OES Code: 580080

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PRODUCTION, PLANNING, & EXPEDITING CLERKS

The duties of Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks are primarily clerical in nature and involve coordinating and expediting the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedules. This includes reviewing and distributing production schedules and work orders, conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates, and compiling reports on progress of work and production problems. Their duties may also include scheduling workers and estimating costs, routing and delivering parts to insure production quotas are met, and scheduling shipment of parts. They may keep inventory of material in departments and insure that merchandise is shipped by vendor on the promised date, and write special orders for services and merchandise.

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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
10,600	12,280	16%	1,680	1,460	3,140

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PRODUCTION, PLANNING, & EXPEDITING CLERKS IN LOS ANGELES 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
3721	Aircraft manufacturers
2339	Women's & misses' outerwear manufacturers, all other
3812	Search & navigation equipment manufacturers
3728	Aircraft parts & equipment manufacturers, all other
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
7812	Motion picture & video tape production
7311	Advertising agencies
2752	Commercial printers, lithographic
5064	Electrical appliances, TV and radios, wholesale
7371	Computer programming services
7363	Temporary help agencies
7389	Business services, all other
7374	Data processing & preparation services
4311	U. S. Postal Service
3674	Semiconductors & related device manufacturers
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, all other
5311	Department stores
5137	Women's & children's clothing, wholesale
3089	Plastic product manufacturers, all other
2096	Potato chip & similar snack producers
7819	Services allied to motion picture production

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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