Fastest Growing Occupations
These fast-growing occupations will have better employment prospects than occupations with slow or declining employment. Also, conditions will be more favorable for mobility and advancement.
Four of the fastest growing occupations are associated with the healthcare industry.
Only one occupation (Physician Assistants) has earned the "HOT" label on a statewide basis for this period.
Seven of these jobs do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Preschool Teachers, Exc Specl Ed
Mental Health Counselors
Home Health Aides
Social & Community Service Managers
Physical Therapist Assistants Personal & Home Care Aides
Correctional Officers & Jailers
Slaughterers & Meat Packers Substance Abuse & Behavioral
Disorder Counselors Social & Human Service Assistants
Rehabilitation Counselors First-Line Supervisors/Mgrs of
Correctional Officers Food Batchmakers
Physician Assistants
Hot Physical Therapist Aides

5.55% 4.65% 4.37% 4.11% 4.03% 3.98% 3.97% 3.82% 3.76% 3.72% 3.63% 3.50% 3.48% 3.35% 3.34%

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings
Most of the annual openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Only one occupation on the list is in the healthcare industry.
On a statewide basis, two have earned the "HOT" label for this period.
Ten require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.

Correctional Officers & Jailers
Cashiers
Retail Salespersons Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc
Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Farmw orkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Child Care Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Office Clerks, General
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Teacher Assistants
Customer Service Reps
First-Line Supvrs/Mgr of Retail Sales Workers

180 130 110 100 90 90 80 60 60 60 60 60 50 50 50

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2016
WIA Area #16 Heart of GA/Altamaha
This area encompasses 17 counties in the heart of the state in and around the city of Dublin. It includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #16 is expected to grow from almost 115,000 jobs in 2006 to more than 122,000 by the year 2016, which equates to more than 800 new jobs added each year. This area is the home of the world-famous sweet Vidalia onion. It is also the home of a V. A. Hospital and several state prison facilities. This area was the chief apparel products producer in Georgia during the last decade. As such, it was one of the hardest hit areas in the state with the transfer overseas of many apparel manufacturing jobs during the 10-year period. Besides agriculture, other key industries include education, healthcare, state and federal government employment, textiles, fabricated metal manufacturing, wood product manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing.

The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Educational services State govt, excl ed & hospitals
Social assistance Food services and drinking places Administrative and support services
Food manufacturing Ambulatory health care services Self-employed & unpaid family w krs
Hospitals Nursing and residential care facilities

2,340 2,050 1,580 1,230 1,080 970 970 890 880 720

Industry Rate of Growth
The Heart of Georgia/Altamaha's economy is expected to expand 0.7 percent per year over the projection period. Job growth in the area has increased tremendously since the last projection; however, it will lag in comparison to the state (1.3%) and the nation (1.0%).
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Social assistance
Support activities for transportation
Administrative and support services Nonmetallic mineral product manuf ac turing Food manufacturing
Ambulatory health care services
State Govt, excl edu & hospitals Membership associations and organizations Hospitals
Nursing and residential care facilities

4.8% 3.6% 3.2% 3.0% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6% 2.2% 2.1%

7.3%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 5,200 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.

Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and three require a college degree.

Two have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 for their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during the projections period.

Three are in healthcare and two are in criminal justice, both key industries in this area.

Correctional Officers and Jailers Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast
Food
Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
Child Care Workers Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Teacher Assistants
Home Health Aides
Waiters and Waitresses
Office Clerks, General
Social and Human Service Assistants
Customer Service Representatives
Child, Family, and School Social Workers

570 520 320 310 300 290 280 270 220 220 220 180 180 160

1,180