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.

Two of three fastest growing occupations are associated with the healthcare industry and the other one is computer related.

Six occupations require no formal education beyond high school.

Three have earned the "HOT" label for this period on a statewide basis.

Dental Laboratory Technicians
Home Health Aides
Mental Health Counselors
Preschool Teachers, Exc Spec Ed
Hot Education Administrators, Preschool
and Child Care Center/Program Social & Human Service Assistants
Nursing Instructors & Teachers, Postsecondary
Substance Abuse & Behavioral Disorder Counselors
Social & Community Service Managers
Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors
Hot Netw ork Systems & Data Comm
Analysts Instructional Coordinators Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc
Fast Food Hot Spec Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kdgtn, and Elem School Medical Assistants

4.13% 4.04% 3.66% 3.53% 3.45% 3.40% 3.35% 3.35% 3.34% 3.29% 3.18% 3.12% 3.09% 2.96%

7.67%

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 of these jobs require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Two have been designated "HOT" on a statewide basis for this projections period.

Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Hot Elementary School Teachers, Exc Special Ed Hot Registered Nurses
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Teacher Assistants
Customer Service Reps Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Child Care Workers
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Ed
Office Clerks, General First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food
Preparation and Serving Worker Cooks, Restaurant
Food Preparation Workers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

740 660 550 510 480 480 450 390 370 340 320 300 290 260

1,510

Georgia Area Workforce Trends
Projections to 2016
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 slightly more than 170,000 jobs in 2006 to almost 186,000 by the year 2016, which equates to more than 1,500 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.

Educational services Food services and drinking places
Social assistance Ambulatory health care services Administrative and support services
Membership associations and organizations Accommodation
Self-employed & unpaid family w krs Hospitals
Local govt, excl ed & hospitals

1,750 1,390 1,360 1,010 1,000 990 710 690

4,460 3,740

Industry Rate of Growth
The area's economy is not expanding as fast as the state or the nation. Area job growth is expected to increase 0.9 percent per year, while job growth for Georgia and the nation is expected to expand 1.3 percent and 1.0 percent per year, respectively.
The ten fastest growing industries in this area are listed below.

Accommodation Waste management and remediation
services Support activities for transportation
Nonmetallic mineral product manuf ac turing Social assistance
Truck transportation
Furniture and home furnishings stores
Food services and drinking places
Ambulatory health care services
Educational services

7.0% 6.6% 6.1% 5.0% 3.4% 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.3%

9.7%

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Occupations with the Most Job Growth

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add 7,600 jobs over the next 10 years, almost 50 percent of all projected job growth in this area.

Seven occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.

Two are found in health services, a key industry in this area.

Only Registered Nurses made the list of Georgia's "HOT" Careers to 2016 for its fast job growth, high wages, and plentiful job openings over the projections period.

Comb Food Prep & Serving Workers, Inc Fast Food Waiters & Waitresses
Elementary School Teachers, Exc Special Ed
Hot Registered Nurses
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer
Teacher Assistants
Customer Service Reps Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping
Cleaners Child Care Workers
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Ed
Office Clerks, General First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food
Preparation and Serving Worker Cooks, Restaurant
Food Preparation Workers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

740 660 550 510 480 480 450 390 370 340 320 300 290 260

1,510