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Motorhand - Oil And Gas Drilling

Employer

Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership

Date Posted

September 18, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $41.60 hourly
  • Work Hours 168 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 14, 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
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Drilling and well service contractor
  • Remote location
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from a platform on the rig derrick
  • Operate and maintain drilling rig diesel motors, transmissions and other mechanical equipment
  • Assist in setting up, taking down and transporting drilling and service rigs
  • 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Standard First Aid Certificate
  • Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
  • Rig Worker Fall Protection
  • Confined Space Entry Training
  • Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Field work location experience

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

Security and safety

  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Drug test
  • Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel overnight
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Travel expenses not paid by employer
  • Public transportation is not available
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Safety equipment/gear
  • Gloves
  • Hard hat

Personal suitability

Team player

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan

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

Interest Codes

Oil and Gas Well Drilling Workers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in controlling and maintaining drilling mud systems and pumps during drilling and mixing of mud chemicals and additives; and in operating and maintaining diesel motors, transmissions and other mechanical equipment

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to record mud flows and volumes and to take samples; and in assisting in setting up, taking down and transporting rigs

directive

Interest in speaking with floor hands and labourers to supervise their activities

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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Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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Interest Codes

Oil and Gas Well Services Operators
DIRECTIVE

Interest in driving trucks to well sites and in operating systems to pump chemicals, gases, sand, cement and other materials into wells

METHODICAL

Interest in monitoring pressure, density, rate and concentration during pumping operations

innovative

Interest in copying information to read gauges to interpret conditions and adjust pumping procedures; may mix chemicals and cement

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.

Learn About Interests

Learn More

Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

Learn More
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