UK Work Permits Shortage Occupations List - New Additions
24 December 2004
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Following pressure from the UK Department of Health it is now easier to employ all salaried General Dental Practitioners, Salaried Assistant Dentists and Vocational Dental Practitioners in the healthcare sector under the work permit scheme. There is no longer a requirement that employers advertise nationally to show a shortage of suitably qualified people to obtain a work permit as these occupations now meet the Shortage Occupation Tier One criteria.
SHORTAGE OCCUPATION LIST
Some occupations are recognized as 'shortage occupations'. This means that there are acute shortages of suitably qualified and skilled workers within the resident labour market.
The resident labour market is defined as countries within the European Economic Area including the United Kingdom.
The shortage occupations are divided into different sectors as follows:
HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Doctors:
- Salaried GP's
Dentists:
- Salaried General Dental Practitioners Salaried Assistant Dentists
- Salaried Vocational Dental Practitioner Consultants in Paediatric Dentistry
- Consultants in Surgical Dentistry
Consultant posts in the following specialist areas:
- Accident and Emergency Additional Dental Specialities
- Anaesthetics Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Chemical Pathology
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinical Neurophysiology
- Clinical Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Clinical Radiology
- Clinical Oncology Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
- Dermatology Forensic Psychiatry
- Endodentics General Adult Psychiatry
- Gastroenterology General Surgery
- General Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
- Genito-urinary medicine Histopathology
- Haematology Infectious Diseases
- Immunology Medical Microbiology & Virology
- Intensive Care Medicine Neurology
- Medical Oncology Nuclear Medicine
- Neurosurgery Occupational Health
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Opthalmology
- Old Age Psychiatry Orthodontics
- Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery Paediatric Cardiology
- Otolaryngology Paediatrics
- Paediatric Dentistry Plastic Surgery
- Palliative Medicine Psychotherapy
- Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities Rehabilitation Medicine
- Public Health Medicine Respiratory Medicine
- Renal Medicine Rheumatology
- Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Urology
General:
- Audiologist Audiological scientist
- Clinical Psychologist Dietician
- Occupational Therapist Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technician Physiotherapist
- Speech and Language Therapist Social Worker Social Worker
- Biomedical Scientist / Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer (MLSO)
- Qualified HPC registered Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers
Nurses:
- All registered nurses and midwives
ENGINEERING SECTOR
- Engineering Shortage Occupations*
RAILWAY ENGINEERS
- For jobs that are listed below the person must have a degree with at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil, structures or electrical background.
- Railways Planner or Engineer
- Railways Modeller
- Railway Track Design or Permanent Way Engineer
- Signaling Engineer, Communications Engineer
- Power Supply Engineer or Electrification Engineer
(Senior positions in the above posts would be expected to have at least 5 years relevant experience)
STRUCTURAL/BRIDGE ENGINEERS
- For jobs that are listed below the person must have a degree with at least 2 years relevant experience from a structures background.
- Structural Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer or Buildings Engineer
- Bridge Engineer or Highways Structural Engineer
- (Senior posts would generally require appropriate chartered status and a minimum of 5 years relevant experience)
TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS ENGINEERS
- For jobs that are listed below the person must have a transport related degree or a degree with at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil background.
- Traffic Engineer or Transport Planner
- Transport Modeller or Transport Economist (The applicant would be expected to have experience in multi-model studies & modelling software such as TRIPS, EMME2, QVIEW, SATURN, PEDROUTE or Microsimulation)
- Transport Signal Engineer
- Highways Design Engineer or Highways Planning Engineer
- Highways Maintenance Engineer
OTHER OCCUPATIONS
- Actuaries
- CAA Licensed Aircraft Engineers
- Teachers - All posts in England covering compulsory schooling
- Veterinary Surgeon
You will find further details of the work permit scheme on our web-site.