Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dangerous
• Noisy
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty

Work setting

• Drilling and well service contractor
• Various locations
• Willing to relocate
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from a platform on the rig derrick
• Drive well services truck to well site
• Train and supervise floorhands, assistants and helpers
• Attach pumps and hoses to wellhead
• Read gauges to interpret conditions and adjust pumping procedure
• Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Standard First Aid Certificate
• Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver’s validity licence check
• Drug test

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)