The oil industry is huge and there are many types of jobs you can get. Pretty much all of them will require some sort of sacrifice by you to get in, unless you're educated in some unique way.
Even graduate engineers will be expected to go to the field to "learn". Really, it's more of a paying your dues kind of thing and ends up being one of the least valuable things you do from a technical point of view, but probably the most valuable thing you do in your career to learn things and most of all how to talk to the people.
In addition to the courses Matt mentions, lots of companies will send you for some sort of driver training. Unless you're going for a driving job, which brings me to my main contribution...
If you want to work for a pumping service company (Baker, Calfrac, Trican, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Sanjel, etc), get your class 1. Those companies are constantly dying for more drivers, especially drivers that are interested in becoming equipment operators. If you want an "in" to the industry, that's a great way to get started.
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