I am not sure if this is legitimate or not. I received this Medical Questionnaire after I sent my CV to a job vacancy as offshore medic for Sonangol EP in Angola, e-mail: recruitment@son-angol.com. If anyone has a same offer, please reply on this thread. Thank you very much!
First, they sent me this Questionnaire:
SONANGOL EP
Direcção de Negociações da
Sonangol, E.P., Rua do
1º Congresso do MPLA,
nº 8-16, 3º Andar, Luanda
MEDICAL QUESTIONER
1. As medical personnel, what should be your first
approach to a seriously ill patient?
2. How do you communicate with ill patients to be
able to evaluate their medical problems?
3. List 3 medical tenet and how it interrelates with
your job?
4. How does a principle help in evaluating a
patients health status?
5. what are the importance of laboratory
diagnostic test
6. Explain the need for some patients to undergo a
laboratory diagnostic test before commencement
of treatment?
7. Our salary structure is negotiable and we are
giving you the opportunity to update us what is
your expected salary for this position?
8. What is the figure of current salary?
Note that we shall evaluate your salary based on
you performance in this online written test
9. How soon can you resume duty with us
10. What are goals for our esteemed company if
you are given this opportunity?
Official use only
Written Test Score
You are required to submitted completed questioner via email: recruitment@son-angol.com
Then, they sent me a copy of this Employment Contract:
Based on the subject matter XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX previously an applicant who successfully passed our written test, have been given the opportunity and we use this letter to pre-explain the nature of the job as well as the term and conditions attached. Though the hard copy of this contract contains the entire context but here in this confirmatory letter, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX be referred to as you and Sonangol EP will be referred to as his Intended Employer so please take note.
After evaluating your test score, you have passed our written test with 60% out of 100% which qualifies you for our advertised position and you have been given a provisional offer for the period of 2years as an Offshore Medic Safety officer All term and conditions for further confirmations are set forth in this letter. This is a renewable contract and at the second renewal
it will be converted to a permanent position with all retirement benefits.
1.0 In accordance with the information extracted from question 7-10 in your written test, you previously negotiated your preferred salary for this position and in attempt to redress this issue in this letter; your intended Employer has approved to pay you with a starting Point pay scale of $6,000 US Dollars monthly basic salary plus monthly general allowance. Be informed that the starting point pay scale means that there are chances of salary
increments as you proceed further.
1.1 Salary Review: Your grading and salary may be reviewed by the Sonangol E.P if the nature of your job changes substantially. The method used for this assessment will be in line with Sonangol E.P Job Evaluation Scheme.
Secondly, we will like to address some important issue in this letter and we shall treat each issue based on each category, this is to enable you understand the required information set forth in this confirmatory letter.
Resumption Date: You are required to commence duty on the 26th of March 2012. This means that you are to arrive Angola on or before the said date to enable you familiarize with our safety policies as well as taking the Safety courses if you have not undergone any before such as BOSIET, HUET and other PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Training.
1.2 Category A is the Job Description: You will be directly in charge to control, monitor and improve the safety of work activities, with the aim of preventing accidents. This represents a key role in helping control occupational risk and minimizing operational loss, ensures that
all operational activities are carried out in accordance with Companys safety policies, Your duty as rig medic working on the rig includes providing medical care to injured or sick personnel on the rig, provide emergency medical care for all personnel along with other various occupational health tasks. They are responsible for the provision of the rig primary First aid response. Ensure that all hospital and emergency medical equipment is serviceable and rectify any deficiencies. Ensure the hospital and related areas are kept clean at all times.
Monitor freezer and refrigeration food storage hygiene and temperatures. As a rig medic, you have liberty to report any rig sanitary officer who fails in his or her duty to the rig superintendent.
1.3 Sub-Section 1 of Category A hours of work: Your normal hours of work are 30 hours per week (on the following times and days): The company core hours, between which you are required to be at work, are 9am to 4pm. Your remaining hours may be worked at times agreed between you and your line manager in line with the Sonangols flexible time scheme. You will have a lunch break of 1 hour per day which is not working time and which is not paid
1.4 Sub-Section 2 of Category A Job Type: This position is a Rotational job cycle where you will be meant to deliver your service to Sonangol E.P for the period of 28days and have 28days time off.
