Fastest Growing Occupations Registered Nurses Packaging & Filling Mach. Operators & Tenders Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Receptionists & Information Clerks Security Guards Computer Systems Analysts Personal & Home Care Aides Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Packers & Packagers, Hand Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Social & Human Service Assistants Management Analysts Sales Reps, Whlsale. & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Products Food Preparation Workers 3.3% 2.4% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 5.0% 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 the fastest growing occupations are in healthcare services and one is computer-related. Eight of these occupations do not require any formal education beyond high school. Occupations with the Most Annual Openings Registered Nurses Cashiers Retail Salespersons Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Postal Service Mail Carriers Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Elem. School Teachers, Exc. Special Ed. Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Child Care Workers Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Office Clerks, General Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 110 90 80 60 50 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 170 150 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 healthcare industry. Nine 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 #11 Middle GA This area is made up of ten counties in middle Georgia in and around the city of Warner Robins. It includes the following counties: Baldwin, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson. Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner Total Industry Growth Total employment in WIA Area #11 is expected to grow from almost 110,000 jobs in 2002 to almost 111,000 by the year 2012. This equates to almost 100 new jobs added each year. This area is home to two regional medical centers, a state psychiatric hospital, several colleges and universities, and a large military base. There is also significant employment in aircraft and bus equipment manufacturing as well as kaolin mining. The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below. Hospitals Food Manufacturing Professional, Scientific, & Tech. Services Administrative & Support Services 2,450 1,110 850 Educational Services 760 General Merchandise Stores Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods Ambulatory Health Care Services 640 590 500 Food Services & Drinking Places 370 Nursing & Residential Care Facilities 260 4,400 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. Food Manufacturing Hospitals Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods Professional, Scientific, & Tech. Services Administrative & Support Services General Merchandise Stores Truck Transportation Ambulatory Health Care Services Nursing & Residential Care Facilities Social Assistance 4.4% 3.0% 2.9% 2.4% 2.1% 2.0% 1.2% 1.1% 7.3% 6.4% For copies of the Georgia Career Planner, Georgia Workforce Trends in Brief or this publication, call 404/232-3875 or contact your local Department of Labor office. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities Occupations with the Most Job Growth Registered Nurses Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Retail Salespersons Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders Medical Assistants Medical & Health Services Managers Computer Software Engineers, Applications Waiters & Waitresses Radiologic Technologists & Technicians Receptionists & Information Clerks Pharmacists Respiratory Therapists 370 170 160 150 140 140 130 120 120 120 110 110 100 100 1,290 These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 3,300 jobs over the next 10 years, the majority of all projected job growth in this area. Six occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and six require a college degree. Eight of these occupations are associated with the healthcare industry.