OES Code: 939140 CONTRA COSTA 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
330 450 36% 120 60 180


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE WELDERS & CUTTERS 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          
1541 General contractors--industrial buildings/warehouses
3743 Railroad equipment manufacturers
7363 Temporary help agencies
1799 Special trade contractors, all other
3441 Fabricated structural metal manufacturers
1791 Structural steel erection contractors
2911 Petroleum refiners
7389 Business services, all other
1611 Highway & street construction
4932 Gas & other services combined
3843 Dental equipment & supplies manufacturers
7699 Repair shops & related services, all other
7532 Auto top, body & upholstery repair shops
1311 Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction
4010 Railroads
5093 Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
7692 Welding repair
3429 Hardware manufacturers, all other
3553 Woodworking machinery manufacturers
7538 General automotive repair shops
3444 Sheet metal work manufacturers
3448 Prefabricated metal building manufacturers
5015 Motor vehicle parts, used, wholesale
5084 Industrial machinery, wholesale
7542 Car washes
2879 Pesticides & other agricultural chemical manufacturers
3699 Electrical equipment & supplies manufacturers, all other
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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