Trade schools, and engineering and geology departments at universities are great places to find young people potentially interested in a career in drilling. Source: iStock
As I travel to different states attending technical conferences and taking training classes to maintain my driller’s licenses, I have noticed that the average age of the people in the classroom seems mighty high. There are some attendees that are younger generations of family-owned businesses, but it seems that outside of families there are not many young faces in the room. We need a way to get youth into our industry.