well yes, I am currently living in my car...way out here in the oil field again. I haven't been employed yet, but I WILL get back on a drilling rig. Basedt on my experience (the 4 companies I've worked with) it takes about 2 to 3 weeks to get employed and for the drug test/background check to clear, on average
There are positions available for hydraulic frac crews and work-over rigs...but with these jobs, you're often times on-call. I prefer a set schedule and all my experience is on drilling rigs too (and I still have much to learn, which I want to do first, on the drilling rigs)...because I learned all of this from the bottom, up. I started on a surface drilling & casing rig and moved up to work on a massive electrically-powered DSM triple, directional drilling. There are opportunities with 2 companies in Canada (one of them I worked for already, the one that paid very well but I quit due to safety concerns).
Anywho, I might just have to take up one of these jobs that i don't necessarily want in the meantime until I get employed with a drilling rig. The weekend is here, which sucks- because that means the Human Resource people are out of office and I can't do much but apply elsewhere and wait in my car
But hoping I can fill one of these open positions on a drilling rig, listed on 2 companies websites, to be a floorhand or leasehand in Alberta or Saskatchewan
The shit is crazy because while I'm living like a bum right now...as soon as I get on, I'm living comfortably and travelling on my days off again. But I just need to bank $20k or so before i even think about travelling. Pay back dad, pay off college loan debts...put some dough away, get my property funds started...then I can do fun things
As for now, it's 10:35 am and i just woke up a half hour ago. Gonna run over to the grocery store and buy some food and sit in the lounge room of the hotel which I sleep outside of at night. It's been getting down to -20 at night and the weather yesterday said -25 this Saturday...I stay warm in my car though
good day