Gary Damasco 17 hrs · Edited · Very good news !!! Created: 04 September 2014 5,500 Qualified (AIT Approved, etc.) Skilled Workers Needed $15Billion Dollars Suncor Fort Hills Mine Oil Sands Project NOTE: FILIPINO skilled TFWs are indispensably (hindi maari mawala) necessary in the oil sands projects in Canada. The industry ultimately NEEDS SKILLED WORKERS, NOT just random bodies, and those skills are NOT always readily available in the ranks of unemployed workers in Canada today. A budget overrun on the $15-billion Fort Hills project could prove disastrous for the entire oilsands mining sector Same old labour issues Like so many other oilsands megaprojects, labour will ultimately be what makes or breaks Fort Hills. Currently, there are 2,000 people working at its location 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. At peak, over 5,000 people will be on site, with many more contributing from locales as varied as the engineering offices of downtown Calgary and the fabrication yards of Seoul, South Korea. Still, 5,000 workers is no small matter for a labour market under as much pressure as Alberta’s. Becker is confident that oilsands megaprojects will still have access to TFWs regardless of any rule changes. Yet there are many reasons that the TFW program is needed to round out the workforce on projects like Fort Hills. Some regions of the country may have higher unemployment rates, but that doesn’t mean those workers can simply pack their bags and drive to Fort McMurray. Many may be tied to their home region for personal reasons—caring for an elder parent, perhaps—and can’t move. albertaconstructionmagazine/…/742-last-oilsa… The last oilsands mine? Alberta Construction Magazine is a snap shot of the construction industry and projects in Alberta. ALBERTACONSTRUCTIONMAGAZINE.COM|BY JOSEPH CAOUETTE
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:18:53 +0000
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