Employment in Canada or the States

[Highside]

Hey guys, just hoping for a bit of insight, I'm planning on doing some traveling in the next 12 months and I'm just putting the feelers out. I'm a bushman from New Zealand with the appropriate tickets and modules, I don't know anything about your logging operations in the Northern Hemisphere, but I can handle a saw,cut straight and work hard, what sort of job prospects are there for a chainsaw/machine operator? What's the coin like? ANY input much appreciated!!

 

[Jumper]

Get hold of someone willing to sponsor you as a "visiting worker". Working without permits could end up being a very costly proposition for you and your boss if you got injured on the job. I know arborists are in short supply here so you should not have a problem. In addition I believe Aus and NZ have a reciprocal agreement with Canada whereupon numbers of us can work there and vice versa. You will earn about $20 an hour as an arborist/climber, more in certain markets. Have a look at www.jobbank.gc.ca, and use tree, chainsaw or arborist as a keyword and the jobs will pop up. You could also contact companies direct using the on line yellow pages www.canada411.com

Come here, Ft McMurray, they are screaming for labour, positions going unfilled at $30 an hour if you are at all handy in that area. They are definately importing foreign workers on permits.

 

[Highside]

Thanks for the info- where abouts is Ft Mcmurray? I'll definitly check out those sites

 

[hornett22]

i'd say the US

in canada you have to pay for free healthcare,their crime is invisible,and their bacon is round.crap beer too.

 

[clearance]

in canada you have to pay for free healthcare,their crime is invisible,and their bacon is round.crap beer too.

You trying to be fuuny, I think so, Coors light,ha.

 

[treebogan]

Been there,done that,twice

Work permits for Canada are distributed under a lottery scheme,well,the first 1500 correctly filled out permits that arrive at the Canadian consulate in Wellington get the permit.You are only supposed to work for half of the twelve months granted.Should your employer wish to extent your term or employment a whole new process starts.

As for the States:Arborists are usually under the H2B system,non immigant unskilled tempory labour.These permits are distributed on an anual basis and require you to submit your qualifications and passport,plus fee to the US Consulate in Auckland,and wait until the next day for an answer.This all however is only that you have a "petitioner" that is a company or person in the States who is prepared to employ you.In the case of the H2B Visa,this is granted when the Department of Labour is satisfied that there are no suitable American workers in the area or that the wage offered is compeditive.

It is also worth noting that the time you spend working under the Visa scheme dose not count towards resisdencey or as the H2B visa's are for a period of less than twelve months you will not be classed as a resident of the State your are in,thus be ineligable for reduced rate hunting and fishing licences.Despite you being taxed as a resident if your work for more than 90 days in one year.

If your prospective employer dose not have Visa permits "in hand" for the states,there is really no chance of being employed that year as these permits must be applied for a year in advance.

I hope this helps any questions or help finding a job pm me eh

 

[hornett22]

i forgot to mention that.

You trying to be fuuny, I think so, Coors light,ha.

our beer ain't much better either but we have more choices.i went to windsor ontario a few years ago and i'll i could get was labatt's.


what do american beers and sex in a canoe have in common?

PM me for the answer.the PC police will not like it.

 

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the info- where abouts is Ft Mcmurray? I'll definitly check out those sites

Fort McMurray= largest oil deposist in the world? = "Fort Mcmoney"= Northern Alberta = -2million degrees in the winter! Its not that cold really, I lived in places like winterpeg manitoba and cold lake Alberta, which were pretty cold.

Jumper lives their I'm sure he can speak of the town better then myself.
The stories abound concerning money to be made there. The infrastructor however, has not kept up with growth so I understand their are lots o problems. For example fire dept jobs are one of the most coveted and hard to realize jobs in canada and in that town they turn em over regularly [unheard of elsewere]. I doubt even Mcdonalds would ask for a visa in that town if you wanted to work for the 12 bucks an hour or more I heard fast food places have to pay to keep people.

If you want to go loging in canada, do it on the west coast for obvious reasons. I personally would check out the logger sport circuit as many of your country men and those pesky ausies compete. They would be able to get you pointed in the right direction for work. Having said that their is a strike going on right now but it should be wrapped up soon enouph.

 

[Mitchell]

labatts

our beer ain't much better either but we have more choices.i went to windsor ontario a few years ago and i'll i could get was labatt's.


what do american beers and sex in a canoe have in common?

PM me for the answer.the PC police will not like it.

Your lucky to get that stuff it is only allowed out by the state on special occasions

 

[1I'dJak]

things are kinda bleak on the west coast of a canada here (bc) as far as the logging goes.... there's a strike and it's probably gonna last awhile....both sides seem dug in and the housing market in the states is slumping...but before that there was a shortage of loggers, as a lot left to work in alberta... however they're still logging in the interior (as they have a different contract)...much of that is logging using feller bunchers...if you climb, (once the strike is over) think about getting into standing stem....thats basically climbing, limbing and topping a tree to grade....leaving the stem to be 'jigged'... which is putting backcuts into the stem, leaving hingewood(about 2/3 thru the stem) and wedging the standing stem so it stands....then a chopper comes and plucks it off the slope...(done is steep settings to avoid breakage) even if you don't climb, there's a shortage of guys who do the jigging....pay is pretty good and the work is exciting, though scary at times...usually you start of as a groundman...taking down the numbers (diameter and length of stem) that the climbers radio in and helping guys who get their rope stuck etc...mind you, I prefer to windfirm but there's more work stemming...

 

[1I'dJak]

I'd sooner drink labatt's than schlitz or pabst!

 

[Sprig]

I'd sooner drink labatt's than schlitz or pabst!

Hey nothing finer than green Olympooha for thorough colon cleansing (not so fond memories of the longggg beer strike, mid '80s I think), Budwater wasn't much better
The micro-breweries around here are producing some fine products, we are lucky to have one nearby and a friend who works there, he be The Man!

And to the origional poster, good luck on your hunt and hope you enjoy your visit, where-ever you end up!

Serge

 

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