Oil Rigs
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One option might be attending one of the numerous job fairs for them. Usualy held out in Nisku, for the Edmonton area. Plus for 70k a year, I hope your prepared to work your ass off.
Good luck on finding a job though. Mabey more rig workers = more oil, so mabey lower gas prices
Good luck on finding a job though. Mabey more rig workers = more oil, so mabey lower gas prices
Couple tips to getting to the "top" of the pile when applying for an oil rig industry job:
1) Take a H2S course. This course is a prerequisite for 99% of the jobs in the oil industry. The course is a usually held over a weekend and will cost less then $200. Check out "Safety Training" in the Edmonton yellow pages.
2) Take a Standard First Aid course. Again, is often mentioned as a prereq for any oil industry job.
3) One more course is "Confined Space". This one is not often a prereq but will help you understand the environment that you will be working with and around.
If you have a class 1 drivers license, it will help you.....but most places will ask for the first two courses that I mentioned. Once you have these courses, start sending your resume to various oil company websites.
One place to check out for additional courses and information on the oil industry is: http://www.enform.ca/
1) Take a H2S course. This course is a prerequisite for 99% of the jobs in the oil industry. The course is a usually held over a weekend and will cost less then $200. Check out "Safety Training" in the Edmonton yellow pages.
2) Take a Standard First Aid course. Again, is often mentioned as a prereq for any oil industry job.
3) One more course is "Confined Space". This one is not often a prereq but will help you understand the environment that you will be working with and around.
If you have a class 1 drivers license, it will help you.....but most places will ask for the first two courses that I mentioned. Once you have these courses, start sending your resume to various oil company websites.
One place to check out for additional courses and information on the oil industry is: http://www.enform.ca/
I think 70K is in the ballpark when you consider they usually work 200+ hours a month.
But your correct, there is a down turn in the oil exploration business. 40% of the rigs are not working right now. That proabably will last until after the Provincal and Federals elections predicted for this year.
That should give a guy a chance to get the above mentioned course and get into the swing of things when it picks up again.
