Jobs in West Virginia

Have him check out the oilfield companies that are now working in the area.

There are way too many to list but now that they are producing on the schale
that they found quite a few years ago there will be plenty of oilfield work for
awhile now.

 

woulld like some info on those WV jobs myself. ready to move to somewhere a little more country. like it use to be here. trucking or running heavy equipment works for me

 

to be totally honest with you... Most local jobs here require atleast 2 years verifyable experience with a carrier or they will not touch you. Unless you can get someone to lie for you...

Where in WV do you live, if you don't mind me asking?

 

WV Gal,

Has your husband ever considered hauling asphalt or gravel?

I live in Belfry, KY, but work in Lenore, WV for a small trucking company that is contracted with the Oldcastle Group.. (WV Paving, Mountain Enterprises, etc.) We haul gravel year round, and lay asphalt during the summer months. Not a lot to it... The hardest part is being in sync with the paver and not getting out of the hopper as you are being pushed. And getting your chains set right to spread the different sizes of gravel.

Most of the well known (read: better) companies will require 2 years exp. among other things. But there are smaller, more lenient companies out there that may give him a chance. But by and large, this year has been bad even for us. The work simply isn't there...


Best of luck with your search.

 

I have not been to Belfry seen I was in high school. I went over there to play a football game. How about the coal trucks? They are all cut back to a 4 day week in my area.

 

The majority of them are simply out of work. The rest of them are 5 and 6 days a week.

I haven't seen it this bad since the early 80's when coal went bust. I guess the next thing is highway construction (my forte') I heard that the state of KY is not releasing any money for highway improvements (other than bridges) in Pike, Floyd, Martin, and Letcher counties this year. I guess if I lose my job, I'll go back to the communications field after 10 years of driving, cause I ain't going back OTR for a long while due to our 2 toddlers.