In this fairy tale, the frog finish as frog, but with $5000 less

When somebody asure you that investing $5000 you'll have $60.000 o more the first year... you would suspect about, sounds too good to be real, so, or you're very smart and the others stupids or The owner of MDS is very smart and you, well, you know...
 In the other hand, so much money for a 20 days training, you want to think that must be for some reason... kind of job recruiter or so... I'm sorry, a simple classic fraud. They offer multiply your money, the sound of the money blind you and....ale  hopp, you finish loosing it. By the way, all is legal, there are no promises, only hopes, but without any base except your need to believe that this training is the end of your troubles (and normally is the start of biggers ones)


Why can we be sure? because we are a group of students that, during March 2012 were ripped off by This school. Sorry, we were not ripped-off, all is legal. It is more correct to say that were our fault, the ambition and so on.
We were 16 people. Today, 2 months after, no body of us get a job related with the training. One of us had an offer. 18 american dollars before tax/hour if you work 12 hours 2 weeks on, 2 off is $18x12hoursx7daysx 26 weeks= 39312 american $ before taxes. Do you think that is not too much?? Anyway, the others did'nt have any offer.


But this is not the point. The point is that Maritime drilling school is playing with your hopes, your needs and your ambitions. More you need the money, more you need to believe that  it is truth, but more you need the money, harder will be the day after, when you'll realize that you lost 20 days and 5000 buks...

The problem, my dear reader is that in this fairy tale, the frog finish as a frog, and the next frog could be YOU.

Advice Part 4: Don't Work in Oil & Gas

One thing I learned during my time at Maritime Drilling Schools was that perhaps a career in the oil and gas industry wasn't the best choice out there for me (and perhaps for others in my shoes). You see in Canada most of the oil jobs are found in the Alberta Oil Sands...this means that there is not much drilling going on up there, mostly it is mining (that, and other processes, are used to extract the oil). I started digging a bit more to find out about possible opportunities in and around Fort McMurray and found that if you are a heavy equipment operator you'll able to get a job...fast.

So there I was halfway through my MDS course and I was thinking: did I just fuck up? I already started looking for jobs in oil and gas and was coming up short...when you send out countless emails and you either not get a response or if you did it is of the negative kind...you start to worry. I just bet on the wrong horse.

I started to do some research about heavy equipment operator training courses (you need the certs to get the job) and found many schools all across Canada. I narrowed my search to two:

• Transport Training Centres of Canada

• Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School

The above two schools are, I think, the best of the bunch. Sure, the courses are expensive, but if you train on only one piece of equipment it will cost you almost the same as doing the Maritime Drilling Schools course. Also, if you are Canadian and been unemployed for a certain amount of time, the government will pay for the training. Finally, these schools are SO confident that you'll be working as soon as you complete the course, they will give you a loan in case you can't pay it all in one go. This is something Reg MacDonald and Maritime Drilling Schools don't offer...so what does that tell you about Reg and his belief you will be working in oil and gas? I'll let you decide on the answer to that one.

Here is some info from the emails I exchanged with IHE (Interior Heavy Equipment) School:

"The job prospects are very good, we have a 90% success rate within the 3 months that we as a school have held consistently since the beginning of our school in 2005. Last month we had Sureway Construction come to the site and hire 11 graduating students on their day of graduation."

Heck, even Reggie cannot guarantee the above! Hell, he does not even have enough power or contacts or both to invite drilling companies to his school to help out the students with jobs.

Finally, one last thing. These courses are also quite long; therefore, one needs accommodation while taking the course. Let me remind you again in case you forgot:

• It costs $800 to stay at the MacDonald house while training at Maritime Drilling Schools for 20 days!

Now here is a screenshot from information packet from the IHE (Interior Heavy Equipment) School:

 

As you can clearly see they cooperate with hotels / B&B's around their training site and offer such amazing deals...$440 for the MONTH (not 20 days) with WIFI and laundry...I don't need to mention again that the MacDonald house neither has WIFI or laundry. Plus you get breakfast included...and tea or coffee...and snacks!

ALSO:

FREE PPE! Can you believe this? What does Reggie give you? Fucking NOTHING!

So before you jump into the oil and gas industry, think about doing a heavy equipment operator course instead. Training on one piece of equipment is enough...from what I hear the excavator is a great choice...lots of companies need excavator operators...and if you are a good worker I am sure they will train you on the rest so no need to spend more money. And if you don't want to work in Alberta (at the Oil Sands or elsewhere), there are always opportunities at the many mines around Canada, the US...and the world. Good luck!

Censorship, Lies & Video

As can be seen from the post below, Reg MacDonald and the Maritime Drilling Schools crew are mighty worried about this blog and the implications it may have on the future of their drilling school. Quite frankly they should be afraid. Reg has been doing business for a few good years, but always away from the power of the internet. Well, Reg, welcome to the 21st century my friend! The power of internet is alive and well and companies are made and broken in the blink of an eye thanks to this wonderful technology. So far this blog has over 1500 hits and the YouTube channel over 1200 views...and the numbers will only increase! We will be upping our efforts and spreading the news more and more over the coming weeks and months!

Sorry, Reg, but you have no internet skills to compete with us...judging by your 1990's style design of your company website.

