OES Code: 560110

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR COMPUTER OPERATORS

Computer Operators monitor and control electronic computers to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. They may also control peripheral equipment such as tape or disk drives, or printers. Does not include workers who primarily control peripheral equipment.

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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
710	780	10%	70	80	150

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE COMPUTER OPERATORS IN CONTRA COSTA 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
7363	Temporary help agencies
7379	Computer related services, all other
7389	Business services, all other
6021	National commercial banks
7374	Data processing & preparation services
9030	Local government, except education
6311	Life insurance
8742	Management consulting services
9010	Federal government
1311	Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction
8721	Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
6022	State commercial banks
7372	Prepackaged software
7338	Secretarial & court-reporting services
7375	Information retrieval services
4812	Radiotelephone communications
6162	Mortgage bankers & loan correspondents
5251	Hardware stores

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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