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Power-Tong Operator

Employer

Friends Tubular Services Ltd.

Date Posted

March 24, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Bonnyville, AB
  • Earnings $74,000.00 annually
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Apr 28, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Friends Tubular Services Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

Outdoors

Work setting

  • Drilling and well service contractor
  • Rural area

Tasks

  • Align and manipulate sections of pipe or drill stem from a platform on the rig derrick
  • Drive well services truck to well site
  • Supervise daily activities of floorhands, labourers and helpers
  • Take samples
  • Attach pumps and hoses to wellhead
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Operate hydraulic pumping systems
  • Read gauges to interpret conditions and adjust pumping procedure
  • Use specialized equipment to determine the location of buried pipelines and other utilities in preparation for seismic exploration and drilling activities

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Standard First Aid Certificate
  • Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding

Experience

Experience an asset


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Power-Tong Operator 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

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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

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Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

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Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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