OES Code: 971020

CONTRA COSTA 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
2,590	2,700	4%	110	290	400

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE TRUCK DRIVERS - HEAVY OR TRACTOR TRAILER 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
4212	Local trucking without storage
4213	Trucking, except local
2911	Petroleum refiners
1611	Highway & street construction
2819	Industrial inorganic chemical manufacturers, all other
5912	Drug stores
3273	Ready-mixed concrete manufacturers
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
4953	Refuse systems
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
2813	Industrial gas manufacturers
1629	Heavy construction, all other
2951	Asphalt paving mixtures & block manufacturers
4214	Local trucking with storage

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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