OES Code: 979470

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR INDUSTRIAL TRUCK & TRACTOR OPERATORS

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators operate gasoline or electric powered industrial trucks or tractors equipped with fork lift, elevated platform, or trailer hitch to move materials within an establishment, warehouse, storage yard, factory, or at a construction site. Does not include Logging Tractor Operators.

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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
870	990	14%	120	140	260

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE INDUSTRIAL TRUCK & TRACTOR 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
5013	Motor vehicle supplies & parts, wholesale
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
5311	Department stores
2062	Cane sugar refineries
3312	Blast furnaces & steel mills
1541	General contractors--industrial buildings/warehouses
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
2819	Industrial inorganic chemical manufacturers, all other
4932	Gas & other services combined
7361	Employment agencies
5191	Farm supplies, wholesale
4225	General warehousing & storage
7389	Business services, all other
5031	Lumber, plywood & millwork, wholesale
5142	Packaged frozen foods, wholesale
7363	Temporary help agencies
3275	Gypsum product manufacturers
3841	Surgical & medical instrument manufacturers
4213	Trucking, except local
5093	Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
2911	Petroleum refiners
4212	Local trucking without 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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