The purpose of this research consists in need to consider the application of the wage grading model project for the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant in Temirtau town (Karaganda region) for "Qarmet" JSC, with a description of its positive and negative socio-economic aspects.The methodology of wages calculation (considered and used in this article) is based on the application of KPI indicators in distribution of incentive income of employees. In addition, the article contains a statistical comparison method for visualizing the economic phenomena under consideration around the subject of the presented work.The scientific novelty (originality / value) of work lies in the possibility of consideration of progressive (graded) payroll system type for a ferrous metallurgy enterprise, which was previously not typical for this industry. Such consideration is important for the future practical implementation of this method of calculation in the aspect of labor relations improving in production realities for human capital development within the industry.The research findings are presented in the following provisions: The problems of the metallurgical industry in the aspect of remuneration are considered; a model of encouragement for increasing qualitative and quantitative indicators of labor activity is proposed; positive and negative aspects for functioning of such kind of model in practice are reflected; solutions are proposed to overcome negative factors for its practical implementation.

This research analyzes “educational” factors influencing the human capital of a labor collective from Karaganda Metallurgical Plant from the perspective of the enterprise’s potential qualitative development. The purpose of this article is to consider the importance of educational factors in understanding the concept of “human capital” by employees of the enterprise. An additional goal is the description of various factors, influencing satisfaction with the educational component. The authors tested the following hypothesis: the factor of education directly affects employees’ satisfaction with the level of human capital development at the enterprise. The research results are based on a personnel survey about level of educational satisfaction, its quality and its accessibility. The main analysis tool to verify the stated hypothesis was structural modeling in the Smart PLS. The analysis of the research results revealed dissatisfaction from a significant portion of the respondents with the approaches to vocational education established at the enterprise, despite the fact that a high importance of the educational aspect in human capital formation was confirmed by the respondents during the hypothesis testing procedure for same survey’s results. The identified problems were explained by a discrepancy between the manufacturing tasks and the skills and knowledge acquired by the respondents. This research has the potential for development within the framework of company policy analysis in the field of education.