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Hey,
Wanted to start off by giving everyone a little back story, currently I have my application in for ROTP with my sights on an engineering trade. Now I would still like to follow that career path but I have been offered a job through a family friend, working in northern Alberta on the oil rigs. It's pretty rough working conditions and not something I would want to spend the rest of my life doing but starting pay before overtime is $120k+ which I'm having a pretty hard time saying no to. The idea of putting away some money while I'm young (18) really appeals to me.
However a lot of these places slow down in the summer so some guys end up working hard September - May-ish then take the summers off. I would probably end up doing something along those lines and would much rather train with the reserves and prepare for a future military career over the summer, than waste it partying or messing around at home.
So my question is: does anyone know of someone who has done something similar? i.e Worked full time at another job most of the year then full time with the reserves during the spring/summer.
Or would those kind of limitations exclude me from selection criteria? I was talking to a friend who just joined the reserves while attending university, they seem to be fairly flexible with allowing him to work when he doesn't have classes.
Also he was under the impressing you only had to do 14 days a year to stay in the reserves, a number that I could easily exceed over the summer.
I have had a hard time finding much information for this rather unique circumstance so any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Josh
Wanted to start off by giving everyone a little back story, currently I have my application in for ROTP with my sights on an engineering trade. Now I would still like to follow that career path but I have been offered a job through a family friend, working in northern Alberta on the oil rigs. It's pretty rough working conditions and not something I would want to spend the rest of my life doing but starting pay before overtime is $120k+ which I'm having a pretty hard time saying no to. The idea of putting away some money while I'm young (18) really appeals to me.
However a lot of these places slow down in the summer so some guys end up working hard September - May-ish then take the summers off. I would probably end up doing something along those lines and would much rather train with the reserves and prepare for a future military career over the summer, than waste it partying or messing around at home.
So my question is: does anyone know of someone who has done something similar? i.e Worked full time at another job most of the year then full time with the reserves during the spring/summer.
Or would those kind of limitations exclude me from selection criteria? I was talking to a friend who just joined the reserves while attending university, they seem to be fairly flexible with allowing him to work when he doesn't have classes.
Also he was under the impressing you only had to do 14 days a year to stay in the reserves, a number that I could easily exceed over the summer.
I have had a hard time finding much information for this rather unique circumstance so any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Josh