2.0 Category B Accommodation: You are 100% guaranteed of a good accommodation on board, free living expense as well as other incentives that are attached to a good and quality accommodation such as portable and treated water, constant power supply, internet facilities and free laundry service, satellite communication to enable you communicate with members of
your family and friends.
Family Settlement: This contract does not support family settlement such as spouse and fiancé are not allowed on board. This means that you are free to travel back to XXXXXXX after each
completed 28days time on.
3.0 Category C free transportation Service: We do offer free transportation to all our staffs both senior and junior staffs to and fro to work and other related movement. This serves as a palliative to enable all our onshore staffs work effectively and proficiently. This letter affirms that you will be provided with free transportation services at all times while working with Sonangol E.P.
4.0 Category D Free Health Care Service: The health of our workers is one of our top priorities which enable us sustain an active workforce at all levels. The management provides free health care service on board. Our workers are medically examined to ensure they meet their health demands before embarking on any operation duties.
4.1 Sub-Section 1 of Category D Security: Angola a country populated with over 18.3 million, has a relatively favorable weather condition the indigenes in Luanda Angola has a welcoming nature to foreigners, couple with the peaceful nature of the environment the government maintains a safer Angola for lives and property to both Foreigners and Angolan citizens. Our company depends on both government and our privately deployed security agents to secure lives and company working equipments/property against theft. This means that workers are 100% guaranteed of their safety in Angola.
5.0 Category E Insurance Scheme: Sonangol E.P has secured adequate insurance cover against theft, health, lives, fire for properties and our total workforce. Our Insurance premium is renewed each year for the benefit of the sustainable development of the company and that of our workers.
Note: that category F 6.0 to 6.1 does not bear part of this agreement as your job cycle 28:28 does not require it.
6.0 Category F is Annual Leave: For the first three months of employment you are normally entitled to take no more than the amount of leave accrued during this period, in addition to any public holidays.
Note: If you already have a holiday arranged at the time of appointment with line manager it is normal practice to honor that commitment and allow time off, even if that leave falls within the first 3 months. Sonangol would need to decide whether paid or unpaid (see 6.1) leave would be paid perhaps depending on the length of the holiday. Paragraph 18 explains the recovery of pay for leave taken in excess of accrued entitlement but only one weeks notice is payable during probation, so this risk of non-recovery needs to be
considered.
6.1: Occasionally leave may take in excess of your entitlement as unpaid leave. This will be at the discretion of Sonangols policy.
6.2: The rules in the Working Time Regulations 1998 concerning notification of holidays and refusal of holidays will not apply to your employment. All leave dates must be arranged with and agreed by your line manager. Staffs normally given notice of at least one month before taking holiday of a week or more and workloads need to be taken into consideration when
planning holidays.
6.3 Sick Leave: If you are prevented from reporting for duty due to illness or injury, you shall notify your line manager or an appropriate officer of Sonangol as soon as possible on the first day of illness, giving the reason for your absence, and the likely date of your return to work.
7.0 Category G is Dependants Leave: You are entitled to take reasonable unpaid time off to deal
with an emergency involving a dependant. You are free to take at least 1 week in each leave
year for attending to essential matters relating to children you are parenting and/or any other
dependant person(s) for whom you are acting as guidance.
7.1 Confidentiality: You may as an employee have access to or be entrusted with information
that the company has deemed confidential. You shall not at any time during or after the end of
your employment disclose to any person, or make use of, such confidential information.
7.2 Free travel on each holiday taken as approved by line manager, this means that you are
entitled free air fare to and fro as well as visa stamping formalities and travelling allowance.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
7.2: You are entitled to receive in writing a minimum 1 month notice of termination of your
employment, and you shall be required to give 1 month written notice of your intention to
leave.
