<p>I am from Jamaica and even though I have been researching a lot I am confused to no end .
My goal is to to become a petroleum engineer working in the fields or computer simulated work but I am finding it incredibly hard to find a starting place like the subjects for admissions etc ...
Because the grading systems seems a lot different than what we have here in Jamaica.
I am currently engaged in an Applied Mechanical engineering course by City and guilds but I am planning to leave Jamaica in the year 2014 and head to Canada. </p>
<p>An second Option that I have been thinking about is to try and get an job offshore up in Alberta working as a roustabout and work my way up to derrick hand and I am aware of the physical demands and type personality required. </p>
<p>Anyone can offer me some advice or have a number I could call on what I need to do.
I am not searching for any recommendation or anything of the sort just advice</p>
<p>Well I will give a little bump
Any advice anyone?
Still researching all over the place and will make a formal post when i get the ideas together.</p>
<p>Look up Canadian schools that have the major you are interested in. Then look up international standards for admissions. I don’t know what else you can expect from the members here. It would be hard to find someone that knows the educational system of both countries. </p>
<p>Just to clarify, are you talking about a professional Engineering program that includes advanced math and science, or do you want to work on an oil rig and start from the bottom and work your way up as a worker</p>
<p>The path I am leading towardsl would be to work my way up on the oil rig to an derrickman through the years rather than go back to school at this moment because I would rather work hard in my youth and aim for an “comfy” office job later on in life but things do not always go the way you have it planned inside your head but that is a rough outline. </p>
<p>If i was to go to school then my goal would be to get through and under grad engineering course then specialize int Petroleum engineering because I love to travel and love chem and math a lot or generally the sciences. </p>
<p>Leaning towards working on the oil rig but the barrier is hard to break through to get in :(</p>
<p>Well glad to say that I have finally found a career path in which I want to head and I will be walking it soon!
Talked to some persons at UFV and I chose the heavy duty mechanics 10 month program , after a month of thinking it over and speaking to persons in the field it seemed like a perfect fit for me and I am pumped to start the course in the coming months .
Hopeful in the future I can get work as an apprentice but one goal at a time </p>
<p>Looking back at my choices in the past first was law (since i was a child) but the career lost it’s appeal to me when we went on a trip to a firm… I guess too much Matlock but I did have a realistic expectation. </p>
<p>Then an mechanic engineer which I am currently doing an undergrad course for but I slowly lost interest in it not my cup of tea at all however I do enjoy working with the CAD </p>
<p>Hmm what came after that I think it was a welder but that was short lived then I began to look at an Petro engineer and well to be honest I would still “like” to do it but I am leaning towards Heavy duty tech . </p>
<p>To be honest I was even considering at one point driving trucks in ND and make some of that “oil money” but what would I do after that? Would I just become a lump on a seat?
And the biggest reason was I would be doing it for the reasons and the fact that the “oil money” is sort of illusion if you at it a certain angle because often times ND just reabsorbs that “oil money” you make if you are not careful. </p>
<p>Then there is the whole roughhand thing looking back at it that was a uninformed decision and we will leave it at that hahaha</p>
<p>Well as you can see I was not lucky enough to know what my exact calling was but Heavy duty tec seems to be a mixture of all that I am looking for. </p>
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