Georgia regional skills-based employment projections: projections to 2014, Columbus/Americus service delivery region

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Georgia Regional Skills-based Employment Projections
Projections to 2014
See which skills and abilities are transferable to new jobs when jobs are lost and which types of firms hold the
most promise for new employment
Columbus/Americus Service Delivery Region

Harris

Talbot

Muscogee

Taylor

Chattahoo- Marion chee

Macon

Schley

Stewart

Sumter

Dooly

Webster

Quitman

Crisp

Randolph

Clay

Work Activities

Includes the following counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

For more information, please contact Bill Webb at (404) 232-3875 Fax (404) 232-3888
Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us www.dol.state.ga.us/wp/lmi_publications.htm
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Introduction
The loss of a job ranks as one of the most challenging experiences that a worker ever faces. To help lessen the impact in Georgia, this publication analyzing job losses has been prepared, with emphasis on skills and abilities that readily transfer from one career to another. The booklet lists the job preparation level as well as the knowledge bases, skill sets, and generalized work activities transferable to new jobs from the ten jobs most adversely affected by recent job cuts in this region. Each job evaluated had at least 80 applications for unemployment insurance filed with the Georgia Department of Labor in January and February of 2008. It is hoped that using this publication will greatly shorten the time spent in transition from dislocated worker to finding alternative employment.
As an aid to finding new employment, for each affected job, a table lists the ten occupations with the most expected job openings (at the same job preparation level) that use many of the same skills and abilities as the lost job. Expected job openings in these potential new jobs are split into those resulting from newly-created positions and those coming from job replacements. This is important because although job losses in this region have been severe, there will still be new job opportunities, due mainly to replacing workers who leave voluntarily. Wages from the 2007 edition of the Georgia Wage Survey are also shown for each potential new occupation.
There are 48 new job possibilities highlighted in this report, each of which uses many of the same skills and abilities as a job lost by laid-off workers. For each of the 48 jobs, the last section of this booklet lists the top three (or four) industries in this region that employ the most workers in the particular occupation.
Occupational codes (e.g. 47-2031 Carpenter) utilize the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, upon which O*NET codes are based. Industry codes (e.g. 4841 General Freight Trucking) at the four digit industry group level are assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
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41-2011 Cashiers
Job Preparation Level: Short-term on-the-job Training of One to Four Weeks

Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge Customer & personal service Skills Social perceptiveness, service orientation Generalized Work Activities Working directly with the public

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Short-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Cashiers

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

35-3031 Waiters & Waitresses 39-9011 Child Care Workers 43-9061 Office Clerks, General 25-9041 Teacher Assistants 43-4171 Receptionists & Information Clerks 43-3071 Tellers 31-1011 Home Health Aides 33-9032 Security Guards 37-3011 Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 39-9021 Personal & Home Care Aides

40

130

170 6.82

60

50

110 7.40

10

60

70 10.32

30

30

60 15,607

20

30

50 10.02

10

30

40

9.75

20

10

30

8.98

10

20

30 12.96

10

20

30

9.68

20

10

30

8.34

43-6011 Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Job Preparation Level: Moderate-term on-the-job Training of One Month to One Year

Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge - Clerical Skills Reading comprehension, writing, speaking Generalized Work Activities Organizing, planning, & prioritizing work; scheduling
work & activities; performing administrative activities

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Moderate-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

43-4051 Customer Service Representatives

70

41-4012 Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg Exc Tech & Scientific Products 10

43-3031 Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks

0

43-6014 Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive

0

31-9092 Medical Assistants

20

21-1093 Social & Human Service Assistants

10

43-3021 Billing & Posting Clerks & Machine Operators

0

43-3051 Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks

0

43-9021 Data Entry Keyers

0

43-9041 Insurance Claims & Policy Processing Clerks

0

50

120 12.94

30

40 23.73

40

40 13.49

40

40 11.72

10

30 11.73

10

20 12.35

10

10 12.91

10

10 13.92

10

10 11.46

10

10

NA

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51-9198 Helpers--Production Workers
Job Preparation Level: Short-term on-the-job training of One to Four Weeks
Relevant Skills and Abilities: Skills Equipment selection Generalized Work Activities Handling & moving objects, performing general physical
activities, controlling machines & processes

