OES Code: 971020

ALAMEDA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR TRUCK DRIVERS - HEAVY OR TRACTOR TRAILER

Heavy or Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers drive tractor-trailer combinations or trucks with a capacity of more than three tons to transport and deliver goods, livestock, or materials in liquid, loose or packaged form. They may be required to unload trucks.

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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
5,720	5,580	-2%	-140	610	470

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE TRUCK DRIVERS - HEAVY OR TRACTOR TRAILER IN ALAMEDA 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
4213	Trucking, except local
4212	Local trucking without storage
3273	Ready-mixed concrete manufacturers
2051	Bread, cake & related producers
5142	Packaged frozen foods, wholesale
5411	Grocery stores
4953	Refuse systems
4214	Local trucking with storage
5093	Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
4789	Transportation services, all other
4215	Courier services, except by air
4731	Arrangement of transportation of freight/cargo
5141	Groceries, wholesale
4311	U. S. Postal Service
5051	Metals service centers & offices, wholesale
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
5113	Industrial & personal service paper, wholesale
5149	Groceries & related products, all other, wholesale
1611	Highway & street construction
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
9030	Local government, except education

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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