/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>370861
bump.

lazy + self entitled != a capable pipeline worker

You're going to go in with soft hands, a soft arse and you're going to get battered. Left right and centre. Your first three months will leave you in screaming agony for most days and the guys will mercilessly take the piss out of you for anything and everything,

But you'll have to go through that in any form of physical employment, unless you sign on with a small as fuck crew or have already been through it. welcome to the world of men with manly jobs.

OP I live in Alaska where that photo was taken. I can tell you without a doubt to forget about coming up here for pipeline work.

Sarah Douchebag Palin pretty much ruined our oil industry. The pipeline may actually have to shut down in several months time which will be a shit storm of historic proportions. Until we get elected leadership here which isn't clinically retarded I would say forget about moving up here.

North Dakota is where its at right now. If I wasn't tied down here that is where I would go. My advice would be that if you want to do this when young don't own anything that can't be stuffed into a compact car so you can move to where the jobs are.

>>371523

Forgot pic.

Hello, OP. Forget about Alaska, it is too boring.
You must try Russia! Rought weather, unfriendly people, wild animals. Survavial for the Real mans.

>>371523
>North Dakota is where its at right now.
This. There was even a news story awhile back about how one of the local grocery chains had to fly in workers because they needed more help that bad.

@ Op what part of texas do you live in? or are going to live in?

OP what city will you be moving to?

Pipeline work is ok, but I would suggest you try and get a job in an oil refinery. That is if you live near one.

There are plenty of jobs that do not require much physical labor. You don't have to be union to get a job at $15/hr. Firewatch at the refineries get that and all they do is make sure the people doing the work don't get into danger.

>>371571
have fun paying 1000+ dollars a month for a 1 bedroom apartment,that is if you find one

>>371613

That's another reason I don't go. I wouldn't go there unless you could afford to leave in a hurry.

>>371879

Ever consider moving to Canada? I work up north, I got a job as a heavy duty mechanic for $20/h with zero experience. Apprentices usually start at $25/h. Northern BC and Alberta logging and oil has some serious cashflow, lots of positions, and good job security for the foreseeable future. I'm saying fuck University and getting my class 1A, some drivers up here make $500 a day.

>>371907

Albertan welder here. I work with guys making upwards of 160/hour. Shits retarded.

>>372458
shits also very dangerous is it not?

>>372458
>>372458
is this really where the work is?
Canada seems to look warmer every year to me

>>372478
Nope. Not very many fatalities in the patch up here.
As a semi-experienced welder's helper/labourer I was making $20/hr. the welder I was with was making $120/hr and had his propane and 1/4" rod supplied by the company.
There is an insane amount of work in northern BC. Housing crunch too as their are not enough carpenters to build houses.

look into the welding work in canada
NOONE MAKES 160 a day let alone an hour>>372458

the cake is a lie
they need workers dont pay well and noone wants to live in that shithole

You will compete with china welders on work permits but they will hire someone who speaks english rather than someone from china but pay you a non liveing wage and fire you if you look at them the wrong way
Its a huge lie that there is well paying jobs in Canada they hire from all over the world now
think about it.......

>>371523
>>371571
Guis, I live in North Dakota, thankfully on the other side of the state from where the oil is. Don't even think about going there unless you have housing lined up beforehand.

I know of truckstops that charge $50/night to let truckers stay in their own sleepers. I know a guy who opened up a place with lots for campers and utility hookups. He charges $700/month plus utilities, and then you have to buy your own camper/travel-trailer. Then you can spend the rest of your money on propane or electricity to heat the thing, because you are in an aluminum shell with 2" of insulation in North Dakota, where it's <0 a lot of the winter.

There are lots of jobs with great pay (hard jobs), but don't consider of this move unless you have a known place to live. Some employers there will have rooms for you, but it will be dormitory-style housing, with all of the downsides of college dorm life, but none of the girls. Plenty of drinking, though :).

>>372496

B welders with there own trucks and specialized pressure welders can make even more than 160/hour. Also, nobody makes 160 a day? I make 490 a day doing 10 hours.

>>372496
I'm an apprentice pipefitter in Calgary and I make almost double that a day.

And I'm home sleeping in my own bed every night. Did even better working in Northern BC. Too tough on the marriage tho.

>>372496
You're fucking retarded I made double that amount in the Southern U.S. welding, and they generally have the shittiest pay on the continent as far as Union labor and physical labor goes.

OP what I would suggest would be signing up on some welding forums/craigslist and put out some posts offering to be a welder's helper. You better have your own ride and be where they tell you to be when they tell you to be there.

It's not going to be as easy as you think to work on a pipeline if you have zero experience. Think about it this way.. there's millions of people there that have the same amount of experience as you..which is none.

Welding and pipeline work is bottom of the barrel shit. Most guys end up with skin cancer, mesothelioma, other forms of cancer, and half blind if they actually make it to 70.

The smartest thing you could do is to take out some student loans or get some financial aid and go to college. Even if it's community college for 2 years working a part time job.

Canadian here workers from China have been imported by the tens of thousands by the Harper gov. They work harder,for less,do what they are told
THE OIL CAKE IS A LIE