OES Code: 939140

IMPERIAL COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR WELDERS & CUTTERS

Welders and Cutters use flamecutting, hand, arc, and gas welding equipment, and gas torches, to weld together metal components of such products as pipelines, automobiles, boilers, and ships, or join together components of fabricated sheet metal assemblies, or cut, trim, or scarf metal objects to dimensions as specified by layout, work orders, or blueprints.

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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
70	80	14%	10	10	20

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE WELDERS & CUTTERS 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
7692	Welding repair
3523	Farm machinery & equipment manufacturers
3715	Truck trailer manufacturers
1799	Special trade contractors, all other
1791	Structural steel erection contractors
4911	Electric services
5083	Farm & garden machinery, wholesale
7532	Auto top, body & upholstery repair shops

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.

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