8.0 Category H Health and Safety: All employees are required to familiarize themselves and
comply with Sonangol's health and safety policy, and to ensure that they do not act in a way
that endangers their own health and safety, or endangers the health and safety of others. Any
breaches of the health and safety policy will be dealt with under the Disciplinary Procedure
(DP).
For new employees who have not attended any safety course, the management may easily
organize such training for such employees. Tuition might also be taken care of to enable
employees meet with all our safety requirements and ensure that they do not endanger
themselves in any way as well as others.
DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
8.1: The disciplinary procedure is attached but does not form part of this contract.
8.2: The management may suspend you from work on full pay during disciplinary
proceedings.
8.3: The grievance procedure is attached but does not form part of this contract.
Note: The Employment Act 2002 brought into force in October 2004 new statutory dismissal
and disciplinary procedures (DDPs) and statutory grievance procedures (GPs), which are
minimum procedures that must be followed by all employers, regardless of the number of
individuals employed. The exemption of less than 20 employees was also abolished. Failure to
comply with the DDPs will constitute automatically unfair dismissal for employees with one or
more years of service.
I HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPT THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.
SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYEE AND AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY
............................. .............................. DATE: ..........................
Employees and Power of Attorney
SIGNATURE AND STAMP OF HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR:
............................................................ ...DATE: ..........................
You are hereby informed that as a foreign employee who does not reside in Angola, to authenticate this agreement between you and Sonangol E.P you will be required to liaise with an Angola based Legal representative for legal assistance to assist you on your behalf sign the solid copy of this agreement on or before 12th of March 2012.
Note that this written agreement will no longer be valid after the above mentioned date, which means that failure to authenticate the said agreement on or before the said date will lead to termination of this agreement.
To enable you liaise with our legal representative, you are to use the bellowed contact informations:
Organization name: - Hodukoma Linkage Law Chambers
Contact Person: Barrister Charles Hodukoma
Address: Doutor Antonio Jose Neto No 119 198
Benguela, 244
Telephone: +244 222 682 3365
Email: hodukoma.chambers@live.com
Email: hodukoma.lawchambers@aol.com
First, they sent me this Questionnaire:
SONANGOL EP
Direcção de Negociações da
Sonangol, E.P., Rua do
1º Congresso do MPLA,
nº 8-16, 3º Andar, Luanda
MEDICAL QUESTIONER
1. As medical personnel, what should be your first
approach to a seriously ill patient?
2. How do you communicate with ill patients to be
able to evaluate their medical problems?
3. List 3 medical tenet and how it interrelates with
your job?
4. How does a principle help in evaluating a
patients health status?
5. what are the importance of laboratory
diagnostic test
6. Explain the need for some patients to undergo a
laboratory diagnostic test before commencement
of treatment?
7. Our salary structure is negotiable and we are
giving you the opportunity to update us what is
your expected salary for this position?
8. What is the figure of current salary?
Note that we shall evaluate your salary based on
you performance in this online written test
9. How soon can you resume duty with us
10. What are goals for our esteemed company if
you are given this opportunity?
Official use only
Written Test Score
You are required to submitted completed questioner via email: recruitment@son-angol.com
Then, they sent me a copy of this Employment Contract:
Based on the subject matter XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX previously an applicant who successfully passed our written test, have been given the opportunity and we use this letter to pre-explain the nature of the job as well as the term and conditions attached. Though the hard copy of this contract contains the entire context but here in this confirmatory letter, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX be referred to as you and Sonangol EP will be referred to as his Intended Employer so please take note.
After evaluating your test score, you have passed our written test with 60% out of 100% which qualifies you for our advertised position and you have been given a provisional offer for the period of 2years as an Offshore Medic Safety officer All term and conditions for further confirmations are set forth in this letter. This is a renewable contract and at the second renewal
it will be converted to a permanent position with all retirement benefits.