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Short-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Helpers--Production Workers

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

43-5081 Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

0

37-3011 Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers

10

53-3031 Driver/Sales Workers

10

53-3033 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

10

43-5052 Postal Service Mail Carriers

0

47-3013 Helpers--Electricians

0

47-3015 Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 0

49-9098 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers

0

51-9111 Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

0

53-7063 Machine Feeders & Offbearers

0

70

70

9.37

20

30

9.68

10

20 13.04

10

20 12.33

10

10 21.59

10

10 12.41

10

10 10.53

10

10 10.16

10

10 11.53

10

10 12.14

53-7051 Industrial Truck and Tractor Forklift Operators
Job Preparation Level: Short-term on-the-job Training of One to Four Weeks
Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge - Transportation Skills Operation monitoring, equipment selection Generalized Work Activities Handling & moving objects; controlling machines & pro-
cesses; operating vehicles, mechanized devices, or equipment

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Short-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Industrial Truck & Tractor Forklift Operators

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

43-5081 Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

0

45-2092 Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 10

37-3011 Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers

10

53-3031 Driver/Sales Workers

10

53-3033 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

10

43-5052 Postal Service Mail Carriers

0

47-3015 Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 0

49-9098 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers

0

51-9111 Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

0

53-7063 Machine Feeders & Offbearers

0

70

70

9.37

40

50

8.38

20

30

9.68

10

20 13.04

10

20 12.33

10

10 21.59

10

10 10.53

10

10 10.16

10

10 11.53

10

10 12.14

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51-4081 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job Preparation Level: Moderate-term on-the-job Training of One Month to One Year
Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge Mechanical, production & processing Skills Equipment maintenance, operation & control, troubleshooting, repairing Generalized Work Activities Controlling machines & processes

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Moderate-term on-the-job Training that use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

49-9042 Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

10

47-2073 Operating Engineers & Other Const Equipment Operators 0

51-4031 Cut, Punch, & Press Mach Setrs, Opers, & Tndrs,

Metal & Plastic

0

35-3041 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

0

47-3013 Helpers--Electricians

0

47-3015 Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 0

51-9023 Mixing & Blending Mach Setters, Operators, & Tenders

0

39-2021 Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

0

51-5023 Printing Machine Operators

0

47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers

0

30

40 13.34

20

20 13.62

10

10 11.20

10

10

8.04

10

10 12.41

10

10 10.53

10

10 13.77

10

10

8.27

10

10 16.70

10

10 15.25

53-7064 Packers and Packagers, Hand

Job Preparation Level: Short-term on-the-job Training of One to Four Weeks

Relevant Skills and Abilities Generalized Work Activities Handling & moving objects, performing general physical
activities

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Short-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Hand Packers & Packagers

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

43-5081 Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

0

45-2092 Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 10

31-1011 Home Health Aides

20

33-9032 Security Guards

10

35-9021 Dishwashers

10

37-3011 Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers

10

39-9021 Personal & Home Care Aides

20

43-3011 Bill & Account Collectors

10

53-3031 Driver/Sales Workers

10

53-3033 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

10

70

70

9.37

40

50

8.38

10

30

8.98

20

30 12.96

20

30

7.40

20

30

9.68

10

30

8.34

10

20 13.10

10

20 13.04

10

20 12.33

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41-2031 Retail Salespersons
Job Preparation Level: Short-term on-the-job Training of One to Four Weeks

Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge Customer & personal service, sales & marketing Skills social perceptiveness Generalized Work Activities Establishing & maintaining interpersonal relationships,
working directly with the public

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Short-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Retail Salespersons

