[tillacum]

One of our jobless problems, oil companies are having a difficulties finding people who can work on the rigs. It takes people who are not afraid of hard, heavy, dirty work. It takes a lot of muscle to do some of the work around rigs, and a lot of our young people don’t have them.

[PA Engineer]

One of our jobless problems, oil companies are having a difficulties finding people who can work on the rigs. It takes people who are not afraid of hard, heavy, dirty work. It takes a lot of muscle to do some of the work around rigs, and a lot of our young people don’t have them.

It is not just rig workers, but all levels from the energy support service sector to engineers. Over the years we have lost a lot of our knowledge base and one of the primary reasons many are being enticed back out of retirement.

One of the alarming shortages is tanker drivers. The companies in Western Pa are offering high school graduates a high training wage with overtime. The only requirement is that they show up for work on time and are drug free. They are still looking for drivers because the applicants can't pass the urine tests when given the heads up, even in advance.

[KeyLargo]

I have a buddy that is a rancher in ND and he tells me that the flood of new people into the area for the shale jobs is unbelievable. The problem is there is no housing to speak of and some have brought trailers to live in but do not think about the frozen winter landscape up there that is coming for them.