New Temporary Shortage List. The new Temporary Shortage List includes jobs that fall under RQF levels 3 to 5, which the Department for Business and Trade and His Majesty’s Treasury believe are crucial to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.
So, what occupations are on the Temporary Shortage List?The roles currently included on the list are temporary and will be reviewed by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) later this year.
• 1243 Managers in logistics
• 1258 Directors in consultancy services
• 3111 Laboratory technicians
• 3112 Electrical and electronics technicians
• 3113 Engineering technicians
• 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
• 3115 Quality assurance technicians
• 3116 Planning, process and production technicians
• 3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
• 3131 IT operations technicians
• 3132 IT user support technicians
• 3133 Database administrators and web content technicians
• 3412 Authors, writers and translators
• 3414 Dancers and choreographers
• 3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
• 3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
• 3429 Design occupations not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
Industrial and product designers
Packaging designers
Performance make-up artists
Set designers
Visual merchandising managers and designers
• 3512 Ship and hovercraft officers
• 3520 Legal associate professionals
• 3532 Insurance underwriters
• 3533 Financial and accounting technicians
• 3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors
• 3544 Data analysts
• 3549 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
Business support officers
Business systems analysts
Contract administrators
Clinical coders
Clinical trials administrators
Research coordinators
• 3552 Business sales executives
• 3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals
• 3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers
• 3573 Information technology trainers
• 4121 Credit controllers
• 4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
• 4129 Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
Box office assistants
Grants officers
Mortgage administrators
Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations)
Treasury assistants
• 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
• 5213 Welding trades
• 5214 Pipe fitters
• 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters
• 5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
• 5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
• 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers
• 5233 Vehicle paint technicians
• 5235 Boat and ship builders and repairers
• 5241 Electricians and electrical fitters
• 5242 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
• 5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers
• 5245 Security system installers and repairers
• 5249 Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified
• 5311 Steel erectors
• 5315 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
• 5319 Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
Builders
Divers
Fence erectors
Industrial climbers
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operators
• 5322 Floorers and wall tilers
• 5323 Painters and decorators
• 5330 Construction and building trades supervisors
• 8133 Energy plant operatives
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