Shareholder Development

We are ready to help you with your career.

Helping fellow Shareholders start on new career paths is the best part of my job.
— Samuel Rexford-Brown, ASRC Shareholder
Sam Rexford Brown ASRC Shareholder Development

Program Options

All expenses paid | Paid training | No experience required | Exclusive to ASRC Shareholders

Hear how the Shareholder development programs have changed the lives of current trainees and graduates.

Nutaaq Program

This program offers entry-level, paid, training opportunities to ASRC Shareholders so you can obtain skills and credentials that qualify you for full-time employment and apprenticeship opportunities.

Your program begins on the North Slope, where you are paired with a mentor and work through a multi-level training and work opportunity program. A full-time, regular employee, craft apprenticeship, or additional development opportunities may be available after the program as well.

Annual Skilled Labor Training

Each spring, ASRC Shareholders will receive paid training for a career in the energy industry. The four-week program includes paid training, transportation, personal protective equipment, lodging, and food. After the program, Shareholders can interview for seasonal work, the Nutaaq program, or full-time regular positions.

  • While no experience is required, you are required to be or be able to obtain the following:

    • Be an ASRC Shareholder

    • Be 18 years of age or older

    • High School Diploma or expected graduation date

    • Pass a fit-for-duty and a drug test

    • Valid driver’s license preferred (our team can help you obtain!)

  • In addition to being a tactical skills program, you’ll gain interpersonal skills such as work ethic, communication, positive attitude, and teamwork. Some of the tactical skills you may gain are:

    • Administrative

    • Aerial man lift

    • CDL class A permit

    • Electricians

    • Fall protection

    • Fatigue management

    • First aid/CPR Flagger

    • Fork lift

    • Heavy equipment operator

    • Overhead crane

    • Pipefitting equipment use and bolt-up

    • Rigging/signal

    • Safety driving

    • Scaffold Shop helper

    • Welding orientation

Shareholder Development Program Graduates

  • Julie Frankson ASRC Shareholder

    Julie Frankson from Pt. Hope

    Julie Frankson working with AES-HCC in Fairbanks.

  • Robert Ipalook  ASRC Shareholder

    Robert Ipalook from Nuiqsut

    Robert Ipalook while a Water/ Waste Water Tech on the North Slope.

  • Rhoda Rexford ASRC Shareholder

    Rhoda Rexford from Pt. Lay

    Rhoda Rexford while she was a roustabout with the Roads and Pads Group in Kuparuk.

  • Shauna Koonuk ASRC Shareholder

    Shauna Koonuk from Pt. Hope

    Shauna Koonuk as a warehouse tech on the North Slope.