Preperations

Syncrude has a pretty handy guide for getting ready for the trip. It has step by step procedures for getting accommodations, plane ticket, and what information they needed ready for when I arrive.

They require I make a health assessment before the start of work. I simply needed to call in and make an appointment. Afterwards I made a call to their travel bookings, told them when my health assessment appointment was, and they quickly booked me for a flight the day just prior to my appointment.

There was a form I needed to fill out so and email back which let the people in charge of finding residence for the co-op students make an informed decision on who we get paired up with. There is a section that asks what I would most likely be doing after work hours which included various outdoor activities like hiking and such. I got a chuckle since for the majority of my time there it will probably be too cold to do 90% of the items on the list. Since the form was a completely editable Microsoft Word document, I just made my own list. I'm surprised that the original list did not include "Symbiotically bound to my computer". I probably would have checked that one, Ha.

The guide also gives information on the buses that will be taking us to and from work. Also they give you the site for the Fort McMurray public transit map.

Unrelated to all this info, I do plan on posting photos, considering this blog is text-only at the moment. I just need something to take photos of. Not much to take photos of when I haven't arrived yet.