Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

By Austin Amestoy
UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism 

Skilled Laborers are in Short Supply in Montana. Lawmakers Hope Education Tax Credits Can Help.

 

Last updated 2/17/2021 at 12:14pm

Casey Olson has been on a drill rig since 1991. Back then, Olson worked at a mineral exploration company, and though the work was “break-back,” learning the equipment wasn’t too difficult.

Fast forward thirty years later, he’s now running Rabco Services as an independent well drilling contractor in Columbia Falls and Olson says the technology is rapidly outpacing the knowledge of new wo...



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