wireline the journy continues

well I applied for a wireline operator job ... I got the job and they sent me to training... I did the training
but now they have decided I am too "smart" to send out as an operator so they want make me a perf gun loader and make up guns in the workshop... I know better than to say no thats not what I came here for cuz a job is a job and I have debt so I agreed to be a loader... I head out to midland and start next Thursday
they will send me details on the pay and hours this week but they still give me an apartment, however I am not guaranteed 100 hours since the shop doesnt work nights and such... I will let you know more when I know more
Ps I will also be a hot shot driver for them (automatic pickup truck with goose-neck)

Do any of you know anything about Gun Loader jobs and what kinda hours such they are or anything else I could be informed on?

 

no that is the job I thought I was getting ... Wireline operator... but they dont build the gun they just put primer cord maybe on it.... a gun loader puts the charges in and wires it to be ready for primer cord and also may put primer cord on depends on the gun . the gun loader works at the shop not out in the field but I will have 12-14 hr shift but only during the day the shop closes at night

 

yeah I am glad to be working and yeah the pay wont be quite as great but still good and I will be able to sleep in a bed every night in the apartment they pay for.. I dont have to dread the portapotty issues, dont have to be awake and ready for an obscene amount of time... and I will always be day shift so my sleeping wont be disturbed
not sure how many hours a week but have come to suspect 12 hrs for 14 days and then a week off will turn into 12 hrs for 11 days and 3 off after my loader training which is another 2 weeks... if that is true the money will be comparable and more regular than just as a operator
but I will let you know when I get more info

 

well I start Friday and as for not cut out I had two job offers and this is the one I took since they said they needed it more... (still think they dont trust the guys in the field for me being female).... as for pay they did say the loader makes more per hour but I would get less overtime hours they dont guarantee 100 hrs for this job... but from what I can calc based on the per hour I found googling of 25-30 per hour at less hours is comparable to the operator not quite the same but still very large amount per year