Employment

=**Oil Sands Employment:** = Albertas oil sands are the second largest reserve in the world, following only Saudi Arabia. With this comes the need for workers. Oil was first discovered in Alberta in 1902, and its production continues to fuel the province's economy. In 2006, the province received $12.3 billion, or 32%, of its total provincial revenues from crude oil production. One-sixth of Alberta's population of 3,306,400-roughly 551,066 people-are employed by the petroleum industry. In 2009, about 136,200 people were directly employed in the mining, oil and gas extraction sector, including the oil sands. Estimates say that 44 percent of oil sands employees are from outside the providence, and almost one third of the Gross Domestic Product that is impacted from wages generated from the oil sands are for locations outside of Alberta. media type="youtube" key="AzFeqj54VW8" height="390" width="480"toc

Need for Workerers:
The  oil is being produced in large quantities. One obstacle the oil sands companies are having a hard time overcoming is the shortage of workers.  Representatives form the canadian governemnt estimanted that thousands more workers in the wood buffalo region. As more and more workers move to Alberta to receive the benefits, alberta must keep up with the needs of the people. an airstrip has recently been built in efforts to make the area more convienient.

Why Work in Oil Sands?
Working in the oil sands may be hard, but you will be paid well. Its a wealthy group. Companies are paying people a premium to work in this remote area for heavy equipment operators, welders, pipefitters, many types of engineers, geologists, safety specialists, steel fabricators and much more. As one 22-year old interviewed in a CBC broadcast on 60 minutes claimed to be earning in excess of $120,000 a year.