Programme for increasing local content in staff

Development of the national personnel is a continuous process in KPO. Professional competency is maintained and developed through the available system of training and skill improvement.

In 2020, KPO in cooperation with the PSA Authority approved the 2020-2025 Programme for Local Content Increase in Staff. The results achieved in the implementation of the previous programme were taken into account while developing the new one.

In 2021, 13 positions previously held by expatriate personnel were nationalised, 45 positions were abolished. Local employees made up 95 % of the total Company’s staff as of December 2021. In total, over 246 expatriate specialists were replaced with national employees and 284 positions held by expatriate employees were abolished in the period of 1999 — 2021. The breakdown by categories is presented below.

Increase of Local Content in KPO staff by categories of employees

Additionally, in accordance with the goals set in this Programme, KPO keeps tracking the local content in contractors registered in the West Qazaqstan Oblast. In 2021, 43 companies provided their quarterly, biannual and annual Local Content in Staff reports. The Local Content in staff within these organizations made up to 90 % in the category ‘Executive management and their deputies Department / Unit management’ and
97 % in the category ‘Professional staff / Qualified workers’. The Local Content increase in KPO and in contractors’ companies during 2021 was due to completion of several major projects and also due to COVID restrictions which put a strain on expatriate specialists’ arrival to work.