FAQ’s Onboarding to the North Slope of Alaska
A fit-for-duty test determines if the employee is physically able to perform their current role safely.
According to OSHA, fit for duty means that an individual is in a physical, mental, and emotional state that enables the employee to perform the essential tasks of his or her work assignment in a manner that does NOT threaten the safety or health of oneself, co-workers, property, or the public at large. Employers sometimes require fit-for-duty tests to gauge whether an employee can safely perform essential job functions.
- Construction
- Semi tractors
- Fuel Trucks
- Tire Service Trucks
- Stringer Truck
- Passenger busses
- Flatbeds
- Lowboys
- Maxi Haul (semi end dump)
- Side dumps
- Water Trucks
- Articulating End Dumps
- B-70 (off-road belly dump)
- Winch Truck
- Line haul
- Semi-tractors, predominantly manual transmissions.
- Double sets
- Construction Drivers:
- $41.31 – $46.51 per hour plus healthcare and pension benefits
- Surveyors:
- Chief of Parties $53.03
- Party Chief $50.66
- Associate Party Chief $43.00
plus healthcare and pension benefits
- Linehaul/freight drivers:
- Est $30 per hour plus healthcare and pension benefits
- South of Fairbanks
- $.80 per mile for doubles
- $1.15 per mile north of Fox
- Construction/Pipeline/Surveyors:
- Arctic gear, personal clothing, toiletries, meds at least 60 days’ worth, boot dryer, work boots
- Linehaul/Freight:
- You will be driving mountain passes and some of the coldest, most remote terrain in Alaska. Cold weather gear is a must. Proper heavy-weight gloves, bibbs, jackets, hats, and boots need to be in your gear even if you don’t access them every trip.
Construction/Pipeline:
- North Slope company provided camp.
- Most rooms will be double room status.
Linehaul/Freight:
- Trucks are dispatched from hubs in Wasilla or Fairbanks. Home can be wherever you want it to be in between.
- Fairbanks or Anchorage
- Slope
- The employer pays and arranges flights from the point of hire to the North Slope and back to the point of hire.
- Line haul
- Employees are responsible for finding housing locally in Anchorage or Fairbanks.
- Cold weather gear is required. (Gear list is provided)
- Must be physically fit to work in dark, cold weather.
- Room and Board Provided (Work Camp) includes bedding, laundry facility and soap.
- Employer provides flight schedule to and from worksite. From Point of hire Fairbanks, Alaska or Anchorage, Alaska
- Bring medications and personal items to last for the applicable work schedule.
- Possess appropriate DL, CDL and Endorsement for job. (CDL A, CDL B, Hazmat, Tanker endorsement, Passenger Bus, North Slope Training Cooperative Card.
- 7 days per week
- 10-12 hours per day
- 4-6 week working rotations – Company provided airfare to and from point of hire.
- Paid Weekly!
Some Anchorage Hotels offer discounts for those traveling to the North Slope for work.
- Anchorage Marriott Hotel discounts are ONLY available when booking through their website – Click HERE (https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1696969984839&key=CORP&app=resvlink)
- Aspen Suites Hotel Anchorage, 100 E Tudor Rd, Anchorage, AK 99503
$69/night. Call for booking (907) 770-3400, use Rate Code: North Slope Rate NS20
- My Place Hotel – Anchorage, 729 E 40th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503
$110/night. Call for booking (907) 929-3500, use Rate Code: Teamsters959