Baffinland is still in development stages, we have to put in a lot more
infrastructure before we have the machine shops in place.
There is a lot of other mines needing skilled people such as E'Kati, Diavik,
DeBeers Snap Lake, Tahera; other mining services companies all need machinists
as well. Bucyrus, TransWest are mining equipment suppliers that repair and
service heavy equipment that are always looking for trades. Then there is the
oil companies themselves ( Shell, Husky, PetroCanada, and many others )that
have their own shops and also contract out work to other machine shops. The oil
sands are a going concern in Alberta.
My Father in Law has a machine shop and he has actually brought over machinists
from UK to work for him ( he's from the UK as well) becase he cannot get the
experience he needs to keep up his work in his shop..
He has a Fortune CNC and some other brand of CNC machine, and many manual
machines, and cranks out a couple million tons of steel work a year at the
shop, he is 76 years old and re-mortgaged his house to buy another CNC machine
so he can keep up to demand building flanges,
The average wage for a machinist in Canada is 30.00 +/- a couple dollars, there
is a ton of work everywhere for the trades people, and even for doctors and all
medical fields and depending on the lifestyle that you chose to work at, you
can live in remote or rural areas. I chose work in remote areas, although there
is no shortage of work in the cities. In Alberta Canada, you can basicly
interview your employers and determine if you want to work for them or not.
Every business everywhere there is hurting for skilled and experienced people,
and in fact hire any warm bodies that walk through the door, regardless of
experience, addictions or any other hindrances.. they just cant get the people
they need to keep up with demand. Every restaraunt, bar, hotel and service
supplier needs people..
Our government can ( and do) import thousands of immigrants from non-euorpean,
non english speaking countries, just to say we are "doing our best", although
if they cant speak english, it takes 2-3 years before we can integrate them
into the work force, and in the mean time, the government supports them
financially while they complete the immigration procedure. Lots of them just
"dissapear" into the underground economy of their particular ethnic
backgrounds, many not even completing the immigration procedures..
Check workopolis.com for a little more info o trades in Canada.
Cheers.. Tim
Darin <d.rhein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Tim,
You've got me intrigued, any idea how much they pay their machinists? Is
this year round work, or just in the warm season? ;^)
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Randles"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: FW: Re: dust on lenses
> age is a bonus around here, we need the skills and experiences, and
> getting out a bit is healthy..the medic here is 63, the site
> superintendant is 61, there is no hindrance for age here.. my Dad is 67
> and he is an electrician in the oil patch for about 4 months a year or so
> these days, he cut back a bit so he could go fishing.. but they call him a
> couple times a year to come to work..
>
> No Fear!
>
> I'll keep posting pictures..
>
> http://baffinislandntcanada.fotopic.net
>
> Cheers.. Tim
>
> Martyn Smoothy wrote:
> Seem to be having e-mail probs...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martyn Smoothy [mailto:mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 October 2006 22:01
> To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [OM] Re: dust on lenses
>
>
> Well, that called my bluff pretty comprehensively... :-)
> Reckon I'm too old & too fat for this kind of game - probably, give it
> some
> thought though (got to think about something stuck behind me desk all
> day).
> Cheers mate.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tim Randles
> Sent: 02 October 2006 21:49
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: dust on lenses
>
>
> Martyn, just like the rest of Canadian Industry we are so short of
> technical people here, that this place is screaming for people next year.
> It
> took me years to get the kind of connections to get this work, but now it
> is really easy because there is not enough skilled people and we cant get
> the locals to stay for 4 weeks, they think this place is a holiday camp
> and
> whine to go home after a week, and dont work very much. They have never
> learned a work ethic, and have soley relied on hunting and fishing,
> fighting
> and breeding to keep their populations alive..They dont understand how
> economically important this place is to their future or their
> grandchildren.
> It will bring these local communities into the 21st century with the rest
> of
> the world, ( unfortunately at a loss of part of their heritage)
>
> We need Water technologists, geologists, pipe fitters/plumbers drywallers,
> carpenters, mechanics, equipment operators, millwrights, diamond drillers,
> electricians, machinists, welders, first aide attendants, marine mammal
> biologists, large game biologists, and the list goes on and on.. this is a
> world class ore body under development and there is a great deal to do to
> bring this on line and then sustain it.. 35 years of mining.. 10 million
> metric tons of 68% ore shipped every year.. the largest ore body of it's
> kind in the world
>
> Just send your applications to the HR email you find at
> www.baffinland.com,
> they will look at it and forward it on to the right departments
>
> Google any of the below:
>
> Boart Longyear needs Drillers/ Drillers helpers, North/South Consultants (
> Winnipeg) for biologists, Medic North( Yellowknife) for first aide
> Baffinland for Geologists, Knight Piesold for Geotechs,
>
> Tundra Site Services Edmonton needs all kinds of skilled trades people for
> all the mining operations in the northern canada regions.. Diavik,
> E'Kati,Tahera, DeBeers, a whole lot of other places
>
> The Canadian Government is now starting to streamline working immigration
> processes to get skilled people here and recognize their talents. There
> are
> many Iranian Geologists here that have recently come over.
>
> My cousins are coming from UK to Alberta to work in the Oil field, this
> country was built on immigration, we need a hell of a lot more of it,
> especially fskilled trades from EU countries..Germany, Holland, Poland,
> Ukraine, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia..
>
> Feel free to apply!
>
> Cheers.. Tim
>
> Martyn Smoothy wrote:
> You lucky, lucky bastard...
> Sounds so much more interesting than what I'm doing these days :-(
> Don't worry about the dust - probably won't show.
>
> Regards - Martyn Smoothy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Tim Randles
> Sent: 02 October 2006 20:33
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] dust on lenses
>
>
> I'm pooched...I have dust inside my lenses and on my viewfinder, I have
> tried everything.. any suggestions..can I fix this myself or do I have to
> take it in to get cleaned? How do I prevent this from happening again.. I
> use this thing in the field all day long..
>
>
> FYI: my trip in Baffin island..
> If this thing isnt a full blown mine in 3 years. I'll be very
> surprised...
> 68% iron in the ground.. nothing grows here..just red and black
> rocks..they
> say 35 years of mining..I've been asked to come back in March to re-open
> the
> camp and build the new camp for the mine..$$$ dictates..
>
> I'm flying home friday night.. this has been a long and difficult shift,
> the camp is like an international airport with flights going in and out
> day
> and night, 3 helicopters flying drill core down and supplies up to the
> drillers on the mountain all day long, hercules flying in fuel all night
> long, and the skyvan shuttling bodies at 5-6 trips a day back and forth to
> Pond Inlet.
>
> Sleep in tents, outhouse for toilet, 3 showers and a full camp of 85
> bodies, at least the food is good and plentiful.. imagine watermelon in
> Baffin Island, and I got to eat some seal, Caribou, Narwhal and polar
> bear..
> I liked the seal best.. it gives you a rush of warmth, and the vitamin
> content was fantastic.. I didnt catch any Char, didnt have time to go
> fishing..
> There is an inch of snow on the ground now, it is overcast and about -2C,
> last year this time it was -25C, so I am glad to be going home now.. I'll
> see enough of the cold temps this winter before Egypt.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers.. Tim Randles
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