1.0 In accordance with the information extracted from question 7-10 in your written test, you previously negotiated your preferred salary for this position and in attempt to redress this issue in this letter; your intended Employer has approved to pay you with a starting Point pay scale of $6,000 US Dollars monthly basic salary plus monthly general allowance. Be informed that the starting point pay scale means that there are chances of salary
increments as you proceed further.
1.1 Salary Review: Your grading and salary may be reviewed by the Sonangol E.P if the nature of your job changes substantially. The method used for this assessment will be in line with Sonangol E.P Job Evaluation Scheme.
Secondly, we will like to address some important issue in this letter and we shall treat each issue based on each category, this is to enable you understand the required information set forth in this confirmatory letter.
Resumption Date: You are required to commence duty on the 26th of March 2012. This means that you are to arrive Angola on or before the said date to enable you familiarize with our safety policies as well as taking the Safety courses if you have not undergone any before such as BOSIET, HUET and other PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Training.
1.2 Category A is the Job Description: You will be directly in charge to control, monitor and improve the safety of work activities, with the aim of preventing accidents. This represents a key role in helping control occupational risk and minimizing operational loss, ensures that
all operational activities are carried out in accordance with Companys safety policies, Your duty as rig medic working on the rig includes providing medical care to injured or sick personnel on the rig, provide emergency medical care for all personnel along with other various occupational health tasks. They are responsible for the provision of the rig primary First aid response. Ensure that all hospital and emergency medical equipment is serviceable and rectify any deficiencies. Ensure the hospital and related areas are kept clean at all times.
Monitor freezer and refrigeration food storage hygiene and temperatures. As a rig medic, you have liberty to report any rig sanitary officer who fails in his or her duty to the rig superintendent.
1.3 Sub-Section 1 of Category A hours of work: Your normal hours of work are 30 hours per week (on the following times and days): The company core hours, between which you are required to be at work, are 9am to 4pm. Your remaining hours may be worked at times agreed between you and your line manager in line with the Sonangols flexible time scheme. You will have a lunch break of 1 hour per day which is not working time and which is not paid
1.4 Sub-Section 2 of Category A Job Type: This position is a Rotational job cycle where you will be meant to deliver your service to Sonangol E.P for the period of 28days and have 28days time off.
2.0 Category B Accommodation: You are 100% guaranteed of a good accommodation on board, free living expense as well as other incentives that are attached to a good and quality accommodation such as portable and treated water, constant power supply, internet facilities and free laundry service, satellite communication to enable you communicate with members of
your family and friends.
Family Settlement: This contract does not support family settlement such as spouse and fiancé are not allowed on board. This means that you are free to travel back to XXXXXXX after each
completed 28days time on.
3.0 Category C free transportation Service: We do offer free transportation to all our staffs both senior and junior staffs to and fro to work and other related movement. This serves as a palliative to enable all our onshore staffs work effectively and proficiently. This letter affirms that you will be provided with free transportation services at all times while working with Sonangol E.P.
4.0 Category D Free Health Care Service: The health of our workers is one of our top priorities which enable us sustain an active workforce at all levels. The management provides free health care service on board. Our workers are medically examined to ensure they meet their health demands before embarking on any operation duties.
4.1 Sub-Section 1 of Category D Security: Angola a country populated with over 18.3 million, has a relatively favorable weather condition the indigenes in Luanda Angola has a welcoming nature to foreigners, couple with the peaceful nature of the environment the government maintains a safer Angola for lives and property to both Foreigners and Angolan citizens. Our company depends on both government and our privately deployed security agents to secure lives and company working equipments/property against theft. This means that workers are 100% guaranteed of their safety in Angola.
5.0 Category E Insurance Scheme: Sonangol E.P has secured adequate insurance cover against theft, health, lives, fire for properties and our total workforce. Our Insurance premium is renewed each year for the benefit of the sustainable development of the company and that of our workers.
Note: that category F 6.0 to 6.1 does not bear part of this agreement as your job cycle 28:28 does not require it.
6.0 Category F is Annual Leave: For the first three months of employment you are normally entitled to take no more than the amount of leave accrued during this period, in addition to any public holidays.
