2002 LIST OF TARGETED OCCUPATIONS

Table 14: 2002 LIST OF TARGETED OCCUPATIONS FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

Targeted Occupation	OES* Code	Targeted Occupation	OES* Code
ACCOUNTANTS & AUDITORS	21114	Management Support Workers, NEC**	21999
Admin. Support/Clerical esp. in Hospitality Ind.^1,2	*1	Marketing/Sales Supervisors	41002
Automotive Mechanics	85302	Medical Assistants	66005
Business Services Agents^3,4	43017	Medical Records Technicians	32911
Carpenters	87102	Medical/Clinical Lab Technologists	*4
Child Care Workers^1,2	68038	Nursing Aides/Orderlies^1,2	66008
Compliance Officers & Inspectors	21911	Painters and Paperhangers	87402
Computer Support Specialists	25104	Paralegal and Legal Assistants	28305
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS	25102	PHARMACISTS	32517
CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS	15017	Pharmacy Technicians	32518
Dental Hygienists	32908	Physical Therapist Assistants	66017
Diesel/Bus/Truck Mechanics	85311	PHYSICAL THERAPISTS	32308
Dispatchers, except Police, Fire, & Ambulance	58005	PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS	32511
Drafters^3	22514	Plastic Process Techs. & Plastic Injection Ops.^3	91902
EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS	15005	Plumbers/Pipefitters	87502
Electricians	87202	Professional/Technical Workers, NEC**	39999
Emergency Medical Technicians	32508	Protective Service Occupations	*5
Engineering Technicians^3	*2	Quality Technicians^4	No OES Code
Engineering & Related Technicians, NEC**^3	22599	Radiologic Technologists	32919
ENGINEERS	*3	Registered Nurses	32502
Financial Services Sales Reps.	43014	Respiratory Therapists	32302
Firstline/Blue-Collar Supervisors	81099	Sales Reps. General	*6
GENERAL MGRS. & TOP EXECUTIVES	19005	Secretaries, Except Legal & Medical	55108
Health Professionals/Technicians, NEC**	32999	SOCIAL WKRS., EX. MED. & PSYCH.	27305
Heating/A.C. Mechanics	85902	Social/Human Service Assistants	27308
Heavy Equipment Operators^3	97923	Surgical Technologists & Technicians	32928
Home Health Aides^1,2	66011	Teacher Aides/Education Assistants^1	53905
Import/Export Clerks^1	58028	TEACHERS-ELEMENTARY	31305
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	85119	TEACHERS-SECONDARY	31308
Insurance Sales Agents	43002	TEACHERS-SPECIAL EDUCATION	31311
Licensed Vocational Nurses	32505	Telemarketers	49026
Machinery Maintenance Mechanics^3	85110	Tool and Die Makers^3	89102
Machinists & Numeric Control Machine Ops.	89108	Truck Drivers, Heavy^2	97102
Maintenance Repairers, Gen. Utilities	85132	Welders And Cutters	93914

NOTE: All occupations in bold and upper case letters represent occupations usually requiring a 4-year bachelor’s degree.

* Occupational Employment Statistics Code **Not elsewhere classified

*1 includes the following occupations: reception/information clerks, tellers, desk clerks, and customer service reps.

*2 include electrical and electronic engineering technicians, and industrial engineering technicians.

*3 includes the following occupations: electrical & electronic engineers, mechanical engineers, & computer engineers.

*4 includes ultrasonographers and MRI technologists.

*5 includes: correctional officers, police patrol officers, security guards, security officers, fire fighters, and private investigators.

*6 includes sales rep. manufacturing and wholesale, sales rep. retail, and those for other general purposes.

Targeted Occs. that did not meet selection criteria: Selection Criteria:

1 Average Wage Average Wage: $8.70

2 Training Time Training Time: Over 6 months

3 Growth to Replacement Ratio RGV Growth to Replacement Ratio – not declining

4 Average Annual Openings RGV Average Annual Openings – not declining