WHAT YOUNG DRILLERS WANT:Finding new drillers isn't easy

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It s a familiar story. When new drillers are needed at J.ts. Wilson and Son Well Drilling, a family business in the St. Thomas-Tillsonburg area of southwestern Ontario, management tries several avenues."Typically, there's word of mouth that works sometimes, and we put ads in the local papers and online, and we've tried ads in the Ontario Ground Water Association magazine as well," says Matt Wilson, vice-president and a third-generation driller. "We seem to have had just as much luck - or equal lack of luck - getting guys from the college and having it work out as we have through other normal channels, whether it's a neighbour's kid or just a local guy looking for work or somebody who is searching fora construction-type job.""In general, it's been challenging to find drillers," Wilson says.