Note: If you already have a holiday arranged at the time of appointment with line manager it is normal practice to honor that commitment and allow time off, even if that leave falls within the first 3 months. Sonangol would need to decide whether paid or unpaid (see 6.1) leave would be paid perhaps depending on the length of the holiday. Paragraph 18 explains the recovery of pay for leave taken in excess of accrued entitlement but only one weeks notice is payable during probation, so this risk of non-recovery needs to be
considered.
6.1: Occasionally leave may take in excess of your entitlement as unpaid leave. This will be at the discretion of Sonangols policy.
6.2: The rules in the Working Time Regulations 1998 concerning notification of holidays and refusal of holidays will not apply to your employment. All leave dates must be arranged with and agreed by your line manager. Staffs normally given notice of at least one month before taking holiday of a week or more and workloads need to be taken into consideration when
planning holidays.
6.3 Sick Leave: If you are prevented from reporting for duty due to illness or injury, you shall notify your line manager or an appropriate officer of Sonangol as soon as possible on the first day of illness, giving the reason for your absence, and the likely date of your return to work.
7.0 Category G is Dependants Leave: You are entitled to take reasonable unpaid time off to deal
with an emergency involving a dependant. You are free to take at least 1 week in each leave
year for attending to essential matters relating to children you are parenting and/or any other
dependant person(s) for whom you are acting as guidance.
7.1 Confidentiality: You may as an employee have access to or be entrusted with information
that the company has deemed confidential. You shall not at any time during or after the end of
your employment disclose to any person, or make use of, such confidential information.
7.2 Free travel on each holiday taken as approved by line manager, this means that you are
entitled free air fare to and fro as well as visa stamping formalities and travelling allowance.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
7.2: You are entitled to receive in writing a minimum 1 month notice of termination of your
employment, and you shall be required to give 1 month written notice of your intention to
leave.
8.0 Category H Health and Safety: All employees are required to familiarize themselves and
comply with Sonangol's health and safety policy, and to ensure that they do not act in a way
that endangers their own health and safety, or endangers the health and safety of others. Any
breaches of the health and safety policy will be dealt with under the Disciplinary Procedure
(DP).
For new employees who have not attended any safety course, the management may easily
organize such training for such employees. Tuition might also be taken care of to enable
employees meet with all our safety requirements and ensure that they do not endanger
themselves in any way as well as others.
DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
8.1: The disciplinary procedure is attached but does not form part of this contract.
8.2: The management may suspend you from work on full pay during disciplinary
proceedings.
8.3: The grievance procedure is attached but does not form part of this contract.
Note: The Employment Act 2002 brought into force in October 2004 new statutory dismissal
and disciplinary procedures (DDPs) and statutory grievance procedures (GPs), which are
minimum procedures that must be followed by all employers, regardless of the number of
individuals employed. The exemption of less than 20 employees was also abolished. Failure to
comply with the DDPs will constitute automatically unfair dismissal for employees with one or
more years of service.
I HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPT THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.
SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYEE AND AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY
............................. .............................. DATE: ..........................
Employees and Power of Attorney
SIGNATURE AND STAMP OF HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR:
............................................................ ...DATE: ..........................
You are hereby informed that as a foreign employee who does not reside in Angola, to authenticate this agreement between you and Sonangol E.P you will be required to liaise with an Angola based Legal representative for legal assistance to assist you on your behalf sign the solid copy of this agreement on or before 12th of March 2012.
Note that this written agreement will no longer be valid after the above mentioned date, which means that failure to authenticate the said agreement on or before the said date will lead to termination of this agreement.
To enable you liaise with our legal representative, you are to use the bellowed contact informations:
Organization name: - Hodukoma Linkage Law Chambers
Contact Person: Barrister Charles Hodukoma
Address: Doutor Antonio Jose Neto No 119 198
Benguela, 244
Telephone: +244 222 682 3365
Email: hodukoma.chambers@live.com
Email: hodukoma.lawchambers@aol.com