Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #13 - East Central GA, projections to 2012

Fastest Growing Occupations

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
Helpers--Production Workers Supervisors of Production & Operating
Workers Team Assemblers
Tellers
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
Correctional Officers & Jailers
Electricians Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,
& Weighers Financial Managers
Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food
Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Registered Nurses
Food Preparation Workers

4.0% 3.7% 2.6% 2.4% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2%

7.4% 6.1%

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.
One of the fastest growing occupations is associated with the healthcare industry.
Thirteen of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cashiers

120

Retail Salespersons

60

Team Assemblers Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl.
Fast Food
Waiters & Waitresses Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material
Movers, Hand
General & Operations Managers

60 50 50 40 30

Child Care Workers

30

Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

30

Supervisors of Production & Operating

30

Workers

Machinists

30

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers

30

Helpers--Production Workers

30

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.
Four of these jobs are directly related to the fabricated metal product manufacturing industry, a 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.

Georgia Area
Workforce Trends
Projections to 2012
WIA Area #13 East Central GA
This area encompasses 12 counties in east central Georgia near the city of Augusta. It includes the following counties: Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and Wilkes.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #13 is expected to grow from almost 66,000 jobs in 2002 to almost 68,000 by the year 2012, which equates to more than 200 new jobs added each year. This area is the nation's leading producer of kaolin, a type of clay used in producing china, paint, paper, and other goods. Key industries are health services, educational services, kaolin mining, agriculture, and state government employment. There is also significant employment in wood product manufacturing, fabricated metal product manufacturing, and apparel manufacturing.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Fabricated Metal Product Manuf ac turing
General Merchandise Stores
Food Services & Drinking Places
Social Assistance Credit Intermediation & Related
Activities State Government, exc. Educ. &
Hospitals Nursing & Residential Care Facilities
Ambulatory Health Care Services Plastics & Rubber Products Manuf ac turing
Health & Personal Care Stores

530 430 420 390 370 300 280 200 130 90

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is expected to lag behind both the state's and the nation's economy over the ten-year projection period. Area job growth is expected to be 0.3 percent per year, while Georgia's job growth is expected to be 1.6 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Social Assistance
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Credit Intermediation & Related Activities General Merchandise Stores Plastics & Rubber Products Manuf ac turing
Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation Industries
Health & Personal Care Stores
Ambulatory Health Care Services
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities State Government, exc. Educ. & Hospitals

3.9% 3.0% 3.0% 2.9% 2.7% 2.3% 2.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Team Assemblers
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
Helpers--Production Workers
Machinists
Cashiers
Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
Comb. Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food
General & Operations Managers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Waiters & Waitresses
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, &
Tenders Coating, Painting, & Spraying Mach. Setrs., Opers.,
and Tndrs.

350 250 250 230 220 220 200 130 120 110 100 100 90 90 90 90 90

These 17 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 2,700 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.
Two are found mainly in the fabricated metal product manufacturing industry, a top-growth industry in this area.