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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