The rigs?

[AJL]

Since my seasonal summer employment ended on friday I am looking for a new job.
Alot of people have been telling me to go up north and work on the rigs... apparently they are in desperate need of people (from what I hear)
Now my question is, is it worthwhile to go up there and work? I want to hear from some people that went up there and worked, or are still working. How are the working conditions? Good money? etc.
Any info is appreciated. Thanx

[Pacman]

I have a few friends that have worked on the rigs. To make it short and sweet....the money will be great, the work will be hard, long and exhausting.

[cman]

lots of people i know, and pretty much half my SAIT class has worked on the rigs.
to sum it up for you.
your knew, expect to travel north...far north like several hours north of fort nelson north.
money will be rediculous, when you come home you can buy toys like they are pocket change.
the work SUCKS, hard, cold, wet, dirty, looooong 12+ hour days.
the money is wicked.
emotionally be ready, all you do is go to camp, atco type trailors most likely, and work. usually like 2 weeks on 1 week off type deal.
the money is awesome.

ya i think thats about it.

[Rockski]

the work was awesome, if you like manual labor...i do... the food was FUCKING GREAT... and i like cold so it too was good, get yourself some good winter clothes, now im not talking have grandma knit you a new sweater, go to marks work wear house and get helly hanson shit and carhart stuff, the arctic gear, its pricy, but'll keep your ass from freezing off in the cold.

[Street_Soldier]

A lot of Hard Work
A lot of Hours
A lot of Money
A lot of Guys and women that look like Guys
A lot of Trashy People
A lot of Swearing
A lot of Pornography

I have never been but thats what I hear.

[Rockski]

Originally posted by Street_Soldier

A lot of Hard Work
A lot of Hours
A lot of Money


A lot of Guys and women that look like Guys
NONE

A lot of Trashy People
NOPE, pretty much honest people, alot of people who are complete messes and projects in the work though

A lot of Swearing
A lot of Pornography
MEH, not so much

[robpark]

Good money but unsafe conditions... Quite a few people are severely injured on the rigs... If you can work gruelling 12 hour days and have your wits about you, you'll be alright.

[doogy]

I was just up north working for a contracting company working on trucks. I would suggest trying to get in a shop, even if you are just servicing. Service men make about $28-$34/hr, 10-12 hour days. It's great money and from what I heard, it's much easier work than working on the rigs.

[AllGoNoShow]

Its not unsafe if your foremen and you follow the conditions.

I don't think some people realise that... Oil companys cant afford a guy getting hurt on the job, its paper work, its lost profits, they have to shutdown the sit for more then a day most of the times, theyve lost a man, its not somethign that they just throw out the window.

Dad was on the rigs for 3 years before he got in the office.

LONG LONG hours
LOADS of money
LOADS of stress
LOADS of beer
Sleeping in tractors/your work truck/tents/trailers
Some are 2 weeks on 1 off as someone stated which is good for some people


If your looking for good cash job for winter/summer consider tree planting, its like .5 cents a tree or somethign you get paid might have gone up since the guys I know have worked there but when your doing 4-5 trees a minute, 330 trees a day, or something like that, they were making over 250$ an hour back like 25 years ago and further, thats ALOT of cash back then.

[dcoultis]

250 and hour planting trees? I laugh at your ignorance.

[AJL]

Thanx, looks like Ive been told the truth by alot of people. Although the money does peak my interest... I was just offered a job that doesnt need me to go work long hours, away from home, in the cold, drugs, alcohol etc.
So it looks like im not going to be going afterall.
Appreciate all the input :)

[Rockski]

Originally posted by AllGoNoShow
Its not unsafe if your foremen and you follow the conditions.


LONG LONG hours
LOADS of money
LOADS of stress
LOADS of beer
Sleeping in tractors/your work truck/tents/trailers
Some are 2 weeks on 1 off as someone stated which is good for some people


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THERE IS 0 BEER... ALL CAMPS LATELY ARE DRY CAMPS, there is a 0 tolerance policy towards this as well

[VTEC_Junkie]

I just finished summer employment at a Suncor site, I was doing construction completing a SAGD plant. They are desperate for people, look to start at aroun $17/h 12 hours a day. It was a good experience but all you do is work and sleep it fucks with you mentally. But I mean if you can handle it, it is worth it. While I was up there for 24 days, I think I spent $40 the whole time, so I had a lot of money coming home

[Rockski]

is suncore still runnign that huge ass buttress(BTC)? the 19 and a quarter and 24 and a quarter?

