OES Code: 929650

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR CRUSHING, GRINDING, MIXING, & BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Operators and Tenders operate or tend machines to crush or grind any of a wide variety of materials, such as coal, glass, plastic, dried fruit, grain, stone, chemicals, food, or rubber, or operate or tend machines that buff and polish materials or products, such as stone, glass, slate, plastic or metal trim, bowling balls, or eyeglasses. Mixing and Blending Machine Operators and Tenders operate or tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of materials such as spices, dough batter, tobacco, fruit juices, chemicals, livestock feed, food products, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

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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
340	260	-24%	-80	50	-30

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE CRUSHING, GRINDING, MIXING, & BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS 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
3823	Process control manufacturers
2952	Asphalt felt & coating manufacturers
2038	Frozen specialty producers, all other
2813	Industrial gas manufacturers
2879	Pesticides & other agricultural chemical manufacturers
1429	Crushed and broken stone, all other
2819	Industrial inorganic chemical manufacturers, all other
3273	Ready-mixed concrete manufacturers
2951	Asphalt paving mixtures & block manufacturers
1442	Construction sand and gravel
2873	Nitrogenous fertilizer manufacturers

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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