _____ of up to R$12.9 thousand.
To get these jobs, people must take a public _____.
This is called a _____ in Brazil.
A _____ will make the exam for the Penal Department.
That notice will come _____.
Also, the Military _____ notice is now public.
It has 1,320 jobs for _____.
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