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Originally Posted by chet
Ft. McMurray is not mines! Its all gas and oil. what kind of trade do you have? You will end up working on building a new gasification facility of some sort. Ft. Mac has good services it is a growing town. Some companies are providing camps for guys as there is no housing. I'm pretty sure a week long "holiday up there might be your best bet. You need to see it first hand. The diamond mines in NWT are huge coin buy Damn its hard livin up there!.
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Well its not mining in the traditional sense, its open pit, which is still mining. The next stage is oil and gas application where they break the bitumen down to a slurry that can be pumped thru a pipe.
There is a ton of work up there and you would make good coin to deal with the wretched environment, I believe a background in construction would be your best bet. Waiward construction is a company we use to erect some of our stuff up there, not sure if they need help.
But personally, I just read an article in the mining mag that said they are going to have a huge Labor shortage in BC, I would much rather live in about any area in BC than up at Ft. Mac.
You could also check out upstream oil companies, they always need people and the pay is good but the work is hard, you could potentially stay in the states as well.