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Haul Truck Operator Program - Keyano College - 2015
06-17-2015, 03:03 PM
Know someone who did this course a few years ago. Earnings good initially, but only when factoring in overtime. Regular hourly wage is nothing special. About C$150K, including overtime, first year he said. Kind of hanging on now I think. If the oil price is low when your contract ends there is 0% chance of being rehired. Not likely you'll get a permanent position either. So if you do something like this bank your money and don't be too spendthrift.
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06-17-2015, 09:04 PM
dude dont waste your money,your safer spend it on a class one
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06-20-2015, 07:33 PM
Get your class one and a hiab ticket instead .
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Haul Truck Operator Program - Keyano College - 2015
06-23-2015, 12:17 PM
Thanks Jack of All Trades and NeVerGymLess,
You you please help me with some more information on Class one and Hiab?
Thanks
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06-23-2015, 12:19 PM
Thanks Scotian. I am going to re think on this whole thing now. Thankce once again for all your inputs.
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Haul Truck Operator Program - Keyano College - 2015
06-23-2015, 12:28 PM
I don't know anything about this specific Haul Truck course and whether or not it is a ripoff. However, if you DO get a haul truck course/licence and the oil patch is not hiring you can go and haul logs for forestry companies. Its an equally difficult, boring job with crazy hours but the pay is good and something you can get into with no post high school education.
They are always hiring because you have to stay off of the drugs, booze and be able to show up on time which it seems is a pretty high barrier to entry for most prospective truck drivers.
The TV show "American Loggers" is a pretty good depiction of the typical bullshit a log truck driver is faced with.
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06-23-2015, 09:38 PM
Another thing that you have to consider is the lifestyle and even cultural change that you'll experience when you move out to Alberta, most guys seem able to adapt well enough but there's some guys who just don't. If you grew up in multi-cultural, politically correct Toronto and worked in an office environment then it may not be too easy because the oil patch culture is very different. Also, as I mentioned above about Fort McMurray, that city and most of the small, industrial towns in Alberta aren't very nice places to live, even Edmonton and Calgary aren't great. Myself, I will never live in Alberta year-round again, the only way I'll spend anytime here is when I"m working and I know that I'll be fucking off somewhere else in a few months.
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Haul Truck Operator Program - Keyano College - 2015
07-01-2015, 09:44 PM
This course is actually the worst time to be obtaining it now.....heard on the cbc radio about a week ago that they are investing into automated mining trucks and gonna try to deplete the drivers.....for the oil sands which will be a good savings for them what I was hearing