OES Code: 877110

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKERS

Highway Maintenance Workers maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way in safe condition by performing a combination of the following duties: patch broken or eroded pavement or erect and repair guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences using a posthole digger, shovel, ax, saw, hammer and nails, and power tools. They may also clear brush or plant vegetation along rights-of-way.

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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
1,450	1,600	10%	150	280	430

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKERS 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
9030	Local government, except education
9020	State government, except education
1721	Painting and paper hanging contractors
1611	Highway & street construction

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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