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

43-9061 Office Clerks, General 25-9041 Teacher Assistants 43-4171 Receptionists & Information Clerks 31-1011 Home Health Aides 39-9021 Personal & Home Care Aides 43-3071 Tellers 33-9032 Security Guards 41-2021 Counter & Rental Clerks 43-3011 Bill & Account Collectors 43-4081 Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks

10

60

80 10.32

30

30

60 15,607

20

30

40 10.02

20

10

30

8.98

20

10

30

8.34

10

30

30

9.75

10

20

20 12.96

0

10

20

8.56

10

10

20 13.10

0

10

20

7.65

53-3032 Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Job Preparation Level: Moderate-term on-the-job Training of One Month to One Year

Relevant Skills and Abilities: Knowledge - Transportation Skills Time management, equipment maintenance Generalized Work Activities Handling & moving objects; performing general physical
activities; operating vehicles, mechanized devices, or equipment

Top Ten Occupations Requiring Moderate-term on-the-job Training that Use Many of the Same Skills & Abilities as Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

SOC Code

Occupation

New

Job

Annual Average

Positions Replacements Openings Wage

49-9042 Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

10

33-3012 Correctional Officers & Jailers

10

45-4022 Logging Equipment Operators

10

47-2073 Operating Engineers & Other Const Equipment Operators 0

51-9061 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers

0

47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers

0

51-4031 Cut, Punch, & Press Mach Setrs, Opers, & Tndrs, Metal

& Plastic

0

51-5023 Printing Machine Operators

0

51-9023 Mixing & Blending Mach Setters, Operators, & Tenders

0

30

40 13.34

20

30 13.39

10

20 13.55

20

20 13.62

20

20 13.74

10

10 15.25

10

10 11.20

10

10 16.70

10

10 13.77

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Columbus/Americus Service Delivery Region
Top Industries Employing Workers within Each Occupation

SOC/NAICS Occupation/Industry

21-1093 8131 9992 6241

Social & Human Service Assistants Religious Organizations State Government, except Education and Hospitals Individual and Family Services

25-9041 6111 6244 6116

Teacher Assistants Elementary and Secondary Schools Child Day Care Services Other Schools and Instruction

31-1011 6233 6216 6231

Home Health Aides Community Care Facilities for the Elderly Home Health Care Services Nursing Care Facilities

31-9092 6211 6213 6221

Medical Assistants Offices of Physicians Offices of Other Health Practitioners General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

33-3012 9992 9993 9991

Correctional Officers & Jailers State Government, except Education and Hospitals Local Government, except Education and Hospitals Federal Government, except Postal Service

33-9032 5616 4521 6221

Security Guards Investigation and Security Services Department Stores General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

35-3021 7222 7221 6111 7223 4451

Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers Incl Fast Food Limited-Service Eating Places Full-Service Restaurants Elementary and Secondary Schools Special Food Services Grocery Stores

35-3031 7221 7222 7211

Waiters & Waitresses Full-Service Restaurants Limited-Service Eating Places Traveler Accommodation

35-3041 6221 7221 7211

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Full-Service Restaurants Traveler Accommodation

35-9011 7221 7223 7222

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers Full-Service Restaurants Special Food Services Limited-Service Eating Places

35-9021 7221 7222 7223

Dishwashers Full-Service Restaurants Limited-Service Eating Places Special Food Services

37-3011 5617 7139 9993

Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers Services to Buildings and Dwellings Other Amusement and Recreation Industries Local Government, except Education and Hospitals

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39-2021 8129 5419 4539
39-9011 6244 6111 8131
39-9021 6216 6241 5613 6233
41-2021 5322 5321 8123
41-4012 4251 4238 4244
43-3011 5614 6211 5222
43-3021 6211 6221 9993
43-3031 5412 5221 5511
43-3051 5613 9993 5511
43-3071 5221 5511 5223
43-4051 5613 5241 5242
43-4081 7211
43-4171 6211 5613 6221
43-5032 4841 4842 4885

