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Old 09-27-2010, 10:45 PM
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I have my 2nd class ticket and have worked south of Calgry for about 6 years

If you search on the forum under power engineering there has been alot of posts on it over the last few months that will help in your decison.

You are right in the order of the tickets although most people start off with a 4th class ticket with any sort of power engineering schooling. You do not have to write a 5th class ticket.

Your best bet for getting into the career is taking the 2 year power engineering course at SAIT, NAIT or Med Hat.

The physical labor part depends on what field you get into. Some require lots of work others require very little.

As far as jobs around Calgary or Edmonton, they are not hard to get, it just depends on how hard you look. I was hired right out of school at a plant south of Calgary as well as numorus other people. Although the odds of getting one with just a 4th are pretty slim in the higher paying plants.

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