[AJL]

Suncor is a good company. Im good friends witha guy who works as a lawyer for them.

[kaput]

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[AJL]

Originally posted by kaput
eek I have heard so many terrible things about Suncor from people in all kinds of different positions. But I'm sure they pay their lawyers well to keep their asses covered.
That could be the case to. :confused:

[VTEC_Junkie]

I was working for Flint we were contracted out by Suncor, for their new Firebag project. Hey man if you are looking for a job up their I have some contact info

[Kobe]

can you please pm some info.. thanks..

[colinderksen]

All 4 of my roomates are rig pigs. 2 make $23/hr and the other 2 make $27/hr. And thats only for 8 hours a day, they work 12's. $100 a day living expense check(so $1400 every hitch for nothing) but they are all near a town and stay in hotels so you use that $100 for room and food They all work for Precision. Tons of money, always buying big expensive shit, huge shopping sprees, blowing tons at bar. Go back to work 1 week later flat broke.

[awd]

I think every guy should have to roughneck for 6 months -- turns boys into men.

[ca2p3r]

does anybody have experience with national oilwell varco?

[Rockski]

Originally posted by VTEC_Junkie
I was working for Flint we were contracted out by Suncor, for their new Firebag project. Hey man if you are looking for a job up their I have some contact info

firebag has been going since last winter if not longer

[Lo)2enz0]

i thought about working on th rigs, but i am to small of a guy..

and to lazy

[VTEC_Junkie]

Originally posted by Rockski


firebag has been going since last winter if not longer


Yeah it has been going for three years already, but we only finished stage 2 of 12 so I mean, it is still new. It is gonna be another 20 years before they are complete so it is still the early stages

[Rockski]

fuck yea, i remember going through the protectors that came from there and having to get covered in that kendex shit... i prefer regular dope cause varsol works with that, kendex just gets everywhere and varsol doesnt do it (but go jo does:D )

[AJL]

Do they (the hireing companies for the rigs) prefer big guys to small guys?
Does experience matter?
Transportation to and from the rigs?
Accomidation while your up there?
do they all offer living allowances?

[ca2p3r]

VTEC_Junkie, I Pmed You - But No Reply?
Please PM Some Info About Flint (Contact Info)

[Rockski]

Originally posted by AJL
Do they (the hireing companies for the rigs) prefer big guys to small guys?
Does experience matter?
Transportation to and from the rigs?
Accomidation while your up there?
do they all offer living allowances?

all of these all depend...

i know a bunch of guys that are like between 5 10 and 6 2 that are on the rigs... it really helps to be able to pull your own around, other wise you might just get ran off site. the rigs arent as easy as you would think, but its an awesome time.

experiance helps, but doesnt matter. if you really want a leg up, take your H2S ALIVE course (make sure it has "alive" at the end)

i was a contractor, so we had company trucks, but as far as i knew, they would all park at camp/site, and everybody would ride in one truck to and from the site to camp.

accomodation is generally camps. (AWESOME FOOD) be nice to the cookie's, take your hat off in the camp building, dont get invert,dope, or mud anywhere, take off your shoes when you get in. MIND YOUR MANNERS. some camps have a smoking area, some dont (inside the building) check with the cookie

im not sure if all offer living allowences, but id take a stab at it and say "pretty sure"

[AJL]

Nice, thanx alot. Its starting to sound more and more tempting. Im pretty sure I can pull my own weight around, im 6'5"... not that height has anything to do with anything.
I took the year "off" to decide what I want to do school wise... and this would be a great way to save up some much needed cash to go back next september.

[Rockski]

oh dude, its an awesome time, but you wont save shit, youll go drinking with everybody else and never see it again, that or gamble it away, but it like a once in a life time experiance... you stand on the ground or sub level as theyre squeezing 3300 m of pipe down a hole and you feel the ground shake and screem beneath you is one fuck of a trip... its intense

[AJL]

im not the big drinking type, ill drink once in awhile... but thats it. A buddy of mine saves all his money when he goes up there. Hes been there for 6 months (off and on of course) and just came back and bought a brand new $40,000 Dodge diesel cash.

