To be a water well driller today, most states require you to have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to drive the equipment and a state well driller’s license for the states that you drill in, as well as current continuing education classes.

In the middle of September this year, Piglet and I traveled to the southwestern part of Virginia to assist some fellow water well drillers in obtaining their Virginia Master Drillers Licenses. The drilling company they work for has been in business since 1905.

For much of the drilling industry, continuing education is nothing more than a requirement that is more dreaded than anticipated and more boring than fun.

Attendees learned about switches and control panels.

Sessions will be held in August, September, October.

Training schedule includes in-person, online sessions.

There's a reason we've spent so much time writing about the next generation of drillers.

Drillers are in high demand right now, according to Frank DeSafey, president and principal of Sequence Staffing.