The following occupations are those where there is a known nationwide shortage of resident workers to undertake these roles. These occupations qualify under the Tier I shortage category. Tier 1 category means that Employers do not need to advertise for their position. Applications should only be made under this category where the person has the necessary qualifications/experience to do the job.
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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 occupation 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 Electical Engineer
Poject 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:
CAA Licensed Aircraft Engineer
Overhead Electricity Linesworker
Quantity Surveyor
High Integrity Pipe Worker
Healthcare
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
Geriatric Medicine
Haematology
Immunology
Medical Microbiology & Virology
Neurology
Nuclear Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Old Age Psychiatry
Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery
Paediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Rehabilitation Medicine
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)
Others
Other occupations:
Teachers – All posts in England and Scotland covering compulsory schooling
Veterinary Surgeon