OES Code: 971020

SAN DIEGO 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
4,510	5,110	13%	600	520	1,120

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE TRUCK DRIVERS - HEAVY OR TRACTOR TRAILER IN SAN DIEGO 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
3273	Ready-mixed concrete manufacturers
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
4214	Local trucking with storage
4953	Refuse systems
5181	Beer & ale, wholesale
1611	Highway & street construction
5141	Groceries, wholesale
1771	Concrete work contractors
5093	Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
5172	Petroleum & petroleum products, wholesale
2711	Newspaper publishers
4215	Courier services, except by air
4226	Special warehousing & storage, all other
7549	Auto services, exc repair & carwashes
5171	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals
5411	Grocery stores
3731	Ship builders & repairers
5149	Groceries & related products, 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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