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Job
Profile: Well Tester
In this
guide we look at the job of a well tester, what well testers
do, their salary, and what you need in order to become a
well tester.
Salary: $40,000 - $60,000
Education: High School plus basic oilfield safety courses
Progression: Assistant Operator, Operator, Crew Supervisor
These are typical wages for a well tester but will vary from
company to company.
Well testers or flow testers as they are sometimes called
are usually one of the last crews that work on a well before
it begins sending oil or gas to the refinery. Well testers
do various tests on the wells to get information such as a
well’s flow rate, pressure, salinity levels, or anything the
oil company wants to know about the well.
A well tester travels from well to well conducting various
tests on each well and they usually travel in a crew of 2 or
3 people, a supervisor, an operator, and an assistant
operator.
A well testers job can be vary strenuous at times, they are
away from home for long periods of time, they work in
extreme weather conditions, do a lot of heavy lifting, and
there is an element of danger involved with their job.
Well testing is a great entry level job in Alberta’s oil
field. Well testers typically earn between $40,000 and
$60,000 a year depending on how much work a crew does in a
year and what position you hold in the crew and there is
plenty of room for advancement into other fields of work.
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