Architecture and Engineering Occupations

• Engineers, All Other
• Industrial engineers
• Mechanical engineers

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

• Coaches and scouts
• Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
• Music directors and composers
• Musicians and singers
• Public relations specialists

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
• First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

• Accountants and auditors
• Business operations specialists, all other
• Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
• Cost estimators
• Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
• Financial specialists, all other
• Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
• Personal financial advisors
• Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
• Training and development specialists

Community and Social Services Occupations

• Clergy
• Community and social service specialists, all other
• Directors, religious activities and education
• Medical and public health social workers
• Mental health and substance abuse social workers
• Mental health counselors
• Social and human service assistants

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

• Computer software engineers, applications
• Computer software engineers, systems software
• Computer support specialists
• Computer systems analysts
• Network and computer systems administrators
• Network systems and data communications analysts

Construction and Extraction Occupations

• Carpenters
• Construction and building inspectors
• Electricians
• First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
• Painters, construction and maintenance
• Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
• Sheet metal workers

Education, Training, and Library Occupations

• Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary
• Business teachers, postsecondary
• Education, training, and library workers, all other
• Elementary school teachers, except special education
• English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
• Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
• Instructional coordinators
• Library technicians
• Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Preschool teachers, except special education
• Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Self-enrichment education teachers
• Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
• Special education teachers, secondary school
• Teachers and instructors, all other
• Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
• Vocational education teachers, secondary school

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

• Cooks, institution and cafeteria
• Cooks, restaurant
• First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers

Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations

• Dental hygienists
• Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
• Health technologists and technicians, all other
• Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Occupational therapists
• Pharmacy technicians
• Physical therapists
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Registered nurses
• Respiratory therapists

Healthcare Support Occupations

• Dental assistants
• Medical transcriptionists
• Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

• Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
• First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
• Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
• Maintenance and repair workers, general

Legal Occupations

• Paralegals and legal assistants

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

• Market research analysts

Management Occupations

• Chief executives
• Computer and information systems managers
• Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
• Education administrators, postsecondary
• Financial managers
• Food service managers
• General and operations managers
• Managers, all other
• Medical and health services managers
• Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Sales managers
• Social and community service managers
• Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

• Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
• Customer service representatives
• Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
• First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
• Payroll and timekeeping clerks

Personal Care and Service Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
• Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors

Production Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
• Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
• Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
• Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
• Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
• Printing machine operators
• Tool and die makers
• Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Protective Service Occupations

• Fire fighters
• Police and sheriff's patrol officers

Sales and Related Occupations

• Demonstrators and product promoters
• First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
• First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
• Real estate sales agents
• Sales and related workers, all other
• Sales representatives, services, all other
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
• Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

NOTE: This data is a primary source for the identification training in occupations of demand in the Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Michigan Works Area. However, the data is not the exclusive source for determining growth/decline occupations. Changing local economic conditions require consultation of additional data sources to validate the data provided herein. This includes, but may not be limited to: Michigan Talent Bank (resumes and job orders); local published "want ads"; union or industry data for the local area; occupational demand/decline created by new employer growth or the loss of significant employer activity; or specific hiring commitments of employers. Individuals using this list to determine occupations in demand must consult a Michigan Works case manager to validate the demand status of their occupational selections).

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