What many drivers tend to do is start their career with an OTR company, and then later on after few years under their belt, switch to oil field trucking.
Now, just because you have few years of experience as a regular truck driver doesn’t mean that you are all set up and ready to start your oil field trucking career. You will still need some hazmat endorsements, hazmat tests, certificates a lot more to learn as you go.
Rumors have it that the United States may soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the planet’s largest oil producing country. Hmm, figures!
But if that is to happen, the longtime American dream of energy independence might come true! Now, with that thought in mind, here comes the need for more oil field trucking personnel!
With More Oil, Comes the Need for more Oil Field Trucking
To back up the rumors above, there is an industry report which claims that the oil industry will have additional 1.3 million positions by 2020.
