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[ShipOfFools42]

Originally Posted by JavaPhil

Oil patch work pays too well. It's going to be a carpet bagger's dream. Go to ND and get rich.

I've been thinking about it myself. I would love to go do that for awhile and save up a bunch of money so I could move to wherever I want and have the savings to fall back on while looking for employment. I wonder how much they pay for jobs like sand loader and winch truck driver.

It's funny, a lot of the jobs listed are in Ross, ND. If you look up Ross on Wikipedia, it says that the last measured population was 97! That's smaller than a lot of Arctic bush villages! I wonder where in the world they're putting all those workers; no way is there enough pre-existing housing.

[csimily1987]

my husband and i are in a similer situation as well we would like to move to alaska with our two sons in tow, but it seems diffacult to find work, my hasband has always done septic systems footing excovation dirt work ect... So if any one has a lead or hook up to a job like this or similar please let me know, we need somthing dependable and well paying as i currently stay at home with my children and cost of living seems high up there.

[different764]

Originally Posted by Rance

We have a large base camp here on the slope. Can be up 1000 people here in mid winter...due to exploration, pipeliners, seismic crews etc. Come summer we can taper off to 300 to 600. I live like 800 or more miles south of where I work. I do a 2 week on 2 week off schedule. At this point..I have spent just over half my life above the Arctic Circle. It sucks to be me!

Hi Rance, I realize you wrote this post in 2007, but I am interested in slope work and am looking for some info on it. You said you work 2 wks on, 2 wks off - where can I go to apply and check that out some more? Thank you for your time!
Kimberly

[AKStafford]

Originally Posted by jolly123

Really! Is this the major job in Alaska and mostly people just fishing as a profession? I am unfamiliar to this region because I never went there in my life but this year I have a plan to go there to see the real charm of this region because I heard much about it through my uncle.

I wouldn't say most people commercially fish, but we do have a large fishing industry.
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[Rance]

Originally Posted by different764

Hi Rance, I realize you wrote this post in 2007, but I am interested in slope work and am looking for some info on it. You said you work 2 wks on, 2 wks off - where can I go to apply and check that out some more? Thank you for your time!
Kimberly

I am no longer on the slope, but still working a 2 and 2 schedule. If you have no actual oilfield experience...hitting up the major drilling will be pointless. To get in the door so to speak, you could try ASRC, Peak, Nana, Chulista, BP, ConocoPhillips, Repsol, Pioneer, Hilcorp, Nabors, Nordic Calista, Doyon just to name a few. I have no idea what your background or experience is.

Oil price is sadly very low and companies are actually letting people go in cutbacks right now. Pretty grim.