Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Textile Wind., Tw ist., & Draw . Out Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs.
Retail Salespersons Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Textile Knitting & Weaving Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders General & Operations Managers
Registered Nurses Customer Service Representatives Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed. Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Extrud. & Form. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Syn. & Gl. Fibers
Teacher Assistants

170 160 140 140 130 130 130 120 120

280 250 240

420 410 390

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.
Three of these jobs are directly related to the textile manufacturing industry, the key industry in this area.
Eight require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

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Order Clerks Sew ing Machine Operators Machine Feeders & Offbearers Prepress Technicians & Workers Dishw ashers Electrical & Electronic Equipment Assemblers Sw itchboard Operators, Incl. Answ ering Service Computer Operators Bindery Workers Dining Room & Cafe. Attendants & Bartender Helpers Loan Interview ers & Clerks Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders Printing Machine Operators Meter Readers, Utilities Railroad Brake, Signal, & Sw itch Operators

The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
One of these jobs is found mainly in textiles and apparel manufacturing and four are the result of conversion to desktop publishing.
One is in clerical jobs with increasingly automated duties.
One is in information technology and is the result of switching from mainframe computers to personal computer servers.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2010
WIA Area #1 NW Georgia
This area is made up of 15 counties in northwest Georgia in and around the cities of Dalton and Rome. It includes the following counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker and Whitfield.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #1 is expected to reach more than 307,000 jobs by the year 2010, with more than 3,900 new jobs added each year. While the area's economy is currently not growing as fast as Georgia's overall, it is growing at the same rate as the nation's economy. Area job growth is expected to be 1.4 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.8 percent per year.
Area Highlights
This area is home to the largest concentration of tufted carpet producers in the United States.
Over the last ten years, it produced more than half the carpet and textile mill products in Georgia.
The area experienced a 26.8 percent population growth rate from 1990 to 2000 compared to Georgia's population growth rate of 25.8 percent over the same period.
The area also experienced an 89.8 percent personal income growth rate during the 10-year period 1990-2000, while the state saw a 98.2 percent increase in personal income over the same period.
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Fastest Growing Occupations

Computer Support Specialists Child Care Workers
Extrud. & Form. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Syn. & Gl. Fibers Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics Customer Service Representatives
Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers
Textile, Apparel, & Furnishings Workers, All Other Teacher Assistants Registered Nurses
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Cooks, Restaurant
Waiters & Waitresses Receptionists & Information Clerks
Electricians Retail Salespersons

3.8% 3.4% 2.8% 2.7% 2.5% 2.5% 2.4% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 2.1% 1.9% 1.9% 1.8% 1.8%

6.4%

Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Textile Wind., Tw ist., & Draw . Out Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. Retail Salespersons Cashiers
Customer Service Representatives Textile Knitting & Weaving Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Registered Nurses
Waiters & Waitresses Extrud. & Form. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Syn. & Gl. Fibers
Computer Support Specialists General & Operations Managers
Teacher Assistants Child Care Workers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Office Clerks, General

1,290 1,210 1,030 840 800 770 750 710 680 660 650 500 500 490

1,610

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.
Two of these occupations are found mainly in the carpet manufacturing industry, the key industry in this area of Georgia.
Three of the 15 are found mainly in health services or are computer-related.
Eleven of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add about 12,500 jobs over the next 10 years, about one-third of all projected job growth in Northwest Georgia.
Ten occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require an associate's degree.
Three of these occupations are found mainly in the textile manufacturing industry, the key industry in this area.

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