Georgia area workforce trends: WIA area #19 - SE Georgia, projections to 2012

Fastest Growing Occupations

Machinists
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers,
& Weighers Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks
Sew ing Machine Operators
Helpers--Production Workers
Industrial Production Managers Supervisors of Production & Operating
Workers Sheet Metal Workers
Team Assemblers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Sales Managers
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine
Specialists Medical Assistants

6.1% 6.1% 5.8% 5.5% 5.4% 4.8% 4.8% 4.4% 4.1% 3.9% 2.7% 2.4% 2.0%

11.9% 11.2%

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.
Several of the fastest growing occupations are associated with the wood product manufacturing and food manufacturing industries, two key industries in this area.
Two of these jobs offer apprenticeships as the usual route to job entry.

Occupations with the Most Annual Openings

Cas hiers
Team Assemblers
Retail Salespersons
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers,
Hand Supervisors of Production & Operating
Workers Machinis ts
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
Helpers--Production Workers Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast
Food Waiters & Waitresses
Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Stock Clerks & Order Fillers
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators

110 80 60 60 50 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 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.
Eight of these jobs 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 #19 SE Georgia
Berrien
This area encompasses the eight counties of southeast Georgia in and around the cities of Douglas and Waycross. It includes the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.
* Note: Berrien County has moved from Workforce Investment Area #18 to Workforce Investment Area #19. That change is not reflected in these data, but will be in subsequent publications.
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total Industry Growth

Total employment in WIA Area #19 is expected to grow from almost 57,500 jobs in 2002 to more than 58,200 by the year 2012, which equates to almost 100 new jobs added each year. This area is the home of a regional medical center, a regional retail distribution center, an aircraft parts manufacturer, and several mobile home manufacturers. Key industries include health services, educational services, agriculture production, wood products manufacturing, food manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, and truck transportation.
The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below.

Administrative & Support Services

860

Truck Transportation

550

General Merchandise Stores

530

Construction of Buildings

240

Hospitals

100

Chemical Manufacturing

80

Ambulatory Health Care Services 20

Industry Rate of Growth

The area's economy is expected to lag behind both the state's and the nation's economy over the projection period. Area job growth is expected to be 0.1 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.

Chemical Manufacturing

5.8%

Truck Transportation

4.9%

Administrative & Support Services

4.0%

Construction of Buildings

3.8%

General Merchandise Stores

2.4%

Hospitals

0.5%

Ambulatory Health Care Services 0.1%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

Team Assemblers

510

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

360

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers

320

Machinis ts

310

Helpers--Production Workers

300

Managers of Production & Operating Workers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Cas hiers

290 250 160

Sewing Machine Operators

160

Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators Sales Reps, Whlsale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. &
Scientific Products Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

130 120 100

Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks

80

Indus trial Machinery Mechanics

80

General & Operations Managers

70

Sales Managers

70

Industrial Production Managers

70

Mechanical Drafters

70

Coat., Paint., & Spray. Mach. Setters, Operators, &

70

Tenders

These 19 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add nearly 3,500 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area.
Six occupations are associated mainly with the wood product manufacturing industry.
None of these occupations require any formal education beyond high school, although three of them offer apprenticeships as the usual route to job entry.