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 these occupations are found in the healthcare industry. Five have been designated "HOT" on a statewide basis for the period 2006-2016. Seven require no formal education beyond high school. Home Health Aides Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors Pest Control Workers Manicurists & Pedicurists Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Instructional Coordinators Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kdgtn, and Elem School Medical Assistants Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Middle School Hot Registered Nurses Hot Ed Admin, Preschool and Child Care Center/Program Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Personal & Home Care Aides Hot Electrical Pow er-Line Installers & Repairers Pharmacy Technicians 4.97% 4.76% 4.14% 4.14% 3.84% 3.79% 3.78% 3.75% 3.58% 3.51% 3.49% 3.48% 3.36% 3.35% 3.35% 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. Eight of these jobs require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less. Two have earned the "HOT" label on a statewide basis for this period. Although these occupationsChasahvieersmany projected annual open-80 ingCso,mmbinoerdeFotohdaPnrehp a&lSfeorvfintghWemorkeprsa,yIncless than average wages. 70 Fast Food Retail Salespersons 70 Hot Registered Nurses 60 Waiters & Waitresses 60 Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed 50 40 Office Clerks, General Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 40 40 40 30 Teacher Assistants 30 Correctional Officers & Jailers 30 Customer Service Reps 30 First-Line Supvrs/Mgrs of Retail Sales Workers 30 Georgia Area Workforce Trends Projections to 2016 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, Berrien, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware. 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 63,000 jobs in 2006 to more than 70,000 by the year 2016, which equates to approximately 720 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. Educational services Food services and drinking places Hospitals Administrative and support services Self-employed & unpaid family w krs Ambulatory health care services Nursing and residential care facilities Heavy and civil engineering construction Truck transportation Membership associations and organizations 1,050 850 790 660 620 520 440 380 310 2,000 Industry Rate of Growth This area's economy is currently projected to expand 1.1 percent per year, which is two-tenths of a percent lower than Georgia's economy and one-tenth of a percent higher than the nation. The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Social assistance Administrative and support services Truck transportation Nursing and residential care facilities Hospitals Membership associations and organizations Ambulatory health care services Educational services Food services and drinking places Professional and technical services 5.1% 4.2% 3.8% 3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% 2.8% 2.4% 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 over 3,200 jobs over the next 10 years, almost 45 percent of all projected job growth in this area. Seven of these occupations require only short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and three require a college degree. Four of these jobs are found in health services, a key industry in this area. Three have made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 for their fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings during the period 2006-2016. Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Hot Registered Nurses Hot Elem School Teachers, Exc Spec Ed Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Office Clerks, General Waiters and Waitresses Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Teacher Assistants Correctional Officers and Jailers Customer Service Representatives Retail Salespersons Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Home Health Aides Hot Secondary School Teachers, Exc Spec & Voc Ed 280 260 240 210 200 200 190 170 160 140 120 120 110 450 390