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Current UK skills shortage listing
Following is a reproduction of the Home Offices current skill shortages listing. This list focuses mostly on the HSMP category, although some more general skill categories that can fall under a different visa are mentioned.
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Work Permits (UK) Shortage Occupation List, April 2006
Engineering occupations:
Engineers with a degree and at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil, structures or electrical background in the following specialisms:
Railway Engineers:
• Railways Planner or Engineer
• Railways Modeller
• Railway Track Design or Permanent Way Engineer
• Communications Engineer
• Power Supply Engineer or Electrification Engineer
Engineers with a degree and at least 2 years relevant experience from a structures background in the following specialisms:
Structural/Bridge Engineers:
• Structural Engineer
• Infrastructure Engineer or Buildings Engineer
• Bridge Engineer or Highways Structural Engineer
Engineers with a degree and at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil background in the following specialisms:
Transportation and Highways Engineers:
• Traffic Engineer or Transport Planner
• Transport Modeller or Transport Planner
• Traffic Signal Engineer
• Highways Design Engineer or Highways Planning Engineer
• Highways Maintenance Engineer
Ground Engineering:
• Geoenvironmental Engineer
• Geotechnical Engineer
• Geological Advisor
• Geological Analyst
• Geological Associate
• Geological Engineer
• Geologist / Hydrogeologist
• Geology / Reservoir Engineer
• Geomechanics Engineer
• Geophysical Specialist
• Geophysicist
• Geoscientist
• Geosupport Engineer
• Engineering Geologist
• Ground Engineer
• Contaminated Land Specialist
Healthcare occupations:
Doctors:
• Salaried GP's
Dentists:
• Salaried General Dental Practitioners
• Salaried Assistant Dentists
• Salaried Vocational Dental Practitioner
• Consultants in Dental Specialities
Consultant posts in the following specialist areas:
• Accident & Emergency
• Additional Dental Specialities
• Anaesthetics
• Cardiology
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Chemical Pathology
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Clinical Oncology
• Clinical Radiology
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus
• Endodentics
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Gastroenterology
• General Adult Psychiatry
• General Internal Medicine
• General Surgery
• Genito-urinary Medicine
• Geriatric Medicine
• Haematology
• Histopathology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Intensive Care Medicine
• Medical Microbiology & Virology
• Medical Oncology
• Neurology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Nuclear Medicine
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Occupational Health
• Old Age Psychiatry
• Opthalmology
• Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery
• Orthodontics
• Otolaryngology
• Paediatric Cardiology
• Paediatrics
• Palliative Medicine
• Plastic Surgery
• Psychotherapy
• Public Health Medicine
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Renal Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
• Urology
General:
• Audiologist
• Audiological Scientist
• Clinical Psychologist
• Dietician
• Occupational Therapist
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Technician
• Pre-Registration Cytogeneticists
• Senior Physiotherapist
• Speech & Language Therapist
• Social Worker
• State Registered Scientists in Cytogenetics
• Biomedical Scientist / Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer (MLSO)
• Qualified HPC Registered Diagnostic & Therapeutic Radiographers, including Ultrasonographers
Nurses:
• All Registered Nurses & Midwives
Other occupations:
• Actuaries
• CAA Licensed Aircraft Engineers
• Teachers – All posts in England covering compulsory schooling
• Veterinary Surgeon
Related:
• New versions of UK visa and work permit forms available
• New work permit form for doctors and dentists training in the UK
• UK work permit exemption rescinded for medical students
• Immigration to the UK rises dramatically
• UK plans to lure skilled foreign scientists to its shores
