Maybelater
06-10-2012, 07:05 PM
Yes, time for another oil thread.
I'm planning on going to work up north soon, I've read the threads here, read the threads there and got advice from friends and acquaintances. I have a pretty strong idea of what I need to do if I wanted to work as a lease-hand/rig bitch.
But, a friend who works with heavy equipment up there suggested it as a better job with good pay. What is doing construction work like up there? Any advice on where one would start looking for jobs like that? Would it be the same deal by driving up to Nisku or Brooks? How about rock truck drivers? Or just general construction labourer? He said the work is busy and many places are short staff, but I have trouble thinking most places want a total green-horn running their equipment and I figure you would be looking for jobs with construction companies opposed to oil ones.
I'm still thinking just taking the roughneck route as the simplest and more straight forward though, but I'd need to bulk up first, lol.
I'm planning on going to work up north soon, I've read the threads here, read the threads there and got advice from friends and acquaintances. I have a pretty strong idea of what I need to do if I wanted to work as a lease-hand/rig bitch.
But, a friend who works with heavy equipment up there suggested it as a better job with good pay. What is doing construction work like up there? Any advice on where one would start looking for jobs like that? Would it be the same deal by driving up to Nisku or Brooks? How about rock truck drivers? Or just general construction labourer? He said the work is busy and many places are short staff, but I have trouble thinking most places want a total green-horn running their equipment and I figure you would be looking for jobs with construction companies opposed to oil ones.
I'm still thinking just taking the roughneck route as the simplest and more straight forward though, but I'd need to bulk up first, lol.