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• The following section examines the occupation ripple effect attributable <br />to WSCC's existing workforce. The percentages are then used to calibrate <br />the occupational displacement attributable to the proposed expanded <br />wrkforce. <br />2. Occupational Flows <br />As indicated in Table III-4, a plurality of Hawk's Nest employees were <br />coal miners, indicating an antra-industry occupational shifts e. g., they <br />were miners in search of a mining job. <br />Table III-4: Previous Occupation <br /> Current <br /> Previ OUS JOb 6 Employees Employees New Hires' Total <br /> Mining 326 102 10 112 <br /> Construction 276 86 9 95 <br />• Trades/Services 146 46 5 51 <br /> Agriculture 136 42 4 46 <br /> Manufacturing 46 13 1 14 <br /> Other (Self-employed) 46 13 1 14 <br /> Government 36 10 1 11 <br /> Education 16 3 0 3 <br /> Finance 16 3 0 3 <br /> TOTAL 1006 319 31 350 <br />Source: JSSA Survey, Question X4. <br />• Assumes new hires will be similar to the characteristics of the existing <br />workforce. <br />Thus, most Hawk's Nest employees were miners before, followed closely by <br />construction workers (from construction to mining is typical nationwide - <br />see A Studv to Determine the Manpower and Training Needs of the Coal <br />Mining Induet~ by John Short & Associates, Inc., for the U.S. Hureau of <br />• Mines, 1980). From agriculture to mining may not be a mptually exclusive <br />category, as miners may still be working part-time on their farms. <br />40 <br />