CREATING TRANSPORTATION JOBS Aerospace Industrial And Workforce Capabilities For ...

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by  Economic Roundtable

CREATING TRANSPORTATION JOBS

Aerospace Industrial And Workforce Capabilities
For Surface Transportation Manufacturing

Economic Roundtable

CREATING TRANSPORTATION JOBS
Aerospace Industrial And Workforce Capabilities
For Surface Transportation Manufacturing
January 1993
Mark Drayse, Industry Analyst
Odessa Dubinsky, Labor Market Analyst
Daniel Flaming, Research Director
Elizabeth Reid, Survey Manager
surveystaff:
Christine Bogdanovich, DonGauthier,
Elissa Gertler, ThomasScott
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The Economic Roundtable gratefully
acknowledges support provided by the City of
Long Beach and the Los Angeles County
Transportation Commission which underwrote
portions ofthe research presented inthis report.
Interpretations and conclusions contained inany
publication of the Economic Roundtable, unless
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organizations which have provided financial
support for research.
TABLE OFCONTENTS
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview 7
Creating High SkillJobs 7
Strategic Questions 8
Transportation-Linked Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13
Los Angeles County 13
Long Beach 15
Summary 28
Product Linkages Between Aircraft, Aerospace, and Surface
Transportation Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Survey of Los Angeles Firms Interested in Surface
Transportation Production 29
Match Between Aerospace Firms and Transportation Industries . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Summary 46
Job Availability and Skill Requirements in Surface Transportation 47
Overview 47
Unemployed Aerospace and Related Workers 48
Occupations in Industries Producing Motor Vehicles,
Aircraft, and Railroad Equipment 61
Absorption Potential Within Occupation by Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Comparison of Aircraft and Railroad Equipment Manufacturers 71
Strategies 75
Future Research Needs 85
LIST OF APPENDICES
A Occupational Briefs
B Department of Defense List of Firms With Contracts in Long Beach, 1989-1990
C Survey Questionnaire
D Description of Survey Responses
E Index of Products and Directory of Businesses
D-l SurveysReceived by Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix D
D-2 Employment of Responding Firms With 500 or More Employees ... Appendix D
D-3 Establishment Coverage: Targeted Manufacturing Industries Appendix D
D-4 Survey Respondents: Distribution by Revenue Group
and Industry Group Appendix D
D-5 SurveysReceived and Response Rates Appendix D
D-6 Employment by Industry Groups Appendix D
D-7 Employment Size Distribution: SurveyRespondents Appendix D
D-8 Employment Size Distribution: Los Angeles County .......... Appendix D
LIST OF TABLES
Table
1 Manufacturing Activities Linked to Transportation:
Los Angeles County and Long Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16
2 Department of Defense Contract Awards for Long Beach: 1989and 1990 .... 20
3 Long Beach Manufacturing Industries Liuked to Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4 Delivered Cost of Materials Consumed byTransportation Industries 38
5 Industry Inputs as a Percentage of Total Inputs of
Transportation Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6 Principal Value Added Activities in Rail Car Production 41
7 Industries and Products Required to Produce Rail Car Subsystems 42
8 Unemployed Aircraft/Aerospace and Related Workers in
Los Angeles County: Occupational and Demographic Composition 50
9 Unemployed Aircraft/Aerospace and Related Workers in
Long Beach: Occupational and Demographic Composition 54
10 Comparison of Aircraft/Aerospace and Related Workers:
Los Angeles County and Long Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
11 Major Occupations of Unemployed Aircraft/Aerospace and
Related Workers: Los Angeles County 62
12 Major Occupations of Unemployed Aircraft/Aerospace and
Related Workers: Long Beach 62
13 Selected Occupations in Transportation Industries in Los Angeles County 65
14 Potential Absorption Cabability of Targeted Transportation-Linked
Industries: ByOccupation Within Industry 66
15 Absorption Potential for Aerospace Occupations in Other Manufacturing
Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
16 Comparison of Worker Utilization: Selected Occupations in Aircraft and
Railroad Equipment Industries 68
17 Jobs Available in Railroad Equipment Manufacturing 68