The National Shortage Occupation List for UK visa’s

National Shortage Occupation List UK
July 2008

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Healthcare occupations
Engineering occupations
Other occupations

Healthcare occupations:

Doctors:

  • Salaried GPs

Dentists:

  • Consultants and Specialists in Paediatric Dentistry
  • Consultants in Orthodontics

Consultant posts in the following specialist areas:

  • Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Chemical Pathology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Clinical Oncology
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • General Adult Psychiatry
  • Genito-urinary Medicine
  • Haematology
  • Immunology
  • Medical Microbiology & Virology
  • Neurology
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Old Age Psychiatry
  • Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery
  • Paediatrics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Renal Medicine

General:

  • Audiologist
  • Audiological Scientist
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Pharmacist (including pre-registration pharmacist)
  • Pharmacy Technician Higher Level (Band 5 and above)
  • Speech & Language Therapist (engaged at Band 7 or Band 8 of Agenda for Change or their
  • Independent sector equivalents
  • State Registered Scientists in Cytogenetics
  • Qualified HPC Registered Diagnostic & Therapeutic Radiographers
  • Ultrasonographers

Social care:

  • Social Worker

Nurses:

Registered Nurse employed or engaged at Band 7 or Band 8 of Agenda for Change or their independent sector equivalents.

Registered Nurse employed or engaged in the following specialities:
  • Operating Theatre Nurse
  • Critical Care (nurses working in wards with a Level 2 or Level 3 classification)
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Engineering occupations:

Transportation and Highways Engineers:

Engineers who are required to have a transport-related degree, or a degree and at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil background in the following specialisms:
  • Traffic Engineer or Transport Planner
  • Highways Design Engineer or Highways Planning Engineer

Ground Engineering:

Ground Engineering occupations relate solely to the construction sector and not to oil/gas extraction:
  • 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

Electricity Generation Engineers:

Electricity generation engineering occupations relate solely to the electricity generating industry:
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Senior Project Mechanical Engineer
  • Project Mechanical Engineer
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Senior Project Electrical Engineer
  • Project Electrical Engineer
  • Senior Project Civil Engineer
  • Project Civil Engineer
  • System Health Engineer (Nuclear)
  • Design Engineer (Nuclear)
  • Work Cycle Planner (Nuclear)
  • Shift or Team Leader
  • Production Controller
  • Plant Process Engineer
  • Network Planners
  • Network Design Engineers
  • Senior Project Control and Instrumentation Engineer
  • Project Control and Instrumentation Engineer
  • Senior Project Control Engineer
  • Central Control Room Supervisor
  • Assistant Engineer (Shift Operations)
  • Performance Engineer
  • System Infrastructure Engineer
  • Assistant Chemist
  • Reactor Physicist
  • Assistant Reactor Physicist
  • Assistant Physicist

Other Engineering:

  • Overhead Electricity Linesworker
  • Quantity Surveyor
  • High Integrity Pipe Welder
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Other occupations:

  • Teachers – All posts in England and Scotland covering compulsory schooling
  • Veterinary Surgeon
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