Sheep Shearing
Mostly plant. What I am hearing is that I am being considered for area management and will oversee a few sites? The details are still sketchy but thats the way they do. When it happens I'll get the move letter on a Friday telling me to be there on Monday. It sounds like an adventure for sure, one that I am sure that I can handle mentaly and physically. I was an 11B back in the day and still think like a soldier. I have the familys buy in and I do understand the "risk" mentioned above but we are pretty solid there and have been for years. Snotcicles I can handle but will draw the line at turdcicles, so I do have an exit strategy. Worst case if I reach a breaking point I would be 20 days at most then back home and do not return. Safety , booze and drugs are non-issues with me. Im gonna go get me a pair of those extra pointy cowboy boots though, just in case I have to kick a mooses a$$ 😛
Sheep Shearing
I don't know about anybody else, but I wouldn't think about that job for anything less than $100 an hour.
Sheep Shearing
Why take a pay cut to freeze your valuable appendages?
This just in...(Be careful out there)
Live in a camp?
I hardly think so.
If you are going to work for a company for whom does contract work for SunCor or Syncrude you will be housed in town just as all the workers who are employed by the above.
Matter of fact,SunCor and Syncrude owns most of the homes there and employees buy them from them,then when they retire,they purchase them back.
They are going to fly you home every 21 days?,nice....make sure you get that in writing.
If there is a big fire in the forest you might not be going anywhere.
There is only 1 road to Ft.Mac.
Be prepared to spend mega bucks for accommodation,if it is not provided for you.
Be prepared to spend big bucks on anything period.
Summers are short.
Winter's are very long...
Always remember to plug your truck in at night or you will be out there in the early hours of the AM with a propane torch heating your oil pan.
Yes,it's cold,but once you get used to it,you will be wearing a light fleece jacket if you are working in the field 🙂
Seeing you are from Tejas....you are going to freeze you kahona's off.
-40 degrees Celcius is not uncommon.
Can you drive in snow at 100 kph?
Have you ever driven on an ice bridge?
Are you familiar with the metric system?
Ft.Mac is Newfoundland's second largest city 🙂
It is beautiful up there if you love the outdoors.
The Northern Lights are spectacular.
It's even cooler after a few beers 🙂
It's definately an experience,but it is a dangerous one.
The equipment is big.
You will be drilled safety rules till you are blue in the face.
There are no room for mistakes in that environment.
Did I mention that it is very expensive to live there?
Good luck with the job if you should take it.