[Rockski]

all the rig guys have new toys man, you can see some nice trucks, and then you can see some dodges too

[ca2p3r]

Ya Thanks Rockski, Im Signed Up To Take H2S Alive Later This Month ! :thumbsup:

[Rockski]

try for your whmis too, it helps, not a necessity, but it helps same as first aid

[USED]

^ WHMIS is company specific, so you can't take it prior to employment.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

^Are you sure? I thought you can get a true WHMIS certificate that is accepted anywhere.

[Rockski]

Originally posted by USED
^ WHMIS is company specific, so you can't take it prior to employment.

WRONG

you can too, especially for the rigs, dont listen to this guy, hes out in left field


thats like saying "DONT GET YOUR TDG BEFORE YOU START DRIVING TRUCKS WITH DANGEROUS MATERIAL"

(tdg stands for transportation of dangerous goods)

[Lexxan]

YOU'RE GONNA DIE ON THE RIGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha j/k
save some cash or it's a waste of time.
I love how everyone refers to the rigs as up north.. yet I work beside rigs in the shack as an mwd hand and have never been up there. Furthest I've gone is red deer and estevan saskatchewan. They will most likely situate you somewhere close.. edmonton and grand prarie rig hands can handle the north work.

Sub is going upto $150 a day I heard.. make sure you drive a beater cuz they don't pay you kms.

Small guys are actually better than big ones because they usually run around at 100 mph and get shit done. You have winches for lifting most heavy shit. You can't lift it someone else will.

[Lexxan]

Originally posted by Rockski


WRONG

you can too, especially for the rigs, dont listen to this guy, hes out in left field


thats like saying "DONT GET YOUR TDG BEFORE YOU START DRIVING TRUCKS WITH DANGEROUS MATERIAL"

(tdg stands for transportation of dangerous goods)

uhh it is company specific. you have to retake the test and they reissue you a certificate. I've done whmis like 10 times on the first day of a job. Same goes for TDG.

[Rockski]

and thats why certificats from sait are good enought for the rigs too eh? especially ones taken 2 months prior?

[ca2p3r]

anoyone takin the p.i.t.t.s cource - a one week basic rig work training cource at sait?
where they have a model rig set up ...

[Lexxan]

that's ridiculous.. it's going nuts right now.. Apply and u should get a job

[ca2p3r]

anybody know who to contact for seismic?

[RXsevenmonk]

dude how does it work? i have applied via e-mail and online to like 6 places no reply... can you just drop in and apply please help!

[Rockski]

best idea is to go there in person... show real initiative

[rvd]

long awaited bump.

Whats the diff between a leasehand and a greenhand?

[Twatson]

Anyone with a vast amount of information/knowledge on well paying jobs in the Alberta area can u please pm me or e-mail {[email protected]} me some info on it, IE contact info for jobs things like that, because i am desperatly looking for a well paying job in the western part of Canada, doesn't matter what kind of work, im down for whatever, because this East Side non-sense isn't cuttin it anymore.

It would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks Again

Jason

[Rockski]

Originally posted by rvd
long awaited bump.

Whats the diff between a leasehand and a greenhand?

green hand means youve been on the rigs from about day 1 to (cant remember exact days because i wanted to leave my green hand on my helmet, so if i fucked up i couldnt really get as much blame) i think its 3 months... lease hand is a position

[ca2p3r]

:eek: :thumbsup:
i got hired this morning, drove up to crossfields for an interview - and was hired by a well testing company, Greywolf. I head out on monday till the 31st, looking forward to it.

[Rockski]

grey wolf isnt a bad company..... congrats... enjoy the field

[unfocus]

can anyone give me the info on precision oil i wnana work at the rigs over winder and spring and save up for summer i know its hard and all but i been thinking about it lately and i wanan do it.. so anyone kno where i cna go to get hired or a contact info... im looking towards precision oil drilling though nothig else...

[~Jimbo_69~]

Do many oil patch companies hire students throughout the summer (April-August)?

[Sharpie]

Originally posted by unfocus
can anyone give me the info on precision oil i wnana work at the rigs over winder and spring and save up for summer i know its hard and all but i been thinking about it lately and i wanan do it.. so anyone kno where i cna go to get hired or a contact info... im looking towards precision oil drilling though nothig else...
Bring alot of warm clothes.

[Rockski]

Originally posted by ~Jimbo_69~
Do many oil patch companies hire students throughout the summer (April-August)?

they might, but probably not... the oil patch slows down (drilling at least) during the summer