BOLASHAK’S CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE

The provision of manpower and recruitment services is our core business.

Bolashak was the first company to be established as a specialist provider of manpower services to the Oil and Gas industry in Kazakhstan, and our business grew rapidly, providing both expatriate and national manpower to all the major international oil and gas projects in Kazakhstan.

Bolashak holds manpower supply contracts on all the major petrochemical projects in Western Kazakhstan. Our current Clients include, among others: Agip KCO, Tengizchevroil, BG, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating, GPS, Parsons Fluor Daniel, Fluor Daniel Caspian Services, Boskalis, Kellogg Brown and Root, Ondeo Nalco, Schneider Electrics.

We are able to supply both technical and non-technical personnel from a full range of disciplines covering engineering, design, construction, commissioning, maintenance, operations, drilling, geology and exploration, project controls, finance, legal, human resources, administration and logistics support.

RECRUITMENT

Bolashak has a team of recruitment staff with a proven record of success in ensuring that the personnel proposed for vacancies have the relevant skills and qualifications coupled with the appropriate industry experience.

Meeting our Clients’ needs is the key element of our manpower services. We assign dedicated recruitment personnel to each of our Clients, whose initial task is to establish a full understanding of our Clients’ manpower requirements.

Our dedicated recruitment staff manage all elements of recruitment and candidate search including co-ordination with Clients on HR requirements, CV collection and assessment, screening, telephone and person-to-person interviewing, co-operation with educational institutes, targeted recruitment trips to areas around Kazakhstan, job advertising in strategic locations around Kazakhstan

To source the best possible personnel we utilize a database with over 20,000 registered candidates. This, in conjunction with our regional offices throughout Kazakhstan, a large resource of personnel who have already worked for us, and a widespread reputation throughout Kazakhstan gives us access to a strong network of personnel.

A COMPLETE MANPOWER SERVICE

Recruitment is only the first element in our manpower services. Some of our Clients opt to employ personnel directly themselves, and we provide a recruitment service only, but the majority of our Clients prefer to take advantage of the complete manpower service that we offer which covers all aspects of employing personnel in Kazakhstan and elsewhere, including:

• Mobilization and orientation. We take care of all aspects of mobilizing and orientation from selection of personnel to starting work on site. We ensure personnel are fully briefed and issued with all orientation material prior to mobilization.

• Logistics and travel. For many of our Clients, we organize all travel arrangements, both for rotational requirements and business trips. We have excellent relationships with travel agents in Kazakhstan and in the United Kingdom.

• Visas and work permits. Bolashak is fully licensed to employ expatriates in Kazakhstan, and to employ Kazakhstan personnel overseas. Processing work permits and visas can be a lengthy and complicated process. Bolashak has many years experience in the organization of work permits and visas for large numbers of expatriates, both for our own personnel and on behalf of other companies. We are fully acquainted with all the procedures, and have good contacts with all the appropriate authorities.

• Payroll and taxation. We have a dedicated payroll department in our offices in Atyrau and have payrolled up to almost 2,000 employees at peak. We take care of all aspects of payroll and taxation, including income tax registration, social tax registration, pension administration, calculation and reporting of all taxes, filing of annual tax returns. We have developed a payroll system utilizing Roberston and Blums software, which allows us to payroll personnel in all major currencies (US dollar, pounds sterling, Euro, tenge) and producing reports and payslips in Russian and English.

• All aspects of labour legislation compliance. Bolashak has the expertise and resource to manage all compliance and regulatory affairs related to the employment of expatriates and nationals in Kazakhstan and we have a legal department to manage this aspect of our business.

• Insurance and emergency medical cover. We carry Employer’s and Public liability Insurance, as well as Automobile Insurance required for personnel driving vehicles in Kazakhstan, and emergency medical cover.

• Accommodation, PPE, and, if required, tools and equipment.

OUTSOURCING

Because of the complications involved in employing personnel in Kazakhstan, our Clients often like to outsource the employment of personnel, that they have sourced themselves, to Bolashak.

This allows our Client to concentrate on its core activities, and means we take over full responsibility for all aspects of employing the personnel in Kazakhstan.

TRAINING

Bolashak can arrange training for the personnel it provides to its Clients. We have a network of training providers that we can utilize for training ranging from general skills such as English and general safety awareness to more specialized technical courses.