OES Code: 939140

LOS ANGELES 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
6,630	7,360	11%	730	1,150	1,880

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE WELDERS & CUTTERS 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
7692	Welding repair
3599	Industrial machinery manufacturers, all other
1623	Water, sewer & utility line construction
7699	Repair shops & related services, all other
5051	Metals service centers & offices, wholesale
2542	Partition & fixture manufacturers, exc wood
2514	Metal household furniture manufacturers
7363	Temporary help agencies
1791	Structural steel erection contractors
3721	Aircraft manufacturers
5093	Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
3441	Fabricated structural metal manufacturers
3715	Truck trailer manufacturers
5084	Industrial machinery, wholesale
1799	Special trade contractors, all other
9010	Federal government
3444	Sheet metal work manufacturers
5072	Hardware, wholesale
3496	Miscellaneous fabricated wire product manufacturers
7532	Auto top, body & upholstery repair shops
3312	Blast furnaces & steel mills
3315	Steel wire & related product manufacturers
3443	Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
4923	Natural gas transmission & distribution
2911	Petroleum refiners
3949	Sporting goods manufacturers, all other
5094	Jewelry & precious stones, wholesale
5039	Construction materials, all other, wholesale

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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