Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List Skill shortages happen when employers find it hard to get staff with the right skills for the job. Knowing which jobs are in skill shortage can help you choose the best job option or decide what subjects to study. The reasons for these skill shortages can be:
- Not enough skilled workers
- High turnover of workers due to pay and conditions
- Low unemployed and lack of skilled labour
- Changes in technology of economic climate
- Skilled workers moving away
- Ageing workforce
In order to qualify for skilled migration to South Africa, please check whether your job description matches any of the jobs listed below:
Agriculture
- Agricultural Engineer
- Forestry Technician
- Sheep Shearer
Architecture
- Architect
- Construction Project Manager
- Land Surveyor
- Quantity Surveyor
- Urban and Regional Planner
Business
- Actuaries and Risk
- Corporate General Manager
- External Auditor
- Financial Investment Advisor
Communications & IT
- CISCO Solution Specialist
- CISCO Engineers
- Solutions Architects in Telecommunications and ICT
- Integrated Developers (PHP, Perl, Java )
- Network Analyst
- IT Security Specialist
- System Integration Specialist
- Enterprise Architecture
- Data Centre Operations
- Network Specialist (Security)
- Database Specialists
- Microsoft System Engineers
- Network Controllers
- AV Specialists (Anti-virus)
- Desktop support Engineer
Engineering
- Energy Engineer
- Metallurgical Engineer
- Chemical Engineer
- Civil Engineer
- Electronics Engineer
- Geologist
- Industrial and Production Engineers
- Industrial Designer
- Manufacturing Managers
- Materials Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mining Engineer
- Production/Operations Manager
- Quality Systems Manager
- Research and Development Manager
- Ship's Engineer
- Telecommunications Engineers
- Electrical Engineering Technologist
- Energy Engineering Technologist
- Mechanical Engineering Technologist
- Metallurgical Engineering Technologist
- Mining Engineering Technologist
- Air Conditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber
- Automotive Electrician
- Automotive Motor Mechanic
- Boiler Maker
- Chemical Engineering Technologist
- Civil Engineering Technologist
- Diesel Mechanic
- Electronics Engineering Technologist
- Fitter and Turner
- Materials Engineering Technologist
- Mechatronics Technician
- Metal Fabricator
- Physical and Engineering Science Technicians
- Pressure Welder
- Structural Plaster
- Toolmaker
Health
- Medical Superintendent/Public Health Manager
- Public Health Physician
- General and Specialist Medical Practitioner
- Hospital Pharmacist Nursing Professionals
- Veterinarian
- Registered Nurse (child and family health)
- Retail Pharmacist
Life & Earth Science
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Manager
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Acquatic Scientist
- Animal Scientist
- Advanced Composites Engineering
- Archaelogical / Paleontological Specialist
- Bioeconomist
- Biochemists
- Bioinformatician
- Bioinformaticist
- Biological Scientist
- Botanical Scientist
- Chemical Scientist
- Computational Biologist
- Environmental Scientist
- Ecological Scientist
- Food Scientist
- Engineering Geologist
- Geochemist
- Geohazards Specialist
- Geologist
- Geophycist
- Laboratory Technologist and Technician
- Marine Bioscientist
- Materials Scientist
- Metallurgical Scientist
- Metrology
- Microbiological Scientist
- Polymer Scientist
- Protein Scientist
- Seismologist
- Soil Scientist
- Toxicology Scientist
- Water Resource Scientist
Professionals
- Land and engineering surveyors
- Electronic Engineering Technician
- Materials Engineering Technologist
- Electrical Engineering Technician
- Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Practitioner
- Draughtsperson
- Mechanical Engineering Technician
- Chemical Engineering Technician
- Organisation and Methods Analyst (incl. scheduler, estimator)
- Surveying Technician
- Geomatics Technician
- Quantity Surveying Technician
- Civil Engineering Technician
- Materials Engineer Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
- Materials Engineering Technician - Road Materials
- Materials Tester
- Construction Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
- Agent/Manager/ Officer
- Aeronautical engineering
- Architectural Senior Technologist
- Architectural Technologist
- Architectural Draughtsperson
- Astronomer
- Physicist (SKA)
- Geomagnetic Physicist
- Solar Physicist
- Space Physicist
- Plasma Physicist
- Space Technologist
- Space Weather Specialist
- Magnetic Technology Specialist
- Radar Engineering
- Radio Frequency Engineering
- Environmental Technologist
- Industrial Engineer
- Industrial Engineering Technologist
- Industrial Engineering Technician
- Landscape Architect
- Landscape Contract Manager
- Landscape Horticulturalist
- Mining Technician
Tradesmen
- Millwright
- Boilermaker (for Strategic Infrastructure Projects)
- Industrial Machinery Mechanic
- Pipe Fitter
- Double Coded Welder
- Rigger
- Moulder
- Raise-bore Operator
- Raise-bore Foreman
Business Process Outsourcing
- Software Development Engineers and Managers
- Systems Architects, Engineers and Managers
- Foreign Language speakers for specialist language support and technical or sales support (German, Swiss German, Flemish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin and French)
- Business Analyst
- Quality Analyst
- Quality Assurance Specialist/Auditor
- Customer Service Manager/Team Lead
Academics & Researchers
- Doctoral Graduates (Acquired abroad)
- Research in any of the following areas:
- Galaxy Formation and Evolution
- Galaxy Structure and Dynamics
- Pulsars and Black Holes
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves
- Deep Observations of the earliest Radio Galaxies
- Dynamic and Transient Bursts
- VLBI Operations
- Cosmology and Dark Energy
- Cosmic Magnetism
- Calibration and Imaging of Radio Interferometer data
- Pulsars Research
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves
- VLBI Operations
- Signal Processing
- Observational Radio Astronomy in General
- Algorithm for Radio Astronomy
- Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy
- Supercomputing forRadio Astronomy
- Software Development for Radio Astronomy
- Data and Streaming - Real -Time Processing of Massive Data Amounts
- Green Computing - Extreme Performance at Minor Energy Costs
- Performance at Minor
- Energy Costs
- EMC and Spectrum Management
- Beam Modelling
- Antenna Modelling
- Feeds for Radio
- Astronomy Systems
- Receivers for Radio
- Astronomy Systems
- Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy
- High Speed Data Transport
- Nano-photonics - Data Transport Power
- Nanotechnology
- Palaeosciences
- Reduction over Short and Long distances
- Antenna Design
- Antenna Foundation Design
- RFI Shielded Buildings and Facilities
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Space Science and Technology
- Global Change
- Energy Security Information
- Communication
- Technology
- Earth Observation