Fastest Growing Occupations Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists Tellers Retail Salespersons Receptionists & Information Clerks Carpenters Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Registered Nurses Cashiers Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Food Preparation Workers Customer Service Representatives Waiters & Waitresses Correctional Officers & Jailers 3.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 6.2% 5.5% 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. Eight require only short-term on-the-job training of one month or less. Occupations with the Most Annual Openings Cashiers Retail Salespersons Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Registered Nurses Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Child Care Workers General & Operations Managers Customer Service Representatives Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Elem. School Teachers, Exc. Special Ed. Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Team Assemblers Food Preparation Workers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists Receptionists & Information Clerks Office Clerks, General 180 150 140 100 100 90 80 80 80 70 70 70 60 60 60 60 380 290 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. Eleven 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 #8 West Central GA This area is made up of 10 counties in west central Georgia in and around the cities of Carrollton, LaGrange and Newnan. It includes the following counties: Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and Upson. Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner Total Industry Growth Total employment in WIA Area #8 is expected to grow from almost 159,000 jobs in 2002 to almost 175,000 by the year 2012, which equates to more than 1,600 new jobs added each year. Key industries include textiles, apparel manufacturing, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, and transportation equipment manufacturing. The area also has substantial employment in health services and higher education. The top ten industries in this area with the most job growth are listed below. General Merchandise Stores 3,620 Educational Services 1,930 Food Services & Drinking Places 1,820 Personal & Laundry Services 1,530 Truck Transportation 1,520 Social Assistance 1,330 Hospitals 1,000 Ambulatory Health Care Services Credit Intermediation & Related Activities Specialty Trade Contractors 980 980 910 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 1.0 percent per year, while the state'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 per year. The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below. Truck Transportation Personal & Laundry Services General Merchandise Stores Social Assistance Wood Product Manufacturing Credit Intermediation & Related Activities Construction of Buildings Ambulatory Health Care Services Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Specialty Trade Contractors 8.2% 7.2% 5.2% 5.0% 4.6% 3.2% 2.5% 2.3% 1.9% 1.8% 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 Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Retail Salespersons Cashiers Registered Nurses Comb. Food Prep & Serving Wrkrs., Incl. Fast Food Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists Customer Service Representatives Waiters & Waitresses General & Operations Managers Child Care Workers Receptionists & Information Clerks Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters Carpenters Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers 530 500 500 420 400 380 350 310 300 280 260 210 1,510 1,270 1,170 These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add almost 8,400 jobs over the next 10 years, more than half of all projected job growth in this area. Six occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and two require a college degree. Twelve of these occupations require no formal education beyond high school.