Question

As you like an adventure! assume that to celebrate graduation from Seneca College, you and your friends do a road trip ‘out west’. Along the way, you accept an entry-level human resources position in a global oil/gas drilling company - based in Calgary.

The company is sending a team of four drill crew to Qatar for four-months. Three of the crew are male and will work exclusively in the field, one of the crew is female and will support drilling logistics from the capital city of Doha.

1. What would you need to look for when you are assessing the personnel risk?
2. How would you prepare this personnel for life in Qatar?
3. Does gender make a difference?

Answer 1

Answer) A lot of things had to be looked when assessing the personal risk such as-

1-) The plane in which they are going, if it crashes what the company will compensate their families.

2-) As the men are going to be in the drilling field, there are many dangers involved such as any injury due to a machine accident or due to some fault. So as a HR we have to identify whether every precaution is taken or not to protect them.

3-) As drilling involves flammable substances like oil and petroleum etc , there is a change of burning. So as an HR , we have to assess what measures are taken to deal with this kind of accident.

4-) There is also risks to women because three men and women alone is travelling to a new country. So, women's safety is also important and this should also be kept in mind.

5-) As the country is different, any quarrel with the local community would also be assessed under the personal risks as the Employees would have no idea about the rules and regulations of the Doha city

Answer-2) I would prepare this personnel for life in Qatar by first giving them an overview about the Qatar country. The climate of it, the culture followed by the community, there duties and responsibilities, to whom would they report to, where would they stay, what would they eat, as they would have to work in the hot climate on the drilling field what precautions they have to take etc. These all should be briefed to them.

Answer-3) Yes , gender makes a difference. As Qatar is a Muslim country, there are some restrictions for women . The women cannot wear too short dresses or they cannot be intimate in public places etc. But mostly there is no discrimination in work or soceity , women are treated the same.