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Forget about looking in local papers, they dont advertise. Your best bet is to go to Fort St. John for about 1 week. The more welding tickets you have to better paying job you'll get. Make sure you get your H2S tickets or they wont even let you on the jobsite. Level 1 first aid and WHIMIS is also needed. If you dont have your pressure tickets then expect to be a welders helper for a bit. There is a huge demand right now for any labourers up in the North, and most pay extremely well. I had 2 buddies come up to FSJ and witihin 6 hrs they each had a job starting at 100,000 /yr. Even the local Tim hortons pays 20/hr with a 3 year contract. Housing is affordable in Northern BC bt once you start heading towards McMurray, forget it. Alberta is screaming just as much as BC for workers , but you have to be aware of there different requirments for welding. Whereas in BC you can weld pipe with a B level, in Alberta you would need a B or A level with your red seal. Also realize that most of the well paying jobs are in camps. Alot of the companies have great incentives to keep employees, such as cash bonuses at the end of the season. Others give hiring bonuses, I think there is one place in AB that gives 42in plasma TV's on hiring. But like I said, most places dont advertise. Your best bet is to come out here and spend a week and travel around, guaranteed that before you leave you'll have something