OES Code: 580080

ORANGE COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PRODUCTION, PLANNING, & EXPEDITING CLERKS

The duties of Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks are primarily clerical in nature and involve coordinating and expediting the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedules. This includes reviewing and distributing production schedules and work orders, conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates, and compiling reports on progress of work and production problems. Their duties may also include scheduling workers and estimating costs, routing and delivering parts to insure production quotas are met, and scheduling shipment of parts. They may keep inventory of material in departments and insure that merchandise is shipped by vendor on the promised date, and write special orders for services and merchandise.

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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
2,990	3,380	13%	390	410	800

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PRODUCTION, PLANNING, & EXPEDITING CLERKS IN ORANGE 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
7374	Data processing & preparation services
3728	Aircraft parts & equipment manufacturers, all other
7371	Computer programming services
2834	Pharmaceutical preparations manufacturers
3761	Guided missile & space vehicle manufacturers
7311	Advertising agencies
7363	Temporary help agencies
5064	Electrical appliances, TV and radios, wholesale
2752	Commercial printers, lithographic
3643	Current-carrying wiring device manufacturers
3812	Search & navigation equipment manufacturers
3651	Household audio/video equipment manufacturers
2741	Miscellaneous publishers
2321	Men's & boys' shirt manufacturers
2731	Book publishers
2522	Office furniture manufacturers, exc wood
3452	Bolt, nut, screw, rivet, & washer manufacturers
3674	Semiconductors & related device manufacturers
3679	Electronic components manufacturers, all other
5961	Catalog/mail-order houses
3089	Plastic product manufacturers, all other
3672	Printed circuit board manufacturers
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
3471	Plating and polishing firms
5122	Drugs, proprietaries & sundries, 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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