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Originally Posted by steverb1
I'm wondering if any of you have a trucking job in Alberta? If you're working out of Edmonton or Fort McMurray I'd like to know how's the pay?
I've heard they can't find enough workers and it's easy to get a job paying good money. Any truth to the rumours of getting paid up to $44.00 per hour?
Any comments on working in the Alberta oil and gas industry would be appreciated.
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Steve: Trust me you DON'T want to live in Ft Mac! But living & working out of Edmonton is not so bad, cost of living is lower than Vancouver. If you have "some" (2 years minimum) you might check with some of the LTL companies that run there, like Byers, Grimshaw, Duke's or Rainbow. Some of the LTL, like Rainbow & Manitoulin will hire you right out of school, but be careful of them as they have a revolving door for their drivers.
There's lots of work here no matter what part of trucking you want to get into. "Patch" work is pretty specialized & most companies I know of won't hire you without at least 10 years experience.
You will find that most regional carriers pay around 40 cpm to start & go up from there depending on experience & whether you have extended length or not. Our guys are around the 60 cpm range, but then they are union as well.
Many of the bulk carriers like Westcan & ECL & Ventures West are always looking & I understand they pay pretty well & there's lots of work.
There are oodles of options working in Alberta as we are desperately short of drivers period. Unfortunately we do NOT recognize the American CDL or we would be trying to steal American drivers too, as we are doing our level best to steal them from everywhere else. :lol: :lol: :lol: