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. Six of the fastest growing occupations are associated with the healthcare industry. Three have earned the "HOT" label on a statewide basis for this period. Nine of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school. Home Health Aides Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs Physical Therapist Assistants Painters, Transportation Equipment Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Personal & Home Care Aides Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Dental Assistants Hot Ed Admin, Preschool & Child Care Center/Program Hot Dental Hygienists Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Hot Physical Therapists Medical Records & Health Info Techs Dining Room & Caf eteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 5.45% 5.31% 4.32% 4.23% 4.14% 4.09% 4.04% 3.98% 3.90% 3.89% 3.87% 3.78% 3.69% 3.63% 3.59% 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. Ten require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less. On a statewide basis, two have been given the "HOT" stamp for this period. Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages. Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses Cashiers Retail Salespersons Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Office Clerks, General Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Customer Service Reps Hot Registered Nurses Teacher Assistants Child Care Workers Correctional Officers & Jailers Team Assemblers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Farmw orkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 110 90 90 80 60 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Georgia Area Workforce Trends Projections to 2016 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 74,000 jobs in 2006 to more than 83,000 by the year 2016, which equates to almost 1,000 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. Educational services Food services and drinking places Ambulatory health care services Nursing and residential care facilities Self-employed & unpaid family w krs Social assistance Transportation equipment manufacturing Professional and technical services Administrative and support services Local govt, excl ed & hospitals 940 790 710 690 640 560 540 520 2,060 1,980 Industry Rate of Growth The area's economy is expected to expand (1.2%) slightly slower than Georgia's 1.3 percent growth rate; however, it is projected to increase two-tenths of a percent faster than the nation's economy. The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Transportation equipment manufacturing Social assistance Support activities for transportation Ambulatory health care services Food services and drinking places Nursing and residential care facilities Professional and technical services Membership associations and organizations Hospitals Health and personal care stores 5.3% 5.1% 3.8% 3.7% 3.5% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8% 7.7% For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Workforce Trends or this publication, call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office. Occupations with the Most Job Growth These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 4,000 jobs over the next 10 years, which accounts for almost 40 percent of all projected job growth in this area. Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less. Four are found in the healthcare industry, a key industry in this area. Only one job made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 as a result of its fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during this period. Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Waiters and Waitresses Hot Registered Nurses 770 390 300 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants 260 Teacher Assistants 230 Office Clerks, General 230 Retail Salespersons Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Customer Service Representatives 220 210 210 Child Care Workers 200 Home Health Aides 180 Correctional Officers and Jailers 180 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 160 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational 160 Nurses First-Line Supervisors/Mgrs of Food Prep & Serving Worker 160