[mrbill]

Hello

Names Bill

I live in Ontario and was thinking of moving to Alberta to work in the oil industry
I'm 24 and I'm a apprentice mechanic that works at a gas station becasue I hate working on car's.

It's 'not that I'm lazy I did it for a lot of years and put up with a lot but I'm sick of it and was thinking I should just move out west.

I will buy a van and live in it if I half to .

I have some loader experience(CAT IT 28) and can do anything that need be I learn fast , I now how to work hard thou anything.

My question is what should I start out as ?

And where to go to get a hold of people that can help me.

Just looking for guidance.

[BAT119]

I live in LLoydminster and there is no problem picking up work around this area, get your safety tickets H2s alive, confined space, CSTS and first aid, you will be working as soon as you arrive. here are some jobs listing to get you going.

http://www.classifiedextra.ca/cgi-bin/search/index.cgi

[mrbill]

Great Thanks !
I will defintly get on to getting thoes corces
Another qustion: is there any type of job that I should stay away from?

I just want to have some sort of gameplan before I pack up and move

[BAT119]

When I relocated here twenty years ago I got my Taxi class 4 and drove hack until I found the right job (2 weeks) picking up cab shifts is easy in any town.

[kenmore]

mrbill wrote:

Hello

Names Bill

I live in Ontario and was thinking of moving to Alberta to work in the oil industry
I'm 24 and I'm a apprentice mechanic that works at a gas station becasue I hate working on car's.

It's 'not that I'm lazy I did it for a lot of years and put up with a lot but I'm sick of it and was thinking I should just move out west.

I will buy a van and live in it if I half to .

I have some loader experience(CAT IT 28) and can do anything that need be I learn fast , I now how to work hard thou anything.

My question is what should I start out as ?

And where to go to get a hold of people that can help me.

Just looking for guidance.

My advice is don't apply for anything that you have to use your spelling skills.

[mrbill]

Quote:

My advice is don't apply for anything that you have to use your spelling skills

To start loader: turn on key... complete grammar test and spelling bee
turn off E brake ....

I think Ill be Fine.


Thanks for all the helpful advice.

[JungleBoogie]

Hi Bill, I'd recommend moving to northern AB;

I moved to Grande Prairie Alberta after all 36 years of my life in BC
just last year.

Went from laborer to driver to general manager to minority shareholder
in 12 short months.

Alberta RoCkS!

My accountant is from back east, he just took on our corporate account and
we helped him move his whole family here.

In Alberta talent, perseverance, and roll-up-the-shirtsleeves hard work
still trump seniority, who-you-know, and brown-nosing.

If you are looking to punch a clock and be as lazy as you can get away with
don't move here though.

[ShepherdsDog]

kenmore wrote:

mrbill wrote:

Hello

Names Bill

I live in Ontario and was thinking of moving to Alberta to work in the oil industry
I'm 24 and I'm a apprentice mechanic that works at a gas station becasue I hate working on car's.

It's 'not that I'm lazy I did it for a lot of years and put up with a lot but I'm sick of it and was thinking I should just move out west.

I will buy a van and live in it if I half to .

I have some loader experience(CAT IT 28) and can do anything that need be I learn fast , I now how to work hard thou anything.

My question is what should I start out as ?

And where to go to get a hold of people that can help me.

Just looking for guidance.

My advice is don't apply for anything that you have to use your spelling skills.

having no people skills didn't seem to stop you from going into nursing.

[RUEZ]

kenmore wrote:

My advice is don't apply for anything that you have to use your spelling skills.

You had better spell everything correctly from now on, I'll be watching.

[Wally_Sconce]

You might want to narrow your option down and decide where you might want to live, and what kind of work envirement you want to have.

You can make really good money, living in camp at fort macmurray. But, its not uncommon for people to make good money and spend every last penny.

So maybe you'd be happier in Edmonton,Grand Prairie,Red Deer? or some other place working in a shop that services the oil patch. The pay is good, but it wont be as good as the oil patch. yet, you might be better off if quality of life is important to you.

If you choose to go after the big money, you might want to have a plan to get specific experience, or a trade. That way you won't have to live in the oil patch forever.

[ziggy]

Sorry Bill but I just saw your pm to me asking for info a month or so ago.I'll get some links back to you but they will be mostly for the calgary sun classifieds or the human resources job bank which has a search tool that will have you busy writing down phone numbers all day.For search words try equipment operator,pipeline,or drilling.
Then pick a province.

[Mustang1]

RUEZ wrote:

kenmore wrote:

My advice is don't apply for anything that you have to use your spelling skills.

You had better spell everything correctly from now on, I'll be watching.

Which means I'll be watching the watchman!

And I just answered Alan Moore's brilliant tagline too! The answer: ME!