Question:
Why is there a fee to become a member and access the
ice road trucking employment information?
Answer:
The fee is to help us maintain our research, support and
maintenance costs, which helps us to ensure all
information, industry contacts and hiring trends are up to
date and accurate. The result is a members area with
ice road trucking industry information that can be used to
secure a job on the ice roads in a timely manner for ice
road truck job seekers.
Question:
Can I really get a job using your members
area?
Answer:
Our members area resources and hiring
contacts are updated and verified each week. Even
though most of the contacts in our directory know us by
name and, many of our staff members go out to meet their
assistant managers and supervisors in-person to ensure
that we as a firm maintain a strong foothold and
one-on-one relationship with them which helps our ice road
truck job site members when submitting their resume/c.v.
This makes our service superior to any ice road trucking
job information site on or offline.
Question:
Why is there both Alaskan and Canadian ice road truck
job information?
Answer:
Because the Alaskan bush and the Northern Canadian
Territories offer the largest network of ice roads during
the winter season with the best pay and benefits for both
first-time ice road truckers and returning veterans.
Question:
Do ice road transportation companies offer training?
Answer:
Yes, the they do. If you're a first time truck
driver on the ice roads, they do offer on-site training
programs in addition to paid programs that you can take
all paid for my the prospective employer. They can
last up to two months and you may take the courses near
their offices or in your region. When you are
licensed or certified, you'll be put on the schedule.
Question:
Would a regular Commercial Driver's License in my home
country be o.k. to get a job on the ice roads?
Answer:
Yes, any Commercial Driver's License will be acceptable.
As long as you have experience driving a truck, regardless
of it is a delivery, dump truck or big rig, you will be
eligible for an ice road trucking position.
Question:
Is actual ice road training needed in
order to secure a job on the ice roads?
Answer:
For the Experience
Truck Driver - Again, as long as you have
a commercial drivers license, regardless of which country
you are from, you will be eligible to drive on the ice
roads. Although, the company you work for may want
you to ride with an experience ice road trucker on your
first couple of runs during your first week.
For The Inexperienced
Truck Driver - If you're looking to become
an ice road trucker, all that is needed is for you to
express your interest in becoming through a formal inquiry
with the prospective employer. They will then pay
for your commercial truck driving training program in your
home area. When you complete it, inform them and
they will assign you an ice road to run. A partner
is usually assigned for all recently licensed commercial
truck drivers for the first 2-3 weeks on the ice roads.
Question:
Do I need my own insurance?
Answer:
No, you do not need your own insurance when driving the
ice roads. The transportation company will cover you,
so regardless if you are involved in an accident, have
caused damage to the vehicle, get a flat tire, break down,
or cannot deliver the goods on time, insurance and road
assistance service will cover you.
Question:
How long is the ice road trucking season?
Answer:
The ice road trucking season is about 2-3
months (8 to 10 weeks) from late November to Mid-January
but may last few weeks longer depending on how far north
your runs will be. During this time frame, much of
the Article Circle is in complete darkness for almost a
full 24 hour day. This is also the best time to see
the full depth of the Northern Lights.
Question:
Are my transportation expenses covered to
and from the ice road trucking hub?
Answer: Yes, most
transportation companies will pay for your travel expenses
to and from the transportation companies deliver and
pick-up points, including airfare, hotels, food, gas and
any other expenses you may. Just keep your receipts
and give them to your employer.
Question: What
if I am a non-resident of Canada and the U.S.?
Answer:
It doesn't matter at all if you are a
foreigner looking to secure a job on the ice roads in
Alaska or Canada, as job opportunities are open to all as
long as they have commercial truck driving experience.
When you receive your employment approval letter by
certified mail, you will then present that to the U.S. or
Canadian embassy in your home country so that you may get
a VISA. With that VISA, you will then be able to
head over the Alaska or Canada, depending on which ice
roads you're looking to drive.
Question:
On average, how much will I earn as an
ice road truck driver?
Answer:
That all depends a few factors.
However, you can expect to earn as little as $20k and up
to $40k your first season. If you are a returning
ice road trucker with actual ice road trucking experience,
you'll make anywhere from $40k to $90k on average,
depending on the ice roads you drive, the trucking
companies you work for what region.
Question:
Is it really possible for me to secure a work contract
in Alaska or Canada?
Answer:
Yes, it absolutely is. At any given
time, trucking companies have around a 40% to 60% vacancy
rate which remains in effect until the ice road trucking
season starts. They will even overstaff just to
ensure to give drivers time to rest and ensure safe
delivery of the goods and supplies that are being
transported. There are hundreds of ice road trucking
firms desperate to find drivers to make their deliveries
in the remote, isolated regions throughout Alaska and
Canada.
Question:
What type of rigs or trucks will I be driving?
Answer:
This all depends on the transportation company you
work for. You could be hauling trees, fuel, food,
supplies, sand, concrete, anything. Most of the time
though it will be fuel, food, water, clothing and various
equipment.
Question:
How long are the ice roads I will be making my runs
on?
Answer:
The length of the ice road will depend on the
region you're working in and where you're going to.
The ice roads range anywhere from 1 mile up to 100 miles.
There are currently about 1400km of ice roads through the
Northwest Territories in Canada, and about 2200 all
weather highways. The most northern Canadian ice
road connects the townships of Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk on
the Beaufort Sea. There is winter supply route for
four Northwest Territories mines. There are many
networks of winter supply routes that snake through near
rivers, towns, lakes and bays in both Alaska and Canada.
Many drivers will head up the Dalton highway in Alaska
where it ends in Deadhorse. Then truckers must
embark on one of series of ice roads to deliver their load
to some of the North Americans largest oil fields.
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