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Floorhand - Oil And Gas Drilling

Employer

Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership

Date Posted

September 18, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Red Deer, AB
  • Earnings $39.50 hourly
  • Work Hours 168 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 18, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Dangerous
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Hot

Tasks

  • Manipulate sections of pipes or drill stems at rig floor during drilling and during removal and replacement of pipes, drill stems and drill bits
  • Handle, sort and move drill pipes, tools, cement and other materials
  • Clean up rig areas
  • Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs and service equipment
  • Drive trucks to transport materials and well service equipment

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA) basic safety orientation (BSO)
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
  • Confined Space Entry Training
  • Rig Worker Fall Protection

Field work location experience

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Maritimes
  • Ontario and/or Quebec
  • Prairies region
  • Territories

Security and safety

  • Medical exam
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

Team player

Experience

Will train

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Floorhand - Oil And Gas Drilling is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to handle, sort and move drill tools, pipes, cement and other materials, and to clean up rig areas; may drive trucks to transport materials and well service equipment

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating equipment to manipulate sections of pipes and drill stems at rig floors during drilling and for removal and replacement of strings of pipes, drill stems and bits

innovative

Interest in maintaining drilling equipment on drill floors

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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