Shortage Occupational Groups on the Opportunity Card

People who have vocational training in the occupational groups listed below receive an additional point for the opportunity card.

These are occupational groups 132, 133, 134, 21, 221, 222, 225, 226, 23 or 25 according to the EU Commission Recommendation of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08):

132 Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers
1321 Manufacturing managers
1322 Mining managers
1323 Construction managers
1324 Supply, distribution and related managers

133 Information and communications technology service managers
1330 Information and communications technology service managers

134 Professional services managers
1341 Child care services managers
1342 Health services managers
1343 Aged care services managers
1344 Social welfare managers
1345 Education managers
1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers
1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified

21 Science and engineering professionals
2111 Physicists and astronomers
2112 Meteorologists
2113 Chemists
2114 Geologists and geophysicists

212 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians
2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

213 Life science professionals
2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
2133 Environmental protection professionals

214 Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)
2141 Industrial and production engineers
2142 Civil engineers
2143 Environmental engineers
2144 Mechanical engineers
2145 Chemical engineers
2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals
2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified

215 Electrotechnology engineers
2151 Electrical engineers
2152 Electronics engineers
2153 Telecommunications engineers

216 Architects, planners, surveyors and designers
2161 Building architects
2162 Landscape architects
2163 Product and garment designers
2164 Town and traffic planners
2165 Cartographers and surveyors
2166 Graphic and multimedia designers

221 Medical doctors
2211 Generalist medical practitioners
2212 Specialist medical practitioners

222 Nursing and midwifery professionals
2221 Nursing professionals
2222 Midwifery professionals

225 Veterinarians
2250 Veterinarians

226 Other health professionals
2261 Dentists
2262 Pharmacists
2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals
2264 Physiotherapists
2265 Dieticians and nutritionists
2266 Audiologists and speech therapists
2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians
2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified

23 Teaching professionals

231 University and higher education teachers
2310 University and higher education teachers

232 Vocational education teachers
2320 Vocational education teachers

233 Secondary education teachers
2330 Secondary education teachers

234 Primary school and early childhood teachers
2341 Primary school teachers
2342 Early childhood educators

235 Other teaching professionals
2351 Education methods specialists
2352 Special needs teachers
2353 Other language teachers
2354 Other music teachers
2355 Other arts teachers
2356 Information technology trainers
2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
2511 Systems analysts
2512 Software developers
2513 Web and multimedia developers
2514 Applications programmers
2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

25 Information and communications technology professionals

251 Software and applications developers and analysts
2511 Systems analysts
2512 Software developers
2513 Web and multimedia developers
2514 Applications programmers
2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified

252 Database and network professionals
2521 Database designers and administrators
2522 Systems administrators
2523 Computer network professionals
2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified


Green underlined means that the occupational group belongs to the 'Green Professionals'.
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