Associate editor Lisa Schroeder dropped by the International School of Well Drilling.
Now there is a solution to the problem — the International School of Well Drilling (ISWD). Just one year old, the school, founded in May 2002, offers a four-week intensive course in well drilling and focuses on producing well drillers’ helpers and technicians. Students at ISWD are immersed in a job-simulated environment where they are exposed to the field very quickly. Located in sunny Tampa, Fla., the school is well situated for its task at hand. Equipped with a classroom building, shop facilities and an outdoor lab setting (complete with two rigs), the school runs year-round.