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LEARN THE OILFIELD.

Written by people who work it, not a recruiter. Start with getting on, then what the work pays and what each seat actually is. The Oilfield Beginner Course goes deeper, and it is free.

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Who actually hires green, what they screen for and what to have before day one.

Oilfield jobs with no experienceThe seats that actually take a green hand in the Bakken, what they pay, whether you need a CDL, and the money mistake that sends new guys home.Read the guide → Oilfield Beginner Course, freeGetting hired with no experience, and surviving the first 90 days. Written by a hand, not a recruiter.Start lesson 1 → Felony on your record?What a record does and does not close off in the Bakken, and which seats have a federal rule sitting behind them.Read the answer → Jobs that need no CDLThis week's board, filtered down to the seats that do not ask for a CDL.See them →

What it pays

The money, straight.

Built from what employers actually posted, never a job board estimate, and no national averages.

What ND oilfield jobs payEvery role on one page. Employer figures, never a job board estimate.See the pay index → What crude haulers makeThe Bakken crude hauling postings we read, and what each pay structure does to a check.Read the answer → Tell us what you makeYour name, email and company are never published, and nothing goes public until a seat has 5 reports behind it.Report your pay →

Every job

What each seat actually is.

What the work is, what they require and what it pays, one page per seat. Every one is a real seat in this basin.

Crude Oil Hauler

Class A, tanker + hazmat

Frac Operator

Two companies post a number, and they could not be more different

Winch Truck & Heavy Haul

Class A, permits and oversize

Hot Oil Operator

Class B with tanker gets you in

Hotshot Driver

Dually and gooseneck, not a semi

Hydrovac Operator

Class B, digs instead of hauls

I&E Technician

Ticketed trade, pay rarely posted

Diesel Mechanic

Pay splits by what you turn wrenches on

Pumper & Lease Operator

Route work, no CDL needed

Roustabout

No ticket, no CDL, real ladder

Slick Truck Driver

Almost never posted by name

Swamper

No CDL, rides into a truck seat

Water Hauler

Class A, usually tanker, paid four different ways

Water Transfer

The skill that gets you hired

Straight answers

Questions hands actually ask.

The answer in the first block, in plain words, then the work behind it. Per diem, hitches and rotations, and getting a CDL in North Dakota are being written.

Can you get an oilfield job with a felony?What a record does and does not close off, seat by seat.Read the answer → How much do crude haulers make in North Dakota?Day rate, percentage of load, hourly, and the training tiers.Read the answer →

Every answer →

The patch right now

What is moving.

We don't repost the news. We tell you what it does to your paycheck.

North Dakota rig countThe daily count by operator, parent company and county, off the state's own active rig list.See the count → Rig mapWhich contractor is running which rig in North Dakota, and in which county.Open the map → The reportsOil, diesel, rigs and frac crews, and what each one does to a check.Read the news →

The course

Green Hand and up.

It climbs the same ladder you will: get hired, become a hand, pick a discipline. Tier 1 is free, all 8 lessons.

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Oilfield Beginner Course

Getting hired with no experience, and surviving the first 90 days.

8 lessons · ~1 hr 45 min. What the industry actually is, the money and lifestyle reality, how to get hired with zero experience, what you need before day one, and how to stay alive and employed through the first 90 days. All 8 are free.

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Field Hand

The general competence that makes you a hand, not a warm body.

Reading a location, tubulars, tools and connections, rigging and cranes, hand signals, pressure and gas awareness — the wellsite knowledge every hand needs before picking a discipline.

Planned

Disciplines

Pick your lane and go deep.

Wireline, frac, snubbing, workover and more — discipline-specific tracks written from inside the crews that run them.

What this is — and isn't

This is orientation from someone who works it: the map, the money, the unwritten rules, and the mistakes that get green hands hurt or run off. It is not a certification. Where a real ticket matters — well control, rigging, gas — the lessons point you to the certified training instead of pretending to replace it.

Buy a tier once and it's yours here and in the Oil Platform app — same account, same unlock. New tiers drop first to followers of the page. Follow The Dirty Hands Report and you'll know the day they land.