Also, why the need to censor our blog if you are so confident in your "school" and your product? Why the need to post stupid comments in broken English...you really should take a class in writing skills and improve you grammar and punctuation! Given your writing skills I am not sure how you managed to get that degree you did...maybe it was also for "life experience" like Carla? So why the need to do all that? Are you scared that the truth might be exposed? Words can be interpreted in various ways, but we also have pictures and video...and that, my friend, is hard to dispute. The proof, they say, is in the pudding.

And now for the lies...on your "school" webpage you have many testimonials...people finding jobs and whatnot...same letters are posted all over the walls in your institution...are any of them true? I mean there was one guy who found a Driller position with Nabors in Saudi Arabia just by doing your course...did he really? Come on, Reggie, if you are a liar the truth will eventually come out. You wrote all those letters, right? You do your own black hand marketing, eh?

Finally, we shall not be CENSORED by anyone. Like we mentioned below, for $5000+ spent in North Sydney I can take whatever pictures and video I want and post them for others to see. You know what this is called: FREEDOM OF SPEECH! Others should know that your website was made to sell the course and does not give ANY details beyond that...a shame, really, but I guess you have to lie to get people to go there, how else can you afford your current lifestyle, eh?

How Maritime Drilling Schools is reacting to this blog...

Not really well, LOL!

In fact he sent to one of us a very funny mail and signing as "student" is writing very hilarious comments to the post... reading all that is obivious, by the lenguage employed, that all that and the positive comments on the school website come from the same person, the "CEO" of a 3 workers company (included himself and his girlfriend).

Anyway, read yourself, we want to share those incredible documents without comments, are self explanatories.

The mail he sent...

"It was brought to our attention that you have been posting or involved in
misleading and withholding information on blogs about our school and taking
videos while attending classes at Maritime Drilling Schools Limited. We
take this very seriously as you were illegally operating while attending our
institute. You have 48 hours to clear all the blogs you have written with
regards to the school or we will deliver this information to the proper
authorities as you have been breaking the law while visiting our country.
If this is not done we will revoke all your certifications and inform all
Oil producers, Drilling contractors as Well service contractors of your
illegal activity while attending our school and recommend them to seriously
think about not hiring you as an employee."

Comment posted on the blog by Reggie:

"People don’t read into this guy the instructors at MDS were excellent and all you need to do is read all the good things about this school…go to the website and read the testimonials of past students and employers. The accommodations were great for the environment and a hell of a lot cheaper than a hotel…and we got to work with the other classmates, which helped me a lot… All Jose did since day one was complain and wine all day long…there’s always one bad apple in the crowd…more of an idiot in my eyes after what I have seen from him….he needs to be or will be black balled from this industry…and he talks about safety…trust me that man is a danger to himself and others he came from Spain with a bad attitude right from the beginning…he couldn’t even put the tongs on properly after being told 10 times…the two girls we had in class made a complete fool of him…in fact in the end they were still trying to teach him…I would like to know what he was working at before here…its obvious he was doing very well there either…thought he was coming here and walk out in a suit and tie job…lol roast on you Jose…this is a job for a robust person…ask Kim….lol Yes Jose delete the comments as you know you are a trouble maker in class of us students and wining like a baby….taking pictures of drugs and beer which I didn’t see while I was at the drilling school house…but I know someone who got a punch in the face after opening the door for the people he obviously new…putting the rest of us students at risk and him and Jamie making out…does your wife know? Look people…he spent his time at MDS taking video’s…and you know bussines (you were not allowed and is part of the contract we signed….as a student at Maritime Drilling Schools limited I want to say that it was the best course I had ever taken and well worth the investment if you’re serious. This guy Jose will never make it as a rig hand and who would want to hire him…imagine…he could video tape all his employers…what a laugh…he’s on the road he has created…empty space!!! Stay tuned more too come on this wasted time!!!! "


Other comment posted by Reggie:


"Yes you delete the comments as you know you are a trouble maker in class of us students and wining like a baby….taking pictures of drugs and beer which I didn’t see while I was at the drilling school house…but I know someone who got a punch in the face after opening the door for the people he obviously new…putting the rest of us students at risk and him and Jamie making out…does your wife know? Look people…he spent his time at MDS taking video’s…and you know you were not allowed and is part of the contract we signed….as a student at Maritime Drilling Schools limited I want to say that it was the best course I had ever taken and well worth the investment if you’re serious. This guy Jose will never make it as a rig hand and who would want to hire him…imagine…he could video tape all his employers…what a laugh…he’s on the road he has created…empty space!!!"

Ok, only a couple comments.. thanks Reggie, It was impossible lo learn a shit in your bussines (Call that school is unnapropiate) but at leats, in exchange of my 5000 bucks I have the right to explain my experience, honestly and plainly. Pictures, videos, links to anothers academy are no words, are facts.

The second is about transform take a picture in an illegal thing under Canadian law, LOL is one of the most funny pieces of shit yo'll never produce, seriously... I admire your imagination man, I understand how you are able to get clients without have a product to sell!! Anyway, seriously, the facts remain (PICTURES, VIDEOS AND LINKS TO OTHERS ACADEMIES).