OES Code: 929740

IMPERIAL COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PACKAGING & FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders operate or tend machines, such as filling machines, casing running machines, ham rolling machines, preservative filling machines, baling machines, wrapping machines, and stuffing machines, to prepare industrial or consumer products, such as gas cylinders, meat and other food products, tobacco, insulation, ammunition, stuffed toys and athletic equipment, and upholstered pads, as end products or for storage and shipment.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
30	40	33%	10	10	20

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PACKAGING & FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
2086	Bottled & canned soft drink producers
5191	Farm supplies, wholesale
5411	Grocery stores
2096	Potato chip & similar snack producers
2063	Beet sugar refineries
5182	Wines & distilled alcoholic beverages, wholesale
2874	Phosphate fertilizer manufacturers

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.