Nonfarm Animal Caretakers Other Personal Services Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Child Care Workers Child Day Care Services Elementary and Secondary Schools Religious Organizations
Personal & Home Care Aides Home Health Care Services Individual and Family Services Employment Services Community Care Facilities for the Elderly
Counter & Rental Clerks Consumer Goods Rental Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Sales Reps, Whlsale & Mfg, Exc Tech & Scientific Products Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers
Bill & Account Collectors Business Support Services Offices of Physicians Nondepository Credit Intermediation
Billing & Posting Clerks & Machine Operators Offices of Physicians General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Local Government, except Education and Hospitals
Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Depository Credit Intermediation Management of Companies and Enterprises
Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks Employment Services Local Government, except Education and Hospitals Management of Companies and Enterprises
Tellers Depository Credit Intermediation Management of Companies and Enterprises Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
Customer Service Representatives Employment Services Insurance Carriers Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks Traveler Accommodation
Receptionists & Information Clerks Offices of Physicians Employment Services General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Dispatchers, Exc Police, Fire, & Ambulance General Freight Trucking Specialized Freight Trucking Freight Transportation Arrangement
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43-5061 5111 4241 3141
43-5081 4451 4521 4931 5613
43-6014 6111 8131 6221 6113 9992
43-9021 5613 5412 5614
43-9041 5241 5242 5511
43-9061 5613 9993 6221 6111
45-2092 1110 5613 4442
45-4022 1130 3211
47-2073 2389 9993 9992 2371
47-2211 2382 2383 3334 turing
47-3013 2382 5313 2371
47-3015 2382 2371 2389

Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers Textile Furnishings Mills
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Grocery Stores Department Stores Warehousing and Storage Employment Services
Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive Elementary and Secondary Schools Religious Organizations General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools State Government, except Education and Hospitals
Data Entry Keyers Employment Services Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Business Support Services
Insurance Claims & Policy Processing Clerks Insurance Carriers Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities Management of Companies and Enterprises
Office Clerks, General Employment Services Local Government, except Education and Hospitals General Medical and Surgical Hospitals Elementary and Secondary Schools
Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse Agriculture, Crop and Animal Production Employment Services Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
Logging Equipment Operators Forestry and Logging Sawmills and Wood Preservation
Operating Engineers & Other Const Equipment Operators Other Specialty Trade Contractors Local Government, except Education and Hospitals State Government, except Education and Hospitals Utility System Construction
Sheet Metal Workers Building Equipment Contractors Building Finishing Contractors Ventilation, Heating, Air-Cond, & Commercial Refrig Equipment Manufac-
Helpers--Electricians Building Equipment Contractors Activities Related to Real Estate Utility System Construction
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters Building Equipment Contractors Utility System Construction Other Specialty Trade Contractors

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49-9042 5311 9993 5313 6111 7211
49-9098 2382 8111 4411
51-4031 3231 3261 3219
51-5023 3231 3222 5613
51-9023 3256 3118 3141
51-9061 3141 3261 3116 3132 9991
51-9111 5613 3118 3119
53-3031 7222 4244 5111
53-3033 4921 4841 7222
53-7063 3231 3222 3118 3132

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Lessors of Real Estate Local Government, except Education and Hospitals Activities Related to Real Estate Elementary and Secondary Schools Traveler Accommodation
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers Building Equipment Contractors Automotive Repair and Maintenance Automobile Dealers
Cutting, Punching, & Press Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, M & P Printing and Related Support Activities Plastics Product Manufacturing Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Printing Machine Operators Printing and Related Support Activities Converted Paper Product Manufacturing Employment Services
Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing Textile Furnishings Mills
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Textile Furnishings Mills Plastics Product Manufacturing Animal Slaughtering and Processing Fabric Mills Federal Government, except Postal Service
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders Employment Services Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing Other Food Manufacturing
Driver/Sales Workers Limited-Service Eating Places Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Couriers General Freight Trucking Limited-Service Eating Places
Machine Feeders & Offbearers Printing and Related Support Activities Converted Paper Product Manufacturing Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing Fabric Mills

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