Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List

Employments in respect of which there is a shortage in respect of qualifications, experience or skills which are required for the proper functioning of the economy

This list is set out in Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

The Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List is organised using the Standard Occupational Classification system (SOC 2010), a system which classifies workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. Specific capabilities or skills that are eligible within a broader occupation category are listed under ‘Employments with Specific Skills’ – applicants with these skills may apply for Critical Skills Employment Permits. If your employment falls within the broad employment category but you do not have a specialism as indicated under ‘Employments with specific skills’, you may not be eligible for a Critical Skills Employment Permit.

SOC-3	Employment category	SOC-4	Employments with Specific Skills
211	Natural and Social Science Professionals	2111	Chemical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2112	Medical laboratory scientists Biological scientists and biochemists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2113	Physical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
212	Engineering Professionals	2122	Mechanical engineers specialising in: • Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or • Mechanical engineering (especially polymer engineering skills in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical devices or green economy), or • Chemical process engineering, or • Process automation engineering, or • Power generation, transmission and distribution, or • Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2123	Electrical engineers specialising in: • Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or • Process automation engineering, or • Power generation, transmission and distribution, or • Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2124	Electronics engineers specialising in: • Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or • Process automation engineering, or • Power generation, transmission and distribution, or • Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2126	Design and development engineers specialising in: • Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or • Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or • Process automation engineering, or • Power generation, transmission and distribution, or • Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2127	Production and process engineers specialising in: • Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and beverages), or • Chemical process engineering, or • Process automation engineering, or • Power generation, transmission and distribution, or • Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2129	Material scientists
113	ICT Professionals	1136	Information technology and telecommunications directors
213		2133	IT specialist managers
		2134	IT project and programme managers
		2135	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
		2136	Programmers and software development professionals
		2137	Web design and development professionals
		2139	All other ICT professionals
221	Health Professionals	2211	Medical practitioners
		2213	Industrial pharmacists
		2217	Radiographers Radiation therapists Vascular technologists/physiologists Gastro intestinal technologists/physiologists Respiratory Physiologists
		2219	Audiologists Perfusionists
118	Health and Social Services Managers and Directors	1181	Senior health services and public health managers and directors
223	Nursing and Midwifery Professionals	2231	Registered Nurses (RGN, MHN, ID and Children’s nurses) Clinical Nurse Specialists Clinical Nurse Managers Advanced Nursing Practitioners
223	Nursing and Midwifery Professionals	2232	Registered Midwives Clinical Midwife Specialists Clinical Midwife Managers Advanced Midwife Practitioners
222	Therapy Professionals	2229	Orthoptists
321	Health Associate Professionals	3218	Prosthetists Orthotists
321	Health Associate Professionals	3213	PHECC Registered Paramedics PHECC Registered Advanced Paramedic Practitioners
242	Business, Research and Administrative Professionals	2421	Chartered and certified accountants and taxation experts specializing in tax, compliance, regulation, solvency, or financial management, or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience. Qualified accountants with at least three years' auditing experience, who are full members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and whom have relevant work experience in the areas of US GAAP reporting and Global Audit and Advisory Services and the employment concerned is in MNC Global Audit Services. Tax consultants specializing in non-EEA tax consultancy and compliance with a professional tax qualification or legal qualification with tax specialism, and has a minimum of three years' experience of tax consultancy requirements and regulations in the relevant non-EEA market.
		2423	Management consultants and business analysts specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2424	Business and financial project management professionals specializing in finance & investment analytics, risk analytics, credit, fraud analytics or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
		2425	Actuaries, economists and statisticians specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience
246	Quality and Regulatory Professionals	2461	Quality control and planning engineers
		2462	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
		2463	Environmental health professionals
354	Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals	3542	Business sales executives specialising in International Sales Roles or ITB2B sales roles and with fluency in the official language, apart from English, of a state which is not a Member State of the EEA
354	Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals	3543	International marketing experts with required domain knowledge specialising in product strategy development and management with technical and product/service knowledge (pharmaceutical, medical devices, Software B2B, SaaS products)

Employment Permits Section
02 August 2016

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