Alberta oilfield driving jobs

That's why I preach to drivers to sell themselves by saying, "Nice of you to tell me what you pay, but this is how much I'll work for". "Take it or leave it".

 

Ill check Wednesday, let you know if there's anyone on Ice....

 

I can understand that, I offered to PM me and ill give all the details that are needed. Your right, there all offering about the same.

 

hey everyone.. its time for my monthly check in..

So I am working up in camp now, I'm at Surmont 2 by Anzac at the new job, its going good but the hours are goofy. I am staying in the main surmont residence camp which houses about 3000 guys. To feed that many 3 meals a day, a bagged lunch and 2 snacks takes about 17 53' trailers a week of food alone. The logistics are staggering.

On my previous set of days off, I was hired by another company - did their drivers test, training/orientation and did the free tdg and whmis course. Ultimately I decided to stay in camp as with this other job I would have to drag my own shack to lease, bring my own bedding, buy my own food and cook it.. running the numbers it worked out to only another 400 / month plus you calculate the downsides, cooking your own food, doing your own dishes, 21/7 rotation on location 12 hour days, chaining up in the mud.. hmmm.. not really worth it.. (camp food is rockin' so far, plus we get our own shower, none of this jack and jill nonsense)

on the way home this rotation, I got this in my mailbox:

"Hi Lorne. I am letting you know we have a class 3 driver position available here at Edgar. It is hauling DEF fluid throughout Alberta in a new fully automatic bodyjob. DEF is a non dangerous good.
Are you currently happy with your employment ?

If not please call

Thanks
"

so thats where I'm at currently

 

when I was hired on by Sanjel in Edson I was a fairly brand new driver, salary was 38,400 for bulk cement and I was getting job bonus's.. the first 5 months I made 25g - on top of that my food sub was 47/day and 500 / month as rental assistance - moved to red deer, same salary, lost the rental assistance and the bonus's little more than doubled. (cementing vs frac)

Maybe the salary is so low because you're paying for your own flights?

 

Been away from this forum for awhile , but one track's post is kinda the "standard " out west , I worked Tri can and my base salary was 3800 per month plus bonuses, living allowance etc , I enjoy'd my time there ,but middle management , pissed me off so much , I decided to move along. But I think all those companies are fair and treat their employee's pretty good . just do what your hired to do. FYI some companies grow too fast in certain demanding area's and seem to give whites hats to some power trippers , but hey the world is not perfect , and how boring would it be if it was .

 

Hi there guys, another young buck here ready to start driving truck, I live in Ontario and just got my AZ before I came back to Alberta for the Seismic season, I do surveying and this is my third year, but sadly my hands hurt too much from hammering lath all day. So looking to start a new carrier that can take me far and trucking looks like a great job for making money in Alberta and steady work back home in Ontario. Im calling up companies and sending out resumes as you read this, but of course this site and especially this post is full of people in the know. So I know this question has been asked a number of times but any suggestions on what new driver jobs I should be looking into and how much I should ask/expect to get paid, any leads or names I should particularly be looking up, especially companies where I can grow. Love reading from all of you guys, especially Prairie Boy. Keep it up guys, see you on the road soon

 

^ Pump op with frac or fluid? Needs class 1, get trained on the job. $60-80k year one?
Trican, Baker, Sanjel, Canyon etc

That's where I would place my bet.

 

Trican RD offered me 2900 base. Plus job bonuses. Ive got offroad exp and general patch exp. This was for frac pump operator.

Job was what I wanted just not the salary.

Now im in GP hauling N2 for halliburton as a 3rd party. Pretty gravy work.

 

Hey everyone,

Just been skimming through this thread a bit. Thank you to everyone for all of the information.

I am looking for a straightforward job that involves mostly driving and has a rotation like 7on/7off, where I am not working too many days in a row and I have a lot of days off in a row.

If I understand correctly, fluid hauling and water trucking involves a lot of driving.

I live in Calgary, but I only have my Class 5 right now. I am trying to decide whether to get a Class 3 or a Class 1. With a Class 3, I could just get a water truck job.

But is it worth it to save up a bit more money to get the Class 1? I think I was told that people with a Class 1 are paid more than Class 3 for the same jobs.

Also, how does the difficulty compare to driving a water truck vs. hauling fuel?