Our greatest challenge in the drilling industry is not how to find and obtain natural resources, be it water, oil, gas or precious minerals, but how do we find the next generation of professionals. Ironically, the challenge for professionals who focused their education on the drilling industry is, how do they get hired in the drilling industry? These new students studied environmental science, geology and hydrology. Often, the easy path is when the minerals, and oil and gas markets are scaling up. When the market is right, these companies hire every able bodied student who studied geoscience.
The primary reason these students end up in minerals, oil and gas is the hiring, onboarding and training processes. These processes are designed to hire candidates with little professional experience and create competent team members. The same can be said about the geotechnical, environmental and construction drilling industries. They are always searching for educated employees that can identify specific geologic formations that will have an impact on the success of a project.