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Shortage of workers for high-paying jobs in oil, gas field

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    Steve Brown reports from Wheeling, West Virginia

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There are so many new jobs in the oil and gas industry in America to -- educational system that trains those workers.

Can barely keep up with a man.

This is a stunning story Steve Brown live in Wheeling, West Virginia how much do employees make in this area Steve.

If you've got a truck driver's license CBO bill it could be 60000 dollars a year.

If you can work on one of those fracking -- more than that and what -- natural gas companies are complaining about.

Is that they can't hire qualified workers fast enough.

What in the ocean and I didn't do pretty much.

These students are getting ready to work the hottest job field in West Virginia natural gas exploration.

Industry expanding so rapidly there's a shortage of skilled workers.

The folks that are technicians.

In the field that understand how to.

Troubleshoot.

Maintain and fix the various systems are very much in demand.

This program began with a five million dollar federal grant to train workers for entry level jobs it's called she ailment in comprised of twenty community colleges and technical schools in West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania and New York.

It is free to those who qualify.

It's an opportunity that they're giving a lot of people that is unemployed a chance to.

You know get back into work force.

At West Virginia University the petroleum and natural gas engineering department.

Produces four times as many graduates as it did a decade ago in sum -- today's under grants.

Are already at war.

Coming up -- two years of experience in the film now.

So it's kind of been like a blessing to be -- -- You know foot in the door before I've even graduated so once I do graduate.

You know doors open just -- -- Now that young man in other folks you'll get a four year degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering to start -- -- career.

Could make as much as 90000.

Dollars a year -- they get is good go after it thank you Steve Steve Brown live in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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