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Oct 18, 06
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Anyone here ever looked at working the oil rigs in Alberta?
Tough as nails work but you bring in like $6000 a month to start and only have to work 8 months a year....
I don't know... I've looked at it as an escape from boring IT work but being gone for 2 weeks at a time is tough. Although you are home for an entire week too.... Anyhow, anyone here ever worked them or know someone who has? Info? 
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a friend of mine just got hired by an oil company in grand prairie. He first applied just for the hell of it. Didn't even put any effort in his resume either.... He's making big dollars.... wouldn't go in the figures with me however like he said to me "I love BC... my family is here... grew up here... never been anywhere else.... But the money in GP is AMAZING" He has never done any labor type work before either... worked in an office environment.... What he does all day is drives the company truck that has a 300-500 foot cable to measure oil levels and other deposits around the well's.... His wife is working at starbucks and is making like 14 dollars an hour to start. The only problem for them is finding a place to live... so many people flocking there with so little room.
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Well I'd do the travel option.... no relocation for me.
With 2 weeks on and a week off and with the money you make I'd just fly home and back for my time off. I actually know someone who works in Vancouver and commutes weekly (flying of course) from Winterpeg!
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I used to deal with lots of corporate customers working on oil rigs in ab, and they would be perfectly fine with a $200 per month bill for their cellphone, so I got the impression that money was good, they did complain of really missing their family though.
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The money is awesome, but you need to get on it ASAP.
Precision drilling is the best company to work for in terms of conditions and pay. The money is good , but the lifestyle is pretty close to going to prison. 16 hour days of hard ass labour , back to the trailers at the camp to eat and sleep for a few hours . repeat. Usually runs on a 6 weeks in 2 weeks out rotation ....but it depends whether you are drilling or on a service rig. REmember that there is a hierarchy. THey don't care about experience. Begginers start as "lease hands" which means you won't even make it to the rig....you'll be scrubbing diesel off the generator walls, shovelling snow , fixing toilets , bringing lunch to the dril hands etc. It's a tough life, but the money is good.
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Two of my close buddies went out for orientation in Alberta to work on the oil rigs. I can't remember all the jobs they explained to me but apparently there is room to move up and make even more cash.
Next time they come online i'll throw some questions their way. Anything specific you want me to ask them?
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MY two bro-in-laws work on a 2 in 1 out rotation so that's what I'm looking to move towards.... I have my H2S Alive training on Saturday and will most likely be heading to Calgary on Monday morning. They work for Precision Drilling.
I realize I start on the bottom. I know that my actual brother had a hard time and left 6 months in... couldn't handle the guys higher up making comments about him and his family (stuff about how his GF was fucking some other dude while he was gone and how he was a fag because of his piercings). I'll just throw it back at them.... shit like that don't bother me. Oh I'm a fag huh? That's not what your wife choked out while she was sucking my cock last night! Ahhh who am I kidding... I wouldn't drop to that shit. I can let insults just roll off my back.
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An old co-worker/friend of mine left the night club industry to go work on the rigs in alberta. The money was great, the work conditions not so much. There were various safety issues that he addressed on several occasions that just got "Yes, we'll take care of those things immediately.", by managment. He ended up complaining about the same safety issues on one line up pipe for nearly a month straight.
A few weeks after his last series of complaints, that pipe burst. The blown pipe ended up smashing into the side of his head and left him with over 150 stitches, partially lost vision in his left side, and a 2 week coma. Due to the stipulations on his contract with the company, he was unable to sue the company for neglegence on their part. Even thoough these safety issues were brought up and managment chose to do nothing about it. Sure the money is good, but becareful who you choose to work for. No amount of money is worth what he's gone through.
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I am doing that at the moment too. its not that bad of a work week. Just a four hour drive to and from Winnipeg every other week. The gold mines are all hiring. You start around 20$/h but get good bonus every month depending on your crew and their safety and production record. Last edited by Spoon; Oct 18, 06 at 04:34 PM.
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My cousin from white horse relocated to GP alberta to do it. Makes a killing. My other cousin used to coordinate first-aid for oil rigs out there, and now she has enough $$ to have started her own industrial first-aid biz with ambulances and everything. Its hard work, but redick money in return. But basically you need to not move, Ok? I hardly see you as it is. <3
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Why don't you just get a job in Vancouver's booming construction industry? There's work everywhere, they're short of skilled labor, you've got experience...
I'm not pulling down 6 grand a month but I'm close to 4, and I get to come home after somewhere betweeen 9 and 11 hours. With your experience you could probably make more than me anyways.
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